Susan Saint James (born August 14, 1946) is an American former actress. She is most widely known for the detective series McMillan & Wife (1971–1976) and the sitcom Kate & Allie (1984–1989).
Early life
Saint James was born Susan Jane Miller on August 14, 1946 in Los Angeles, the daughter of Constance (née Geiger), a teacher, and Charles Daniel Miller, who worked for Mitchell Camera and later became the president of the Testor Corporation. Saint James was raised in Rockford, Illinois, where she began modeling as a teenager. In her younger school years she attended the Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest, Illinois. She later attended Connecticut College. In addition to motherhood (her second-youngest son was born during the fourth season of Kate & Allie), she has been an active volunteer with the Special Olympics (an organization she began actively supporting in 1972). She has served on the Special Olympics board She also is a board member of the Telluride Foundation.
In 1998, Saint James, her sister Mercedes Dewey and friend Barrie Johnson founded "Seedling and Pip", a baby gift basket business. Saint James occasionally has emerged from retirement to appear in television series guest roles, such as the mother of (her real-life niece) Christa Miller in the first season of The Drew Carey Show, and ten years later, as a defense attorney on the February 28, 2006, episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She also starred in a Warner Theatre (Torrington, Connecticut) 1999 production of The Miracle Worker.
Personal life
thumb|upright|Saint James in 1970.
Saint James married aspiring writer-director Richard Neubert in 1967, but the marriage lasted only a year. She was married a second time in 1971, to Thomas Lucas, a makeup artist. They had a daughter, Sunshine Lucas (born 1972), and a son, Harmony Lucas (born 1974). They divorced in 1977.
While guest-hosting Saturday Night Live in 1981, Saint James met the SNL executive producer Dick Ebersol. They married within the year and had three sons: Charles (born 1982), William (born 1986) and Teddy (born 1990). In March 2002, Saint James filed for divorce from Ebersol, but the couple reconciled later that summer.
She is a vegetarian.
She holds honorary degrees from six Connecticut institutions: the University of Connecticut, the University of Bridgeport, Southern Connecticut State University, Albertus Magnus College, the University of New Haven, She was a featured speaker at The Women's Conference in 2007, at a session called "Beyond Courage: Overcoming the Unimaginable."
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|1976
|Scott Free
|Holly
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|1978
|Night Cries
|Jeannie Haskins
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|1978
|Desperate Women
|Esther Winters
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|1979
|'
|Rita Massaro
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|1979
|Sex and the Single Parent
|Sally
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|1979
|S.O.S. Titanic
|Leigh Goodwin
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|1982
|'
|Samantha 'Sam' Kandal
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|1983
|I Take These Men
|Carol Sherwood
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|1983
|After George
|Susan Roberts
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Television series
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! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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|1967
|Ironside
|Elaine Moreau
|Episode: "Girl in the Night"
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|1968
|Ironside
|Verna Cusack
|Episode: "Something for Nothing"
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|1968
|It Takes a Thief
|Stewardess Anne Edwards
|Episode: "A Thief Is a Thief"
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|1968–70
|It Takes a Thief
|Charlene "Charlie" Brown
|4 episodes
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|1968–71
|'
|Peggy Maxwell
|36 episodes<br>Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series<br>Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series <small>(1970–71)</small>
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|1970
|McCloud
|Officer Keach
|Episode: "Walk in the Dark"
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|1971
|Alias Smith and Jones
|Miss Porter
|Episode: "Alias Smith and Jones"
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|1971–76
|McMillan & Wife
|Sally McMillan
|34 episodes<br>Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama <small>(1972–74)</small><br>Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series <small>(1972–73)</small><br>Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
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|1980
|M*A*S*H
|Aggie O'Shea
|Episode: "War Co-Respondent"
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|1984–89
|Kate & Allie
|Katherine "Kate" McArdle
|122 episodes<br>Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series <small>(1983–84)</small>
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|1989
|Tattingers
|Susan
|Episode: "Broken Windows"
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|1996
|'
|Lynn O'Brien
|Episode: "Drew and Kate and Kate's Mom"
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|2006
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
|Monica Bradshaw
|Episode: "Gone"
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|2011
|Suits
|Joy McAfferty
|Episode: "Bail Out"
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