She began her television career in with a recurring role on The Secret Storm , and in the same year appeared on Broadway in Woody Allen 's comedy Don't Drink the Water. She made her film debut the next year in The Incident. She then starred for three years on the soap opera Love Is a Many Splendored Thing β70 , before starring as Tobie Williams, the girlfriend of Clint Eastwood 's character in the cult thriller Play Misty for Me.
Mills played the female lead in the heist film Murph the Surf , and had starring roles in a number of made-for-television movies during the s. In , Mills landed the role of Abby Cunningham on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing , and was a regular on the show until In , she starred in the Lifetime limited series V.
Andrews' Dawn. Mills also appeared in the films Joy , Nope and Origin She completed one year of course work, then left to pursue a dancing career, gaining some stage experience in summer stock productions. Mills' parents retired to Florida, while her brother makes his home in Colorado. Mills began her acting career on television playing a nightclub singer named Rocket on the Manhattan-based CBS daytime soap opera, The Secret Storm in The film received positive reviews from critics and was successful in a box office.
She left the series in and relocated to the West Coast, thereupon making her primetime TV debut in an episode of the Western series, Lancer. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a financial success for the studio. Ewing from the show's sister series Dallas. Mills starred as a leading actress in a number of made-for-television movies through the s. Her role in Play Misty for Me resulted in her being typecast as a damsel in distress for the next few years.
In , she starred as the eponymous character's suicidal girlfriend in the American International Pictures heist film Murph the Surf opposite Don Stroud and Robert Conrad , based on a real jewel burglary involving surfer Jack Roland Murphy.
