Donna Mills

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Biography

Donna Mills has since gone on to headline many TV-movies, often also serving as producer.

Donna Mills left the University of Illinois before turning twenty to pursue a career as a dancer and an actor, appearing in theatrical productions in Chicago, including several at the Drury Lane Theatre. She was cast in a touring production of "My Fair Lady" which brought her to New York. In 1964, Mills made her TV debut in a short-term role on the daytime …

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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Other

Born

December 11, 1942

Career Milestones

1996

Joined cast of Fox primetime soap "Melrose Place"

1996

Continued run as TV-movie queen with "The Stepford Husbands"

1982

Starred in miniseries "Bare Essence"

Became star playing Abby Cunningham Ewing on the primetime soap "Knots Landing"

1972

Made TV-movie debut in "Haunts of the Very Rich"

Cast as Larry Hagman's wife on the sitcom "The Good Life"

1971

Played Clint Eastwood's girlfriend in "Play Misty For Me"

1967

Played ex-nun Laura Donnelly on the daytime drama "Love is a Many Splendored Thing"

1967

Feature film debut in "The Incident"

1966

Made Broadway debut in Woody Allen's "Don't Drink the Water"

1965

Was a regular on the short-lived "The Steve Lawrence Show" (CBS)

1964

Moved to NYC; appeared for seven months on daytime soap "The Secret Storm"

Joined tour of "My Fair Lady"

Left college to dance and act in local Chicago productions at Drury Lane Theatre