Alley Mills

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Alley Mills
Mills at the 1989 Emmy Awards with Dan Lauria
Born	(1951-05-09) May 9, 1951 (age 70) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Other names	Alley Bean
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1965–present
Spouse(s)	Orson Bean ​ ​ (m. 1993; died 2020)​

Allison "Alley" 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, and her current role as Pamela Douglas, the sister of the late Forrester matriarch Stephanie Forrester (Susan Flannery), on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

Early life[]

Mills was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was television executive Ted Mills,^[1] and her mother, Joan (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. ^[2][3]

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.^[4][5]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Television[]

References[]

External links[]

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