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Allison Mills (born May 9, 1951), also known as Alley Bean, is an American actress best known for her role as Norma Arnold, the mother in the coming-of-age series The Wonder Years, her role as Pamela Douglas, the sister of the late Forrester matriarch Stephanie Forrester (Susan Flannery), on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She currently portrays Heather Webber on ABC's General Hospital.

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Alley Mills
Mills at the 1989 Emmy Awards with Dan Lauria
Born	(1951-05-09) May 9, 1951 (age 71)[1] Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Other names	Alley Bean
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1965–present
Spouse	Orson Bean ​ ​ (m. 1993; died 2020)​

Early life

Mills was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was television executive Ted Mills,[2] and her mother, Joan (née Paterson) Mills Kerr, was an author and editor for American Heritage magazine. Her stepmother was actress Genevieve (Ginette Marguerite Auger), and her stepfather was Chester B. Kerr, a director of Yale University Press. She has one sister, Hilary Mills Loomis, and one brother, Tony Mills.

Career

Her first acting role on television was in the short-lived comedy The Associates, where she played an attorney, opposite Martin Short.

Mills appeared on a special "Celebrity TV Moms" episode of the Anne Robinson version of The Weakest Link, in which she was the second contestant eliminated.

Mills had a recurring role in the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Marjorie Quinn, Dr. Michaela Quinn's sister. She had previously appeared in the series as a saloon girl.

In December 2006, Mills joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful under contract as Pamela Douglas, the estranged sister of Stephanie Douglas Forrester. But in March 2007, after making only a handful of appearances, her character went insane, was confined to a mental hospital, and then disappeared from the show. 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. In November 2019, it was reported that Mills was off contract with the show. Mills made a return appearance to The Bold and the Beautiful in August 2021.[3][4]

In October, 2022, Mills replaced Robin Mattson as legacy character, Heather Webber on General Hospital

Personal life

Mills' husband was author and film, television and stage actor Orson Bean. Bean was well known as a long-term celebrity panelist of To Tell the Truth and Match Game. Mills (23 years his junior) was Bean's third wife, married from 1993 until his death in 2020.[5][6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Diary of a Mad Housewife	Women's lib girl
1983	Going Berserk	Nancy Reese
1984	Young Lust
2002	Jane White Is Sick & Twisted	Mom
2002	Never Get Outta the Boat	Jean
2004	Tricks	Ruth
2009	A Golden Christmas	Katherine Wright
2011	Satin	Rose Wells
2011	3 Holiday Tails	Katherine Wright
2014	Maybe Someday	Martha Donnelly	In post-production
2015	Appetite for Love	Tallulah Jones
2019	The Fiddling Horse	Ethel Truman	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	The Waltons	Nancy	Episode: "The Obsession"
1979	Kaz		Episode: "They've Taken Our Daughter"
1979–1980	The Associates	Leslie Dunn	Main role
1980	Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case	Wanda	Movie
1981	A Matter of Life and Death	Allison Cross	Movie
1981	Lou Grant	Lisa	Episode: "Search"
1982	Making the Grade	Sara Conover	Main role
1982	Hill Street Blues	Tracy Renko	4 episodes
1983	Newhart	Professor	Episode: "Sprained Dreams"
1983	The Other Woman	Amy Vitelli	Movie
1983	Prototype	Dr. Rebecca Bishop	Movie
1985	The Atlanta Child Murders	Amy Kennear	Miniseries
1986	Maggie	Charlotte Farnsworth	Movie
1986	Moonlighting	Claire	Episode: "The Man Who Cried Wife"
1987	Mr. President	Pat	Episode: "Pilot"
1987	I Married Dora	Janine Desmond	Episodes: "Where There's a Will, There's No Way", "West Coast Story"
1987	Punky Brewster	Donna Deaton	Episodes: "Open Door, Broken Heart: Parts 1 & 2"
1988	To Heal a Nation	Sue, Stone Worker	Movie
1988–1993	The Wonder Years	Norma Arnold	Main role
1989	I Love You Perfect	TBA	Movie
1990	ABC Afterschool Special	Linda	Episode: "Testing Dirty"
1992	Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted	Carol Willis	Movie
1992–1994	Vicki!	Herself	Guest host
1993	Tainted Blood	Mrs. Patterson	Movie
1993–1997	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Saloon Woman	1 episode (uncredited)[citation needed]
		Marjorie Quinn	Recurring role, 11 episodes
1994	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Carol Oliver	Episode: "Love in the Dark Ages"
1994	Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire	Royce Payne	Movie
1995	Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare	Portia	Movie
1995	Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan	Julie Cresta	Movie
1998	Touched by an Angel	Liz	Episode: "Last Dance"
1999	Profiler	Amber Wiley	Episode: "Inheritance"
1999–2000	Popular	Robin John	Episodes: "Wild, Wild Mess", "Ch-Ch-Changes", "The Consequences of Falling"
2000	The Beach Boys: An American Family	Audree Wilson	Movie
2000	NYPD Blue	Sonya Morrow	Episode: "This Old Spouse"
2001–2005	Yes, Dear	Jenny Ludke	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2002	Girlfriends	Lynn's Mother	Episode: "Don't Leave Me a Loan"
2002–2003	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Diana Spellman	Episodes: "The Whole Ball of Wax", "Soul Mates"
2003	Strong Medicine	Rhonda LaCouer	Episode: "Prescriptions"
2006–2019, 2021	The Bold and the Beautiful	Pamela "Pam" Douglas	Main role; recurring role
2019	Teachers	Joanna Bennigan	2 episodes
2022	General Hospital	Heather Webber	Recurring role

References

External links

• Alley Mills at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Alley Mills

Alley Mills (* 9. Mai 1951 in Chicago, Illinois) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin, hauptsächlich bekannt aus zahlreichen Fernsehserien. Ihr erster Auftritt im Fernsehen war 1979 in The Associates, einer Sitcom-Serie, die nach neun Folgen eingestellt wurde.

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- [en] Alley Mills

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[es] Alley Mills

Alley Mills, también conocida como Alley Bean (Chicago, Illinois; 9 de mayo de 1951), es una actriz estadounidense, conocida por haber interpretado a Norma Arnold en The Wonder Years y a Pamela Douglas en The Bold and the Beautiful.

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[ru] Миллс, Элли

Элли Миллс (англ. Alley Mills, род. 9 мая 1951 (1951-05-09)) — американская телевизионная актриса. Она добилась наибольшей известности благодаря своей роли в комедийном сериале «Чудесные годы», где снималась на протяжении шести сезонов, с 1988 по 1993 год[1].

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