Donna Mills

Donna Mills is an American actress and producer. She began her television career in 1966 with a recurring role on The Secret Storm, and in the same year appeared on Broadway in the Woody Allen comedy Dont Drink the Water. She made her film debut the following year in The Incident. She then starred for three years in the soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing , before starring as Tobie Williams, the girlfriend of Clint Eastwoods character in the 1971 cult film Play Misty for Me.

Mills was born Donna Jean Miller in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Bernice, a dance teacher, and a market researcher father. She attended Garvey Elementary School and Taft High school. After being doublepromoted at Garvey, she graduated from Taft at an early age. From there Mills attended the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign where she was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. She completed one year of course work, then left to pursue a dancing career, gaining some early stage experience when she danced in summer stock productions. Her first professional acting role was in a production of Come Blow Your Horn at the Drury Lane Theater, Chicago. She later was cast in a touring production of My Fair Lady, which brought her to New York City.

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