Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of 'McMillan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie,' dies at 80
By Marcus Chen
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Actress Susan Saint James, who co-starred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s show “McMillan Wife” and with Jane Curtin in the 1980s sitcom “Kate Allie,” died on Monday. She was 80.Read more trending newsA representative for the Emmy Award-winning actress confirmed to People that Saint James died after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.Her family told the magazine that Saint James 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,” the statement 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.”Susan Saint James, the Emmy-winning actress who starred opposite Rock Hudson in “McMillan Wife” and Jane Curtin in the CBS sitcom “Kate Allie,” died Monday at