Donna Mills: Answers To Five Important Questions

Three things certain in life are death, taxes and the deft portrayal of any character Donna Mills showcases on the screen. The actress has given so much to the entertainment world without showing signs of retirement or even slowing down, here are the frequent questions you ask about her answered.

1. Who is Donna Mills?

Donna Mills is an American actress who was born on 11 December 1940. Her mother Bernice was a dance teacher while her father was a market researcher. There are no details of siblings while growing up. Donna was enrolled at Garvey Elementary School and Taft High School. Due to how precocious she was, she was awarded double which made her graduate from Taft at an early age.

However, the zeal which she used in pursuing and finishing high school waned when she joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Donna dropped out from University after a year to chase a dancing career as she began dancing in summer stock productions.

While performing in Chicago as a dancer, she felt the urge to move to New York City and it was in New York that her acting career started in theater productions and Manhattan-based TV soaps.

2. What year did the actress make her acting debut?

Donna Mills made her acting debut in the CBS soap opera “The Secret Storm” in 1966. Donna later played the character of Alice Keenan in the American thriller movie “The Incident”. The film was about two street hoods that terrorized fourteen passengers. Her role was a minor one.

From 1967 to 1970, Donna portrayed the character of Laura Donnelly Elliott in the CBS American soap opera “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing”. Donna moved to have a busy ‘70s in the acting industry starring in different series and films such as “Doctors Private Lives” as Dr. Beth Demery, “Fantasy Island” as Cindy Carter, “Live A Little: Steal A lot” as Ginny Eaton and “Police Woman” as Tammy Swanson.

One of the most famous roles in her career was in the CBS drama “Knots Landing” where she played the character of Abby Cunnigham for nine years in the 1980s in over 200 episodes. Donna has been busy every year, featuring in films and series. She appeared as a special guest in the ABC TV series “General Hospital” from 2014 to 2015 as Madeline Reeves.

In a career that has lasted up to five decades, Donna has appeared in over 80 TV series and films and her latest contribution on screen was in the 2019 film “Turnover” where she portrayed the character of Pat. What happened to Donna Mills’ dancing career that made her drop out of school? Well, when acting overtook her, she went with the flow.

And this was enough.

3. How rich is Donna Mills?

Donna Mills has been in the acting business for a very long time. The actress is rich enough to live in any part of the world as she desires. Donna Mills is worth $7 million. Some will consider this amount rather small when placed side by side the amount of time she has put into the industry. But look at her age, she is getting to the October of her life if she doesn’t her wealth and just leaves a hefty sum at her demise, what is the use?

Aside from acting, she released a how-to video titled “The Eyes Have It” in 1986, (this was before the advent of YouTube). Her video focused on the application of makeup, and she later launched a cosmetic line of the same name. Currently, we don’t know how much she makes from the cosmetics line but it must amount to something substantial.

4. Who is Donna Mills’ husband?

Donna Mills has rocked Hollywood with her beauty, she has made men fantasize about her too, but who was lucky enough to marry her? No one. Donna Mills has never been married. Queen Elizabeth 1. The Virgin Queen of Hollywood. Or perhaps we are not sure of the virgin aspect but you doubt is circumstances.

Is Mills a lesbian? We don’t have a clue and she has not said anything. But it is not about sexual orientation. Marriage is not by force, ask Ann Cusack.

The actress has dated Richard Holland the actor and producer. They were in some kind of long-distance relationship when their love life was active but eventually, they broke up. Donna Mills later dated Michael Shelton an actor and a producer as well, their love flame quenched along the line. Perhaps tired of series of heartbreaks and incomplete adulation, she adopted a girl in 1994 and named her Chloe.

5. How many Awards does the movie star have?

Donna Mills’ work on the screen has not gone unnoticed and she has been nominated in a series of awards. Five awards actually, and she has won four. She won the Soap Opera Digest Award for her Outstanding Villainess in the series “Knots Landing”. She won the same award in 1988 and 1989 and in 2015, she won the Daytime Emmy Award for her Outstanding Special Guest Performance in the drama series “General Hospital”.

Donna Mills currently lives in Brentwood, Los Angeles California, closer to Hollywood where she spends time with her daughter.

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