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Birthday Spotlight: Alley Mills

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Alley Mills was born on May 9 in Chicago, IL.

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Mills graduated from Yale University and studied acting at the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art and made her screen debut in the 1970 film Diary of a Mad Housewife.

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Mills was married to actor Orson Bean (ex-Howard, B&B; ex-Roy, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) from 1993 until his death in 2020.

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From 1988-93, she played matriarch Norma Arnold on the hit sitcom THE WONDER YEARS, and she recently appeared on FANTASY ISLAND opposite her WONDER YEARS hubby, Dan Lauria.

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She is currently nominated for her first Daytime Emmy (for Outstanding Guest Performance for her stint as Heather).

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