Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning television actress, dies at 80
Her family said the star of The Name of the Game, McMillan & Wife and Kate & Allie died of pancreatic cancer on October 26.
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Her family said the star of The Name of the Game, McMillan & Wife and Kate & Allie died of pancreatic cancer on October 26.
Susan Saint James, the Emmy-winning actress known for The Name of the Game, McMillan & Wife and Kate & Allie, has died at 80. She died of pancreatic cancer on Monday, October 26, her family said in an announcement carried by The Hollywood Reporter.
Her television breakthrough came in the 1966 film Fame Is the Name of the Game, which served as the pilot for The Name of the Game. In the series, which ran from 1968 to 1971, she played editorial assistant Peggy Maxwell, working with its rotating lead characters at a publishing company. Her first-season performance won her an Emmy in 1969.
McMillan & Wife began in September 1971. Saint James played Sally McMillan, who helped solve crimes with her husband, San Francisco police commissioner Stewart “Mac” McMillan, played by Rock Hudson. She stayed for five seasons, leaving in 1976 in a contract dispute.
She returned to regular series television in March 1984 with Kate & Allie. Her free-spirited Kate McArdle and Jane Curtin’s more rule-bound Allie Lowell were divorced childhood friends raising their three children together in a shared Greenwich Village home. The sitcom ended in 1989 after six seasons.
| Series | Nomination years |
|---|---|
| The Name of the Game | 1970 and 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife |
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| 1972, 1973 and 1975 |
| Kate & Allie | 1984 and 1985, for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series |
After Kate & Allie ended, Saint James largely withdrew from acting, though she continued to make occasional television and stage appearances.
Her family remembered her as “generous with her time and energy, which she valued more than money, and instinctively drawn to whoever needed lifting up.”
Her 16 September–October shows grossed $125.5 million and sold 539,000 tickets, setting records for revenue and attendance per performance.
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