- The second time she hosted Saturday Night Live (1975), she admitted in her opening monologue that the first time she hosted the show, then-producer Dick Ebersol fell in love with her, got her pregnant, and married her.
- Volunteer for the Special Olympics for many years.
- Resides in Connecticut and manages Seedling & Pip, a company that creates gift baskets for newborn babies. (September 2003)
- Gave birth to her fifth child at age 43, a son, Edward "Teddy" Ebersol, on June 10, 1990. Child's father is her third husband, Dick Ebersol. Teddy died in a plane crash in Colorado on November 28, 2004, aged 14.
- Had an affair with Clint Eastwood in 1969.
- Was friends with actress Jane Curtin before they both starred in Kate & Allie (1984).
- Her father, Charles Miller, guest-starred as a preacher on an episode of Kate & Allie (1984).
- Is a certified master gardener.
- Named Honorary Captain of the Hartford Whalers during the National Hockey League's 75th anniversary celebration.
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 1645 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on June 11, 2008.
- Aunt of actress Christa Miller. Great-aunt of singer Charlotte Lawrence and Henry Lawrence.
- Was pregnant with her son Willie Ebersol during the filming of the fourth season of Kate & Allie (1984).
- Gave birth to her fourth child at age 40, a son, Willie Ebersol, on October 21, 1986. Child's father is her third husband, Dick Ebersol.
- Gave birth to her first child at age 25, a daughter, Sunshine Lucas, on May 6, 1972. Child's father is her (now ex) second husband, Tom Lucas.
- Gave birth to her third child at age 36, a son, Charlie Ebersol, on December 30, 1982. Child's father is her third husband, Dick Ebersol.
- Attended Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest, Illinois, and Connecticut College for Women in New London, Connecticut.
- Gave birth to her second child at age 28, a son, Harmony Lucas, on November 10, 1974. Child's father is her (now ex) second husband, Tom Lucas.
- Daughter of Charles (1915-1993) and Constance (Geiger) Miller (1915-2011).
- Has a unique distinction of playing one of the two title roles on both McMillan & Wife (1971) and Kate & Allie (1984).
- Inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame (inaugural class) (1994).
- Brother is Chuck Miller and sister is Mary Mercedes Dewey.
- Aunt-in-law of Bill Lawrence.
- Maternal granddaughter of Charles Geiger (1890-1915), from Pennsylvania, and Jane (née Lamb) Viner (1888-1947), from Connecticut.
- Maternal great granddaughter of Samuel (1863-1939), from England, and Emily (née Lyon) Lamb (1867-1921), from Rhode Island.
- Friends with Keith Knudsen.
- Born on the exact same date as blaxploitation idol Antonio Fargas.
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