Foster nicknamed her "Susan Sands" and signed her to a contract to record four sides for the company.
After touring for Monument, McCray returned to California and found employment as a secretary/receptionist at Paramount Studios for the NBC shows Bonanza and The High Chaparral.
After her return to Paramount, she received a call of a lifetime from Michael Landon offering her the position of casting director for his new NBC series, Little House on the Prairie.
During the nine years Susan spent casting for Little House, her additional casting assignments included the series Hawaii 5-0, Father Murphy, Freestyle and television movies such as Diary of Anne Frank, The Five of Me, Rodeo Girl, The Loneliest Runner and Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter for PBS.
From the age of eight, McCray had created fragrances with her mother, musician, painter, and fashion designer Francesca Paley.