Suzanne Somers seems to have pretty much left her career in acting behind, unless you count acting as a pitch person on all of those diet book and fitness equipment infomercials you see when you wake up in the middle of the night and realize that you forgot to turn the TV off.
Sylvester Stallone rose to permanent A-List status in the 70s thanks to writing and starring in the film “Rocky.” These days, he’s getting nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for “Creed,” in which he played the role of.. Rocky. Hmm. How do people like Harrison Ford and Sylvester Stallone even know what year it is at this point?
Woody Allen continues to make an average of one to two films per year, though at this point his batting average is about a solid .100. The movies that he makes that are good are great, but the ones that aren’t so good really make us wish he’d maybe just think about making a movie once every two or three years. At least do another draft or two, Woody. The rewriting process is important.
Any discussion of famous actors from the 1970s wouldn’t be complete without the mention of “Super, Duper Star” (that was his official title) Burt Reynolds. These days he seems to have pretty much retired from acting altogether, but he did just write a book that came out to critical acclaim.
Ryan O’Neal was most recently seen as the narrator of the documentary “Unity” and continues to act on television. He was also married to Farrah Fawcett until her untimely death a few short years ago.