She vanished without a trace in 2013, when her abandoned Sydney home was sold by Commonwealth Bank.
And after rising to fame on a beloved Australian drama series, this personality appeared worlds away from her former self, when she stepped out in Los Angeles, earlier this month.
Swapping her trademark mousy red hair for long peroxide blonde locks and wearing a Pretty Woman-esque outfit, do you recognise her?
Guess who! Missing seventies star is barely recognisable with peroxide blonde hair as she steps out in a Pretty Woman-esque outfit in Los Angeles
The personality in question is The Sullivans star, Susan Hannaford.
Susan was known for playing Kitty on the drama, in the seventies and eighties.
In Los Angeles, Susan looked barely recognisable, with her long hair out and straightened over her shoulders.
Recognise her? The personality in question is The Sullivans star, Susan Hannaford (seen R years ago)
Turning heads! She flaunted her trim figure, wearing tiny black bike shirts and a cropped singlet. She teamed the look with a black jacket tied around her waist, and sleeves, and had on a pair of thigh-high black boots
She flaunted her trim figure, wearing tiny black bike shirts and a cropped singlet.
She teamed the look with a black jacket tied around her waist, and sleeves, and had on a pair of thigh-high black boots.
Over her shoulder was a Louis Vuitton handbag.
She also appeared to have an outfit change at one point, when she swapped her boots for platform sandals.
On the day, Susan was accompanied by two young children.
Back in the day: Susan was known for playing Kitty on the drama, in the seventies and eighties
That LA life: Susan has been MIA since being evicted from her lavish waterfront home in Sydney, which was sold by her financiers in April 2013 for $3.15 million
Susan has been MIA since being evicted from her lavish waterfront home in Sydney, which was sold by her financiers in April 2013 for $3.15 million.
And when quizzed by Woman’s Day about what she’d be doing in the years since, Susan Hannaford was coy with her response.
‘It’s a big story and I’m shortly going to break it,’ she told the magazine.
The magazine reported that Susan now calls a multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills mansion home.
Under the radar: And when quizzed by Woman’s Day about what she’d be doing in the years since, Susan Hannaford was coy with her response. ‘It’s a big story and I’m shortly going to break it,’ she told the magazine
From acting to fashion: Susan tried her hand at fashion designing, with Susan claiming on her website that she had opened a boutique store in the exclusive suburb of Double Bay
She has also lived in Los Angeles and Las Vegas over the past few years, according the publication.
Susan had shot to fame at a young age, portraying 10-year-old Kitty on the show which also featured the likes of Michael Caton, Mel Gibson, Kylie Minogue, Sam Neill and Gary Sweet at various times.
After her stint on the hit soap, Susan tried her hand at fashion designing, with Susan claiming on her website that she had opened a boutique store in the exclusive suburb of Double Bay.
Susan also claimed to have worked on US soap The Bold and the Beautiful, stating she was ‘written in to the show as a famous fashion designer’.
Gig: Susan also claimed to have worked on US soap The Bold and the Beautiful, stating she was ‘written in to the show as a famous fashion designer’