Susan Saint James, the Emmy-winning actress who starred in "McMillan & Wife" and "Kate & Allie," died Oct. 26 at age 80. A death certificate obtained by People lists metastatic pancreatic cancer as the cause. She is survived by her husband, Dick Ebersol, four children and seven grandchildren.
Susan Saint James, the Emmy-winning actress who starred in "McMillan & Wife" and "Kate & Allie," died at age 80. She died on Monday, Oct. 26, and a representative confirmed her death to People. She had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Cause of death
A death certificate obtained by People on Thursday, Nov. 5, says she died from metastatic pancreatic cancer. Metastatic means the disease had spread to other parts of her body. The certificate lists the interval between onset of the cause and her death as months. It states she died months after her diagnosis.
Career
Saint James won an Emmy Award in 1969 for her role as Peggy Maxwell in "The Name of the Game." The award was for supporting actress in a drama series. She played Sally McMillan opposite Rock Hudson in NBC's "McMillan & Wife" from 1971 to 1976. She received three Emmy nominations for that role.
She later co-starred with Jane Curtin in the CBS sitcom "Kate & Allie," which ran from 1984 to 1989. The show paired the two as divorced mothers sharing a home.
Family
Saint James is survived by her husband, television executive Dick Ebersol, four children and seven grandchildren. The children are Sunshine Lucas, Harmony Lucas, Charlie Ebersol and Willie Ebersol. She is also survived by her sister, Mary Mercedes Dewey, and her service dog, Lola.
She married Ebersol in 1981, and they had three sons: Charlie, Willie and Teddy. Teddy, her youngest child, died at age 14 in a private plane crash in Colorado in 2004. The crash occurred on November 28, 2004.
