Susan McCray Helps Celebrate Bonanza Day at The Autry Museum

Sept. 15, 2009 - PRLog -- Susan McCray, Casting Director, Producer, and Host of "Getting To Know You" on KSAV.org will participate in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the long running and most beloved television Western "Bonanza" and the career achievements of its creator, David Dortort Sunday, September 20th at the Autry National Center. The Dortort family and Bonanza experts greet guests and answer questions in the Autry's Imagination Gallery. Ms. McCray began her successful casting career as casting assistant for Bonanza and the western series The High Chaparral at Paramount Studios in 1968. Susan McCray's father, Oscar Winning Composer, Harry Sukman, was composer for Bonanza and The High Chaparral. Susan's husband, Television and Film Producer, Kent McCray, Produced Bonanza and The High Chaparral. To Susan McCray, Bonanza Day is Family Day.

About Getting to Know You with Susan McCray:

Susan McCray hosts a weekly radio show with yesterday’s and today's favorite artists, actors and musicians called Getting To Know You with Susan McCray, at www.KSAV.org.  The show is available as a Podcast Join Susan every Tuesday evening at 6:30 pm PST/9:30 pm EST for a half hour of interviews, tributes, and interesting talks with successful people from all walks of life.

KSAV is radio the way it used to be.  With music from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s, celebrity interviews and guests, it’s your childhood memories relived today, and Susan has the best of it all on her show. Featured episodes include; Patti Page, Shirley Jones, Brenda Lee, Buddy Greco, Merlin Olsen, Gogi Grant, Wink Martindale,  Jayne Meadows Allen, Susan Anton, Shecky Greene Ernest Borgnine, Melissa Gilbert. Susan has hosted special tribute shows to Guy Lombardo, Boots Randolph, The Music of Gershwin, Henry Mancini, Julie London, Page Cavanaugh, Spike Jones, and more.  

Susan McCray’s list of accomplishments reads like a scrapbook of your favorite memories.  She learned the craft of television casting while working on classic television shows Bonanza. The High Chaparral,  Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Mannix, The Odd Couple, Hawaii 5-0, and many others.  As VP of  talent for Michael Landon, Susan cast Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven, and Father Murphy.  With her husband, producer Kent McCray, she produced acclaimed television movie tribute to their dear friend Michael Landon, Memories with Laughter and Love.

Susan’s latest projects and news, as well as the archived shows from Getting to Know You, can be seen on her website, www.susanmccray.com.

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About Getting To Know You with host Susan McCray, an internet radio show hosting celebrities and successful people from all walks of life.