Susan Saint James Children: Meet Sunshine, Harmony, Charlie, Willie and Her Late Son Teddy

Susan Saint James’s children were remembered in renewed coverage of the actress on November 5, 2026, when reports detailed the cause of her death. The Emmy-winning performer died on October 26 at 80 after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Her family’s earlier tribute emphasized the generosity she showed to those around her, including during the loss of her youngest son.

Saint James was the mother of five children: Sunshine Lucas, Harmony Lucas, Charlie Ebersol, Willie Ebersol and Edward “Teddy” Ebersol. Sunshine and Harmony were born during her marriage to makeup artist Tom Lucas. Charlie, Willie and Teddy were her sons with television executive Dick Ebersol.

Four of her children survived her. Teddy died at 14 in a 2004 plane crash in Colorado. His death explains why recent family statements list four surviving children even though biographies correctly describe Saint James as a mother of five.

Her family life ran alongside a television career that included The Name of the Game, McMillan & Wife and Kate & Allie. After the last of those series ended, she stepped away from regular television work and devoted more of her time to her children and charitable causes.

Who Are Susan Saint James’s Children With Tom Lucas?

Saint James and Tom Lucas had daughter Sunshine and son Harmony. Sunshine was born in 1972, and Harmony followed in 1974. The names sometimes lead to mistaken assumptions about their identities, but Sunshine is their daughter and Harmony is their son.

Lucas worked as a makeup artist and was also connected with Saint James’s professional life. The marriage ended, but subsequent accounts describe the two remaining on friendly terms. Their children continued to be part of the extended household after she married Dick Ebersol.

A January 1983 UPI report about the birth of Saint James’s first son with Ebersol noted that Sunshine and Harmony were living with the couple in Connecticut. That contemporary report places them clearly within the family, rather than treating her second and third marriages as entirely separate households.

Sunshine and Harmony have generally attracted less sustained public coverage than their mother or their younger half-brother Charlie. That limited visibility does not establish a detailed account of their present jobs, marriages or private circumstances. Reliable family profiles can identify them without inventing those details.

Saint James’s relatives named both among the loved ones who survived her in 2026. Their place in her life is therefore confirmed independently of social media speculation or incomplete cast biographies that focus primarily on her later marriage.

Who Are Charlie Ebersol and Willie Ebersol?

Charlie and Willie are Saint James’s older sons with Dick Ebersol. Their father was a major figure in American television, first in entertainment production and later at NBC Sports. They grew up with parents whose work exposed them to both scripted television and live broadcasting.

Charlie became known for his own work in television production and sports-related ventures. His career is separate from the acting roles that made his mother famous. He has also spoken publicly about surviving the 2004 plane crash, an experience that connects his adult story with the family’s most painful loss.

Willie is also associated with production and sports media. Because the brothers have worked in overlapping industries, accounts can confuse their individual projects. A family overview should distinguish the two men instead of assuming that every company or program associated with one belongs to both.

Their mother’s decision to reduce her acting commitments gave family life a larger place in her schedule. She continued making occasional screen appearances, but she did not pursue another long-running series on the scale of Kate & Allie. Her public work increasingly included volunteering and advocacy.

The family’s 2026 statement also named seven grandchildren among her survivors. It did not require the publication of every grandchild’s identity or private circumstances. The confirmed total can be reported without turning a family remembrance into an inventory of relatives who have not chosen public lives.

What Happened to Susan Saint James’s Youngest Son Teddy?

Edward Ebersol, known as Teddy, was the youngest of Saint James and Dick Ebersol’s three sons. He was 14 when he died on November 28, 2004. The family was traveling during the Thanksgiving period when the aircraft attempted to take off from Montrose, Colorado.

Dick and Charlie were aboard and survived. Teddy, the pilot and a flight attendant died. Saint James had left the aircraft before the flight on which the accident happened. The date matters because some recent summaries have repeated an incorrect year; the fatal crash occurred in 2004.

The tragedy became a lasting part of the family’s public history. In remembering Saint James after her death, relatives described how she delivered Teddy’s eulogy with words directed toward her surviving children and husband. Their tribute presented her concern for them as an expression of her character.

Memorial projects carried Teddy’s name forward, including Boston’s Teddy Ebersol’s Red Sox Fields. Saint James also remained deeply involved with Special Olympics and offered support to other bereaved parents. Her family described that care for others as a defining part of her later years.

The complete family picture therefore includes all five children, while acknowledging that only four were living when Saint James died. Sunshine, Harmony, Charlie and Willie survived her, and Teddy remained part of the story she and her family continued to honor.