A star of one of the most beloved sitcoms of the 1980s was glimpsed out in recently, still a platinum blonde at 74.
She first embarked on her acting career in the 1970s, landing a sitcom with Martin Short that was ultimately canceled in the middle of its first season.
Her ship came in during the late 1980s, when she was cast as the mother on a coming-of-age TV comedy that still inspires a rush of nostalgia in its fans.
Over the ensuing decades she established herself as a soap opera stalwart, winning two Daytime Awards for her work in the genre.
In her latest sighting, she exuded style in a black and white striped tank top over a white t-shirt, teamed with black sweats, UGG slippers and a jacket.
Can you guess who she is?
A star of one of the most beloved sitcoms of the 1980s was glimpsed out in Los Angeles recently, still a platinum blonde at 74
She first embarked on her acting career in the 1970s, landing a sitcom with Martin Short that was ultimately canceled in the middle of its first season
She is none other than Alley Mills, who played the mother of the main family on the hit coming-of-age ABC sitcom The Wonder Years from 1988 to 1993.
When she was spotted in Los Angeles recently, she cut a sprightly figure, accessorizing her relaxed ensemble with dark butterfly shades, a gleaming bracelet and a tangle of necklaces including a jeweled cross.
Mills insisted the lawsuit was 'completely ridiculous' and that Savage was 'the least offensive, most wonderful, sweet human being that ever walked the face of the Earth.'
She maintained that the out-of-court settlement was reached because ABC 'wanted to avoid a scandal or something, but it made them look guilty. You know, you don’t pay someone off when there was no crime, you just fire the girl.'
Mills moved into soap operas, landing a role in 2006 on The Bold and the Beautiful as Pam Douglas, the sister of Susan Flannery's character Stephanie Forrester.
As recently as 2022, she snagged a part on General Hospital as the villainous Heather Webber, a role that netted her a brace of Daytime Emmys.
On the personal front, she exchanged vows in 1993 with longtime TV personality and beloved showbiz raconteur Orson Bean, a habitue of talk shows and game shows.
They were together until his horrifying death in 2020, when Bean, then 91, was hit by two cars while crossing Venice Boulevard in Los Angeles.
