Susan Saint James, ‘Kate & Allie’ star, dies at 80
Susan Saint James, the beloved actress known for her roles in Kate & Allie and McMillan & Wife, has died at age 80. The actress died on Monday, October 26. Her representative told People Magazine in a statement that Susan died after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
Susan Saint James’ family remembers her as someone who was “generous with her time and energy, which she valued more than money, and instinctively drawn to whoever needed lifting up. She taught her children to pause, be kind and look out for other people,” according to People.
They continued, “She never met a stranger. Every person she met became the most important person in the room at that moment, from a fellow board member to the clerk at the shoe store, who usually walked away knowing her entire life story. Her defining act: weeks after losing her youngest son, Teddy, in the November 28, 2004 plane crash, she delivered his eulogy as a note to each of her other children and her husband, giving them words to heal.”
“Even in the deepest grief of her life, she put everyone else first. Days after the crash she sat with Tim Russert to thank the people who had reached out and to tell them the family was okay,” the family added
Born Susan Jane Miller in Los Angeles in 1946 but raised in Rockford, Illinois, Susan Saint James began her career as a model before moving to Hollywood at 20.
