Where Are The Actors Now?

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

Before starring in "Knots Landing" as Abby, Donna Mills' Hollywood career took a fairly typical route. After appearing in a small role in Woody Allen's 1966 Broadway play "Don't Drink the Water," she guest starred in dozens of series in the 1970s. These included classic series as varied as "The Six Million Dollar Man," "Barnaby Jones," and "The Love Boat." Veteran moviegoers might also remember catching Mills playing Clint Eastwood's girlfriend in Eastwood's 1971 directorial debut "Play Misty for Me."

As the oft-married and divorced Abby, Mills saw her character become the victim of a kidnapping plot. Unlike fellow leading ladies Michele Lee and Joan Van Ark, Mills' Abby was manipulative and self-centered, a contrast to the good nature of Lee and Van Ark's characters. Mills maintains she is still close with her female co-stars. "Joan and Michele and I are actually really good friends," she said. "It's turned into a real deep friendship for all of us now" (via the New York Post).

In 1994, Mills, then 53, decided to take a break from acting to raise her adopted daughter Chloe, who is now 28 and a model and social media influencer, per The Sun. Although Mills still occasionally took on small roles after this, she went for several years without a starring role. However, in 2014, Mills joined the cast of ABC's "General Hospital" as wealthy and conniving Madeline Reeves, a role which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding guest performer in a drama series. More recently, she appeared in Jordan Peele's 2022 sci-fi thriller "Nope."

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