Donna Mills (born Donna Jean Miller in Chicago, Illinois on December 11, 1940) is an American actress, who first gained prominence as ex-nun Laura Donnelly on the soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing. Upon leaving the series she played opposite Clint Eastwood in Play Misty for Me, her most famous movie role to date.
She appeared in numerous TV movies through the 1970s but became best known for portraying Abby Fairgate Cunningham Ewing Sumner on the hit TV series Knots Landing from 1980 to 1989.
She returned for the series finale in 1993 and the reunion movie Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac in 1997. She has also appeared in The Six Million Dollar Man, The Love Boat, CHiPs, Quincy, M.E., Thriller, Fantasy Island and Melrose Place.
She has never married, but has an adopted child.
Selected filmography:
Play Misty For Me (1971)
The Bait (1973)
Live Again, Die Again (1974)
Look What Happened To Rosemary's Baby (1976)
Curse Of The Black Widow (1977)
Bare Essence (1982)
Alice in Wonderland (1985)
The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid (1989)
Runaway Father (1990)
In My Daughter's Name (1992)
The Stepford Husbands (1996)
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