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Donna Mills

Television Actress / Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress / Film Producer | * 12/11/1940 (83) | Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
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Donna Mills (born Donna Jean Miller; December 11, 1940) is an American actress. She began her television career in 1966 with a recurring role on The Secret Storm, and in the same year appeared on Broadway in Woody Allen's comedy Don't Drink the Water. She made her film debut the next year in The Incident. She then starred for three years on the soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1967–70), before starring as Tobie Williams, the girlfriend of Clint Eastwood's character in the 1971 cult thriller Play Misty for Me. Mills played the female lead in the heist film Murph the Surf (1975), and had starring roles in a number of made-for-television movies during the 1970s. In 1980, Mills landed the role of Abby Cunningham on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing, and was a regular on the show until 1989. For this role, she won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess three times, in 1986, 1988, and 1989. She has since starred in several TV movies... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Crime

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Awards & Nominations for Donna Mills

Soap Opera Digest Awards TV Land Award Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival Palm Springs International Film Festival
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Movies with Donna Mills as Actress(58)

as Lillian Cutler2023 Twilight's Child
as Lillian Cutler2023 Secrets of the Morning
as Lillian Cutler2023 Midnight Whispers
as Mrs. Copeland2023 Origin
as Lillian Cutler2023 Dawn
as Bonnie Clayton2022 Nope
as herself2020 The Story of Soaps
as Helen Harris2019 Carol of the Bells
as Caroline Sinclair2019 Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses
as Pat2019 Turnover
as Supervisor Wink2016 Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens
as Priscilla2015 Joy
as Joyce Rehnquist2015 12 Gifts of Christmas
as Evelyn2013 Deadly Revenge
as Elizabeth2008 Ladies of the House
as Margot Harper2007 Love Is a Four Letter Word
as Mrs. Claus2004 A Very Cool Christmas
as Maggie Holloway1998 Moonlight Becomes You
as Jodi Davidson1996 The Stepford Husbands
as Vanessa Graves1995 An Element of Truth
as Beth Williamson1995 Dangerous Intentions
as Kate1994 My Name Is Kate
as Nicky Wells1993 Remember
as Elizabeth Hemming1992 The President's Child
as Laura Elias1992 In My Daughter's Name
as Pat Bennett1991 Runaway Father
as Joyce Lukezic1991 False Arrest
as Rebecca Simms1989 The Lady Forgets
as Samantha Hollings1988 Outback Bound
as Julie Atkins1986 Intimate Encounters
as Kathy Saunders1984 He's Not Your Son
as Barbara Fisher1982 Bare Essence
as Cassie Howard1980 Waikiki
as Ellen Craig1979 Hanging by a Thread
as Dr. Beth Demery1978 Doctors' Private Lives
as Lainie Wiley1978 Superdome
as Frankie1977 Bunco
as Leigh Lockwood1977 Curse of the Black Widow
as Susan Reilly1977 The Hunted Lady
as Harriett Malone1977 Fire!
as Susan Winters1975 Who Is the Black Dahlia?
as Ginny Eaton1975 Murph the Surf
as Caroline Carmichael1974 Live Again, Die Again
as Tracy Fleming1973 The Bait
as Linda Daniel1972 Night of Terror
as Bebe Lotter1972 Rolling Man
as Tobie1971 Play Misty for Me
as Alice Keenan1967 The Incident

TV Shows/Series with Donna Mills as Actress(41)

as Layla Laughlin2022 The Rookie: Feds
as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
as herself2015 Queens of Drama
2012 GCB
as herself2003 Celebrities Uncensored
as Lauren Williams2003 Cold Case
as herself1997 The View
as herself1993 Intimate Portrait
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Abby Cunningham Ewing Sumner1979 Knots Landing
as Lila Barton1977 The Love Boat
as Jeannie Carter1977 The Love Boat
as Chrissie Morton1973 Thriller
as Helen Cook1973 Thriller
as Patty Heron1973 Thriller
1972 Banyon
1971 Cannon
as Jane Miller1971 The Good Life
as Marcia Bissell1968 Hawaii Five-O
1968 Lancer
as Mary Anne Collins1965 The F.B.I.
as Bernice Rawson1965 The F.B.I.
as Cora Sanderson1955 Gunsmoke

Movies with Donna Mills as Crew(6)

Production/Executive Producer1995 An Element of Truth
Production/Executive Producer1994 My Name Is Kate
Production/Executive Producer1992 In My Daughter's Name
Production/Executive Producer1991 Runaway Father
Production/Executive Producer1990 The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid
Production/Executive Producer1986 Intimate Encounters

Additional Information

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Full Name: Donna Jean Mills
Born: Wednesday, 12/11 1940 (December) in Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 83 years + 108 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, William Howard Taft High School
Other names for Donna Mills (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Donna Jill Miller"
Donna Mills frequently works together with these people:
Victor French (24x, Actor)
Morgan Woodward (20x, Actor)
Anthony Caruso (20x, Actor)
Gregg Palmer (20x, Actor)
William Windom (19x, Actor)
Royal Dano (18x, Actor)
Shug Fisher (18x, Actor)
Scott Marlowe (18x, Actor)
Harold Gould (17x, Actor)
Tim O'Connor (17x, Actor)
Milton Selzer (17x, Actor)
Bren Plaistowe (5x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:115779, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024