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Alley Mills, The Mom In ‘Wonder Years’ Is Now 70 And Now Appears On ‘The Bold And The Beautiful’

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Allison “Alley” Mills (Bean) is best known for her role as the mother, Norma Arnold in The Wonder Years. With the show getting its own reboot, you may be wondering what Alley has been up to in recent years. She continues to act and is now 70 years old.

Alley was born in 1951 in Chicago. She was likely drawn to television because her father was television executive Ted Mills. Her stepmother was also an actress named Genevieve. She got her big break starring opposite the great Martin Short in The Associates.

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Whatever happened to Alley Mills, the mom from ‘The Wonder Years?’

THE WONDER YEARS, Alley Mills, (1992), 1988-93
THE WONDER YEARS, Alley Mills, (1992), 1988-93. photo: Craig Sjodin / ©New World Television/courtesy Everett Collection

Some of her well-known roles were in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Dr. Quinn’s sister. In addition to The Wonder Years, she’s starred in Yes, Dear, Hill Street Blues, and more. In 2018, Alley said that The Wonder Years ended due to a sexual harassment lawsuit against show stars Fred Savage and Jason Hervey. At the time she said, “When we shot the series finale, which was in Whittier, nobody knew whether or not ‘The Wonder Years’ was going to be renewed. That’s because of a completely ridiculous sexual-harassment suit that was going on against Fred Savage, who is the least offensive, most wonderful, sweet human being that ever walked the face of the Earth.”

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MOMENT OF TRUTH: CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE, from left: Alley Mills, Dennis Franz
MOMENT OF TRUTH: CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE, from left: Alley Mills, Dennis Franz, 1994, © NBC/courtesy Everett Collection

Sadly, Alley’s husband, Orson Bean, passed away in 2020 after being hit by a car while walking. They wed in 1993 and had no children together. Orson had four children from previous marriages.

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07 February 2020 – Orson Bean, the 91-year-old veteran actor-comedian and a mainstay of the west sides theater scene, was killed after being hit by two cars Friday night while crossing Venice Boulevard on his way to see a play, according to police and friends of the actor. His credits include films such as “Being John Malkovich” and “Miracle on 34th Street” and TV shows like “Modern Family” and “The Bold and the Beautiful.” He had a recurring role in “Desperate Housewives” from 2009 to 2012. Bean had been married for 27 years to actress Alley Mills, best known as the mother in “The Wonder Years.” Witnesses say she was at the scene. The collision happened in front of the Pacific Resident Theatre, where both Bean and Mills were company members. Bean was crossing busy Venice Boulevard to the theater, where his wife was working, friends say. File Photo: 17 July 2018 – Hollywood , California – Orson Bean, Ally Mills. “The Equalizer 2” Los Angeles Premiere held at the TCL Chinese Theatre. Photo Credit: Birdie Thompson/AdMedia/Image Collect

These days, she plays Pamela Douglas on The Bold and the Beautiful. She has been on the soap opera since 2006. She has also had smaller roles in shows and movies such as Teachers and The Fiddling Horse. She also has a movie in post-production called Last Chance Charlene which should premiere in 2022.

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Lauren Novak is a journalist who wrote more than 5,000 nostalgia and pop culture stories for DoYouRemember? as a Senior Staff Writer and Editor.