donna mills played madeline reeves on general hospital.
donna mills played madeline reeves on general hospital.
who did donna mills play on general hospital?
madeline reeves
it was initially rumored that shirley jones would play the mystery role but jones's appearance on the series turned out to be a bit role. on january 17, 2014, executive producer frank valentini teased "major casting news" on "twitter". shortly after, "entertainment weekly" exclusively confirmed that donna mills known for her legendary role as abby cunningham on "knots landing" had joined the cast of "general hospital" in a mystery role. mills first airdate was slated for late february 2014. mills later revealed that valentini had asked her to keep the details of her character private. on february 25, mills announced her first airdate on "twitter". valentini told "soaps in depth" that the show's head writer ron carlivati suggested mills specifically. "i am thrilled out of my mind" carlivati said of the casting decision. the writer admitted that it was just wishful thinking on his part and valentini told him he'd look into it. valentini and carlivati contacted mills' agent and offered her the role. though she was flattered to have been handpicked for the role, mills was hesitant to take the job. she revealed that she had been approached by cbs daytime drama "the young and the restless" years earlier but turned down the role because she felt the timing was off. mills wanted to speak with them directly about the character. "and if donna mills says, 'let's get on the phone,' you get on the phone" valentini said." thanks to the phone conversation, mills agreed to the role. she said "they really did a sell job on me!" mills explained, "they got on the phone and they did their magic. it sounded like it would be fun." valentini stressed that only mills could play the part so she agreed despite not knowing much about the character. mills spoke with her former "knots landing" co-stars ted shackelford and joan van ark about their experiences in daytime. mills also admitted "i could do gh now because my daughter is in college." the actress later said "i'm missing my daughter terribly, so it really helps to have gh to keep my mind busy." the job brought mills back to her roots. mills started out acting in the 1960s in the daytime soaps, "the secret storm" and "love is a many splendored thing". mills was also reunited with her former "splendored thing" co-star leslie charleson who joined the soap in 1977 as monica quartermaine. ironically, legendary "gh" producer gloria monty had cast mills in the role of "rocket" on "the secret storm".
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donna jean miller, better known as donna mills (born december 11, 1940), 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 "don't 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" (1967–70), before starring as tobie williams, the girlfriend of clint eastwood's character in the 1971 cult film "play misty for me".
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