Susan Saint James (Actress), Emmy winner and 'Kate & Allie' star, dies at 80
Susan Saint James was an Emmy-winning actress who starred in the TV series "McMillan & Wife" and "Kate & Allie." She died Oct. 26 of pancreatic cancer at age 80, her representative and family said.
Born Susan Jane Miller on Aug. 14, 1946, in Los Angeles, she grew up in Rockford, Illinois. She won her Emmy in 1969 for "The Name of the Game." From 1971 she played Sally McMillan opposite Rock Hudson on "McMillan & Wife." On CBS's "Kate & Allie," which began in 1984, she and Jane Curtin played divorced mothers sharing a New York home. She earned eight Emmy nominations in all.
Her youngest son, Teddy, died at 14 in a 2004 plane crash. She later spent time helping parents who had lost children.
Saint James is survived by her husband, former NBC Sports president Dick Ebersol (79); four children, Sunshine Lucas, Harmony Lucas, Charlie Ebersol and Willie Ebersol; and her sister, Mary Mercedes Dewey.
- Deadline: representative's confirmation and full family statement
- AP: Susan Saint James dies at 80
- The Washington Post: representative's statement
- Yahoo/People: family statement naming her husband, children and sister
- InStyle: her children and their birth dates (all adults)
- Wikipedia: Dick Ebersol (born July 28, 1947)