Eighties sex symbol, 84, looks like she's ageing backwards 35 years after show exit

The Irish Sun

30-04-2025

THIS retro soap opera star has barely aged a day since she first appeared on the US small screen.
The blonde bombshell is best known for playing trouble-maker Abby Cunningham on primetime soap
opera
and Dallas spin-off Knots Landing.
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Hollywood star Donna Mills has barely changed after three decades
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The Knots Landing star has wowed fans with her ageless appearance
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The star won
the
Soap Opera Digest
Award
for Outstanding Villainess three times in 1986, 1988, and 1989.
Looking fresh and glowing,
The 84-year-old wore her long blonde hair down and curled with a dash of natural make-up.
Looking chic in a monochrome outfit, the star wore black knee-high boots, black trousers and a black suit jacket.
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She accessorised with a black and white star-patterned shirt and matching handbag, with a necklace and earrings.
Speaking recently on the Knots Landing podcast We're Knot Done Yet, Donna opened up about plastic surgery with her former co-stars Joan Van Ark and Michele Lee.
Mills explained: "I think there's a certain point where it's really helpful, probably in your 40s. Then it lasts you longer.
"It keeps you younger-looking longer. Don't do it too much. If you do it too much, it's ugly and horrible."
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She continued: "Back when I was in my 40s, on Knots Landing, yes, I did a lift," she said.
"And it was subtle, but it lasted, you know. And I haven't done anything since. Nothing since then.
"But, you know, that's why I say I think it's better to do it then and don't think about doing it anymore when you're older.
Donna Mills stars as Abby Cunningham in Knots Landing
"Also, skin isn't as pliable when you're older, so you can get kind of pulled looking."
One of her old classmates was
Jim Jacobs
,
, who based the character of Sandy on her
and used her 'as his model'.
She previously told followers on social media: "Does the character Sandy from Grease look similar to me? Here's why!
"Did you know that I went to school with Jim Jacobs?"
"I didn't know it at the time, but I found out years later," she said.
"I was the original Sandy."
Hollywood beauty Donna Mills starred alongside Clint Eastwood in 1971's crime thriller Play Misty For Me as his girlfriend.
She also starred on Broadway in Woody Allen's comedy Don't Drink the Water in 1966.
She most recently appeared in Jordan Peele's 2022 horror movie Nope.
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Donna on the Hollywood red carpet in 2024
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Actors Donna, Michelle Lee and Joan Van Ark have spoken about plastic surgery
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Donna as Abby on Knots Landing in 1987
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Clint Eastwood and Donna in 1971's crime thriller Play Misty For Me
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