I was always cutting dialogue out when we were rehearsing, and when I produced movies, too. I felt that people don't say things in life - they act, they do things. I always wanted my characters doing, rather than saying what they were doing - which was redundant.

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.