This veteran actress who was popular in the 1970s and 1980s was seen running errands in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Dressed casually in a black top with dark slacks and ballet flats, she was spotted getting out of her fire-engine red car in an underground parking lot with an attendant.

This woman was a big name for more than two decades as she headlined several films and TV shows.

This looker acted with big-name stars like Jessica Lange, Rock Hudson, Rosalind Russell, Mary Tyler Moore and Peter Fonda.

But she is best known for her two TV series: McMillan & Wife (1971–1976) and the sitcom Kate & Allie (1984–1989).

Since 1981 she has been married to a TV executive and a senior adviser for NBC Universal Sports & Olympics.

Do you know who she is?

This veteran actress who was popular in the 1970s and 1980s was seen running errands in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Dressed casually in a black top with dark slacks and ballet flats as she got out of her fire-engine red car in an underground parking lot with an attendant

This woman was a big name for more than two decades as she headlined several films and TV shows. This looker acted with big-name stars like Jessica Lange , Rock Hudson, Rosalind Russell, Mary Tyler Moore and Peter Fonda. Who is she?

She is Hollywood star Susan Saint James.

Susan was at her peak in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Her two big shows were the detective series McMillan & Wife (1971–1976) and the sitcom Kate & Allie (1984–1989).

But she starred in several other movies like Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966) with Tony Franciosa, her first big hit.

She was in two episodes of the first season of Ironside (Girl in the Night and Something for Nothing).

In 1967, Saint James had a small part in the pilot episode of the Robert Wagner crime-caper series It Takes a Thief. 

James also had a supporting role in Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968), the sequel to The Trouble with Angels.

From 1968 to 1971, Saint James had a regular part in the series The Name of the Game, winning an Emmy Award.

This led to a recurring role playing a new character, Charlene. The star was featured in four episodes of the series from 1968 to 1970. 

She went on to appear in the pilot episode of the western series Alias Smith and Jones (1971).

She is Hollywood star Susan Saint James. Susan was at her peak in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s

The star in her early years of acting with Tony Franciosa in Fame Is The Name Of The Game in 1966

On one of her top series, McMillan and Wife, with Rock Hudson in the 1970s; the show ran from 1971–1976

She was a beauty in McMillan and Wife, where she played Susan McMillan, the wife of a police commissioner

The stunning brunette actress seen in hippie attire in Outlaw Blues in 1977

The poster for the film Outlaw Blues

In 1984 she was seen with Jane Curtin on the sitcom Kate & Allie

Then came her first starring role as Rock Hudson’s younger supportive wife, Sally McMillan, in the crime series, McMillan & Wife (1971–1976).

Next she worked with Peter Fonda in the film Outlaw Blues (1977). 

She achieved significant success in the vampire comedy Love at First Bite (1979) and followed up with a role in the comedy How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980), co-starring Jessica Lange and Jane Curtin. 

Between films, she made a guest appearance on M*A*S*H. 

Then it was back to another series: Kate & Allie.

She worked opposite Jane Curtin from 1984 until 1989. 

Saint James also played the mother of her real-life niece Christa Miller in the first season of The Drew Carey Show.

On the street, she pulled over her car and climbed into her trunk, showing off her ankle tattoo

In this image she is seen completely climbed into her trunk

And in 2006 Susan was on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. 

While guest-hosting Saturday Night Live in 1981, Saint James met the SNL executive producer Dick Ebersol. 

James and husband Dick Ebersol in 1988 

They married within the year and had three sons: Charles, William, and Edward (nickname Teddy).

In March 2002, Saint James filed for divorce from Ebersol, but the couple reconciled later that summer.

Then they were involved in a horrible accident.

On November 28, 2004, a private plane carrying Dick, Charles, and Teddy crashed during an attempted takeoff from Montrose Regional Airport in Colorado. 

Dick and son Charles survived, but son Teddy, age 14 at the time, died, as did pilot Luis Alberto Polanco Espaillet and flight attendant Warren T. Richardson III.

Before Dick she was married to Tom Lucas (m. 1971–1977) and Richard Neubert (1967–1968).

Her niece Christa Miller is an actress known for her roles in television comedies.

Her roles include Kate O’Brien in The Drew Carey Show, Jordan Sullivan in Scrubs, Ellie Torres in Cougar Town, Liz in Shrinking. She also provided the voice for Cleopatra ‘Cleo’ Smith and Candide Sampson in Clone High. 

She has also appeared in Seinfeld, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and CSI: Miami.