Susan Saint James

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Susan Saint James (born Susan Jane Miller; August 14, 1946) is an American actress and activist best known for her television appearances in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, including the detective series McMillan & Wife (1971–1976) and the sitcom Kate & Allie (1984–1989).

Early life

Saint James was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Connecticut family, Constance (Geiger) Miller, a student, and Charles Daniel Miller, who worked with Mitchell Camera and later became the president of the Testor Corporation. Saint James was born in Rockford, Illinois, where she began modeling as a child. She attended the Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest, Illinois, during her youth. She later attended the Connecticut College for Women.

Personal life

Richard Neubert, a promising writer-director, died at the age of 21, but the relationship lasted only a year. In 1971, she married Thomas Lucas, a makeup artist, for the second time. Sunshine Lucas (born 1972), and Harmony Lucas (born 1974). After six years of marriage, the marriage came to an end.

"My husband and I stopped eating meat about eight and a half years ago, and about six months later, we stopped eating fish." I had two stunning births as a vegetarian, and they were amazing—no bleeding, no complications, no accidents. For me, the diet was just fine."

Saint James and her third husband, then-SNL executive producer Dick Ebersol, married within the year and had three children, Charles, William, and Edward (Teddy). Saint James requested divorce from Ebersol in March 2002, but the pair reconciled later this summer. Ebersol, the chairman of NBC Sports, was chairman until May 2011.

During an attempted takeoff from Montrose Regional Airport in Colorado on November 28, 2004, a private plane carrying Ebersol and two of their sons crashed. Charles Ebersol and son Charles survived, but Teddy, the pilot, and flight attendant Warren T. Richardson III, died on July 14. In honor of Saint James' son, Teddy Ebersol's Red Sox Fields in Lederman Park in Boston has been named, and an episode of the television series Scrubs dedicated to him.

Saint James is the aunt of actress Christa Miller. She holds honorary degrees from six Connecticut colleges: the University of Connecticut, the University of Bridgeport, Southern Connecticut State University, Albertus Magnus College, the University of New Haven, and Goodwin College. In 2007, she was a featured speaker at The Women's Conference, "Beyond Courage: Overcoming the Unimaginable."

Saint James, who has since retired, is leading a much happier life and claims she never had the "bug to go back" to work. Jane Curtin, Frederick Koehler, Allison Smith, Ari Meyers, and director Bill Persky reunited with her Kate & Allie co-stars on June 4, 2021 during a live virtual event on House floor.

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Career

Saint James' first screen appearance was in the television film Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966) with Tony Franciosa, launching her career as it became a franchise two years later. Among her early television appearances were two episodes of Ironside's first season ("Girl in the Night") in December 1967 and two months later, playing a different role in the episode "Something for Nothing"). She appeared in Where Angels Go (1968), the sequel to The Trouble with Angels, where Angels also appeared.

Saint James appeared in Fame Is the Name of the Game from 1968 to 1971, winning an Emmy Award for her role as research assistant Peggy Maxwell in 1969 and establishing her as a well-known young actress. Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack starred in the series, which was usually only one of their characters seen each week. Saint James demonstrated a measure of continuity by appearing as a research assistant to all three seasons. She appeared in about half of the episodes, most in a supporting role, but Peggy Maxwell was the central figure in the second season of "The King of Denmark," co-produced by Franciosa. Saint James was also prominently featured in the first-season story "Pineapple Rose" (a Gene Barry story), when her character was kidnapped in a case of mistaken identity.

Saint James appeared in a small part in the Robert Wagner crime-caper series It Takes a Thief from 1967. Charlene "Chuck" Brown, Alexander Mundy's fellow robber and "casual" love interest, culminated in a recurring role. She appeared in four episodes of the series from 1968 to 1970. Alias Smith and Jones (1971), a British television showgirl, went on to appear in the pilot episode of Alias Smith and Jones (1971).

Sally McMillan, Rock Hudson's younger sister, was included in the popular, light-hearted crime film McMillan & Wife (1971-1976) for which she received four Emmy Award nominations.

Saint James canceled the show due to a contractual dispute, but she continued to flourish her acting career in feature films, such as co-starring Peter Fonda in the 1979 film Outlaw Blues. Jessica Lange and Jane Curtin co-starring Love at First Bite (1979) and followed up with a role in the comedy How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980). She appeared in M*A*S*H's March 3, 1980 episode ("War Co-Respondent") in between films. After other film attempts failed to establish her, she returned to television, playing Kate & Allie opposite Jane Curtin from 1984 to 1989. For this role, she received three additional Emmy Award nominations.

In 1986, Saint James and Vince McMahon were a celebrity guest commentator for the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania 2 tournament.

After Kate & Allie's departure, in her mid-40s, Saint James resigned. She has been an active volunteer with the Special Olympics (an organization she began supporting in 1972) in addition to motherhood (her second-youngest son was born during Kate & Allie's fourth season) to the Special Olympics (an institution she began supporting in 1972). She is also a board member of the Telluride Foundation.

Saint James, her sister Mercedes Dewey, and her friend Barrie Johnson formed "Seedling and Pip," a baby gift basket firm that has occasionally appeared on television shows such as the mother of (her real-life lookalike niece) Christa Miller in the first season of The Drew Carey Show in 1998, and ten years later as a defense attorney on the Special Victims Unit in February 28, 2006. She appeared in The Miracle Worker, a Warner Theatre (Torrington, Connecticut) in 1999. Saint James was named on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 11, 2008.

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