 After a short stint at Warners, McCray returned to Paramount to work in their casting department, working for such series as "Happy Days", "Laverne & Shirley", "Manix", and "The Odd Couple".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 " for PBS.