I kept bugging them about making it more upscale, because I felt Abby, through her cleverness and business sense, was a character who would move up. And that's what she did.

Filmography. Prior to signing up a contract for Universal Studios in 1972 (much like her future Knots Landing co-stars Joan Van Ark and Kevin Dobson did at the same time) Mills spent much of the 1970s appearing as a guest on television shows such as The Six Million Dollar Man Hawaii Five-O The Love Boat CHiPs The Oregon Trail Quincy M. the UK's Thriller series Police Woman and Fantasy Island as well as several made-for-TV movies.