We did a Connecticut Magazine cover story on you 21 years ago this month. For more information, call (888)493-5368 or visit. Proceeds from the event benefit the construction of a $2 million medical wing. The award presentation is part of an anniversary celebration that will include a high tea and silent auction, taking place at Avon Old Farms in Avon. 17 by High Watch Recovery Center in Kent -a recovery community based on 12-step principles- with its first Sister Francis Award (named for the center's benefactor). No stranger to personal adversity (she's struggled with depression and lost her youngest child, Teddy Ebersol, in a 2004 plane crash),she be honored on Oct.
Married to NBC executive Dick Ebersol, she's also known for her work in "McMillan and Wife" and "It Takes a Thief" as well as her longstanding support of Special Olympics. Saint James holds honorary doctorates from five Connecticut institutions: The University of Connecticut, the University of Bridgeport, Southern Connecticut State University, Albertus Magnus College, and the University of New Haven.Q & A/Web Exclusive: Susan Saint James Ebersol It's been more than 20 years since we've spoken with activist, actress and Litchfield County resident Susan Saint James Ebersol, who retired from acting after her 1980s series, "Kate & Allie," ended its run. These honors include the Saint Coletta Award from the Caritas Society, The Gold Key Award from the Connecticut Sports Writers’ Alliance and the Walter Camp Football Foundation Award, of which she was the first female recipient. More than a dozen major organizations have recognized her commitment to the Special Olympics and her leadership role as a spokesperson for volunteerism. She has been nominated for 10 Emmys, winning as best supporting actress in 1968 for her role as Peggy Maxwell in The Name of the Game. Susan Saint James has received many awards as both an actress and a volunteer. Four children later, she retired from television and decided to devote herself full-time to family and volunteer work. This was the beginning of her membership on the Board of the Connecticut Special Olympics. Though she had a full-time job and a new baby, she sought out volunteer work to help her make new friends and to be of service. Saint James returned to Connecticut in 1983 to star as Kate in the successful comedy series, Kate & Allie. Although she had no personal connection to the Special Olympics, she immediately felt a strong bond to the organization that would develop into service on the Board of Directors for the International Special Olympics. While working on McMillan and Wife in California, Saint James was asked to help with the Special Olympics. Service, however, was always an important part of her life. She went on to have a recurring role in It Takes a Thief and McMillan and Wife, opposite Rock Hudson.
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She soon landed a contract with Universal Studios and starred in the successful series The Name of the Game. Raised in Rockford, Ill., Saint James attended Connecticut College for Women before moving to California to pursue an acting career.
She was brought up with the expectation that women should lead active lives that combined career and family, yet as she explains, she was educated to write wonderful letters and to set a perfect table, to be a nun or a wife. Her mother and grandmother were both schoolteachers who attended Connecticut state universities. Award-winning television and film star and Special Olympics activist, Susan Saint James was born in California to a Connecticut family.
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