1. Alley Mills starred as Norma Arnold, in the coming-of-age ABC comedy series, The Wonder Years.
21 Facts About Alley Mills
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From 2022 to 2024, Mills portrayed antagonistic Heather Webber on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series.
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Alley Mills's father was television executive Ted Mills, and her mother, Joan Mills Kerr, was an author and editor for American Heritage magazine.
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Alley Mills's stepmother was actress Genevieve, and her stepfather was Chester B Kerr, a director of Yale University Press.
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Alley Mills has one sister, Hilary Mills Loomis, and one brother, Tony Mills.
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Alley Mills made her television debut as a child performer appearing in The Patti Page Show and later performed in Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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Alley Mills began her career appearing in episodes of television series Mr Novak and The Leslie Uggams Show, before making her big screen debut playing minor role in the 1970 comedy-drama film, Diary of a Mad Housewife.
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In 1988, Alley Mills was cast as Norma Arnold, the mother of Fred Savage's character in the ABC comedy series, The Wonder Years, from 1988 to 1993.
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In 1989, Alley Mills began co-hosting the ABC daytime talk-show, Home.
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From 1993 to 1997, Alley Mills had a recurring role in the CBS Western series, Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman as Marjorie Quinn, Dr Michaela Quinn's sister.
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Alley Mills had previously appeared in the series as a saloon girl.
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In 2000, Alley Mills co-starred in the ABC miniseries, The Beach Boys: An American Family.
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Alley Mills appeared in Roseanne, Touched by an Angel, NYPD Blue, Popular, Girlfriends, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Strong Medicine and Yes, Dear.
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In December 2006, Alley Mills joined the cast of CBS daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful under contract as Pamela Douglas, the estranged sister of Stephanie Douglas Forrester.
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Alley Mills reprised the role on recurring status in 2007 and 2008, and by December 2008, was added to the opening credits as a contract player.
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In November 2019, it was reported that Alley Mills was off contract with the show.
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Alley Mills made a return appearance to The Bold and the Beautiful in August 2021.
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In October, 2022, Alley Mills replaced Robin Mattson as legacy character Heather Webber on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital.
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In 2023, Alley Mills received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series for General Hospital.
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Also in 2023, Alley Mills guest-starred alongside her The Wonder Years co-star, Dan Lauria, in an episode of Fox series Fantasy Island.
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Alley Mills was married to author, film, television and stage actor Orson Bean from 1993 until his death in 2020.