Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of 'McMillan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie,' dies at 80

Susan Saint James, who co-starred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s TV crime series “McMillan & Wife” and later with Jane Curtin in the 1980s sitcom “Kate & Allie,” has died at 80. People magazine, citing a representative, reported she died Monday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Born Susan Jane Miller on Aug. 14, 1946, in Los Angeles and raised in Rockford, Illinois, she began modeling as a teenager in Paris and signed a seven-year Universal Studios contract at 20. She earned an Emmy for “The Name of the Game” in 1969 and became widely known as Sally McMillan in “McMillan & Wife” (1971-76).