Susan Saint James

Acting

Susan Saint James

Born 1946-08-14 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Susan Saint James (born August 14, 1946) is an American actress and activist, most widely known for her work in television during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, especially the detective series McMillan & Wife and the sitcom Kate & Allie.

Acting credits

What's So Bad About Feeling Good? poster
6.7

A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others.

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

1968

S.O.S. Titanic poster
6.0

The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.

S.O.S. Titanic

1980

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary poster
7.8

A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits and musical numbers of the past 15 years.

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

1989

Love at First Bite poster
6.0

Dracula and Renfield relocate to '70s era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg, a descendant of Van Helsing, who may be in love with Cindy too.

Love at First Bite

1979

Carbon Copy poster
5.8

A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of San Marino, California.

Carbon Copy

1981

I Take These Men poster
5.0

Moments before being surprised at an anniversary garden party thrown by her husband and their family and friends, Carol Sherwood shocks him by saying she wants a divorce and during the course of the party, she has three separate fantasies of marriages to three different men. The first is with egotistical real estate magnate Craig Wyler. The second is with milquetoast English professor David Koenig. The third is with her best friend Elaine's husband, Phil.

I Take These Men

1983

How to Beat the High Cost of Living poster
5.3

In order to beat inflation and subsidize their alimony checks, three suburban housewives plot to steal $1 million from a large plastic ball which is displayed in a local shopping center.

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

1980

WrestleMania II poster
6.4

Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper in a Boxing match Battle Royal featuring superstars and athletes from the WWF and NFL Hulk Hogan (c) vs. King Kong Bundy in a Steel Cage match for the WWF Championship

WrestleMania II

1986

Fame Is the Name of the Game poster
7.0

A brash, big-time investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her diary and tries to find her killer among the names contained in it.

Fame Is the Name of the Game

1966

P.J. poster
5.7

Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble, the mistress of shady millionaire William Orbison. In truth, Orbison plans a deadly intrigue in which P.J. is to play a central part. Meanwhile, complications ensue as P.J. gradually falls in love with Maureen.

P.J.

1968

US Against the World poster
NR

This NBC Special from 1977 pitted celebrities from the worlds of film and TV in the United States against stars from the U.K. and the rest of the World. Three teams of five men and three women representing their native land, competed in a series of nine events during this fast paced and exciting 2 hour TV Special. Sporting events included bowling, darts, rowing, swimming and running relays and soccer goal kicking.

US Against the World

1977

The Kid From Nowhere poster
5.5

A single mother is overprotective of her mentally challenged son, which has made him angry and difficult, while she denies herself a social life. Things change for the better when the boy gains self-esteem training for the Special Olympics, and his mother learns to let go.

The Kid From Nowhere

1982

The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration poster
7.4

A live-action and animated television special featuring clips from past episodes and spin-offs combined with new animation and musical segments.

The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration

1986

Scott Free poster
7.0

A professional gambler finds himself on the run from the mob, the federal government, and a band of Indians, all of whom have an interest in a piece of land he won in a poker game.

Scott Free

1976

Desperate Women poster
3.0

A laconic ex-hired gun in the Old West teams up with three scrappy female prisoners abandoned in the desert, two orphaned children, an army deserter, and a group of cantankerous animals, all of whom try to outsmart and outshoot a ratty gang of desperadoes trying to retrieve their boss' girlfriend and the saddle-tramp's secret cargo.

Desperate Women

1978

Night Cries poster
6.0

A young woman whose baby died in childbirth refuses to believe it and has dreams that her child is still alive and in danger. A scientist who is conducting experiments about dreams tries to help her.

Night Cries

1978

Jigsaw poster
7.0

After inadvertently ingesting some sugar laced with LSD, a man wakes up with amnesia and in the middle of a murder plot.

Jigsaw

1968

Once Upon a Dead Man poster
7.0

The wife of a San Francisco police commissioner drags him into a charity auction theft, which leads to a murder.

Once Upon a Dead Man

1971

Magic Carpet poster
9.0

A young student living in Rome gets a job as a tour guide and falls in love with a young stowaway who is being sought by the police.

Magic Carpet

1972

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows poster
6.1

Mother Superior of St. Francis Academy is challenged by a modern young nun when they take the girls on a bus trip across the country.

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

1968

Outlaw Blues poster
4.8

An aspiring musician is released from prison to find that a song he had written while locked up has been stolen and made into a hit record by a country music superstar. When his confrontation with the star takes a violent turn the ex-con has to go back on the run, but he finds an unexpected ally in a shrewd background singer with a plan to turn the tables in his favor.

Outlaw Blues

1977

The Girls in the Office poster
6.0

A romantic comedy about four women employed by an ultra-modern Houston department store who discover that they must choose between love and a career.

The Girls in the Office

1979

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder poster
5.7

During the Vietnam War, Brian Anderson, a young Army medic, is stationed in Saigon. Initially apathetic and self-serving, he eventually has his heart won over by the children at a nearby orphanage where he does volunteer work. At first, a doctor named Katherine Cross has to persuade him to help the children. But soon, Brian willingly puts his career and safety on the line to provide the orphans with the food and medical supplies they need.

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

1982

Sex and the Single Parent poster
10.0

Two attractive divorcees find that their newly realized independence continues to be guided by their respective parental obligations.

Sex and the Single Parent

1979