Alley Mills - wikipedia Alley Mills This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( October 2009 ) Alley Mills Mills at the 1989 Emmy Awards with Dan Lauria ( 1951 - 05 - 09 ) May 9, 1951 ( age 67 ) Chicago, Illinois, United States Other names Alley Bean Occupation Actress Years active 1965 -- present Spouse ( s ) Orson Bean ( m. 1993 ) Allison `` Alley '' Mills ( also known as Alley Bean ) born May 9, 1951, is an American actress best known for her role as Norma Arnold, the mother in the coming - of - age series The Wonder Years, and her current role as Pamela Douglas, the sister of the late Forrester matriarch Stephanie Forrester ( Susan Flannery ), on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Contents 1 Life and career 2 Filmography 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 3 References 4 External links Life and career Mills was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father, Ted Mills, a television executive, died in August 2003. Her stepmother, Genevieve, whose real name was Ginette Marguerite Auger, died in March 2004. Alley 's mother, Joan ( Paterson ) Mills Kerr, an author as well as an editor for American Heritage Magazine, died in November 1996. Her stepfather was Chester Kerr, former director of Yale University Press. She has one sister, Hilary Mills Loomis, and one brother, Tony Mills. Her first acting role on television was in the short - lived comedy, The Associates, where she played an attorney, opposite a then - unknown Martin Short. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, film, television, stage actor, and author Orson Bean. Bean is well known for being a long - term celebrity panelist of To Tell the Truth and Match Game. Mills ( who is twenty - three years his junior ) is Bean 's third wife, and they have been married since 1993. She also appeared on a special `` Celebrity TV Moms '' episode of the Anne Robinson version of The Weakest Link, in which she was the second one eliminated. Mills had a recurring role in the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, as Marjorie Quinn, Dr. Michaela Quinn 's sister. She had previously appeared in the series as a saloon girl. Mills joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful as Pamela Douglas, the estranged sister of Stephanie Douglas Forrester, on December 1, 2006. She was put under contract, but after making only a handful of appearances, her character went insane, was confined to a mental hospital, and then disappeared from the show in March 2007. Mills reprised the role on recurring status in 2007 and 2008 and has been added to the opening credits as a contract player as of December 2008. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1970 Diary of a Mad Housewife Women 's lib girl Going Berserk Nancy Reese 1984 Young Lust 2002 Jane White Is Sick & Twisted Mom 2002 Never Get Outta the Boat Jean Tricks Ruth 2009 A Golden Christmas Katherine Wright 2011 Satin Rose Wells 2011 3 Holiday Tails Katherine Wright 2014 Maybe Someday Martha Donnelly In post-production 2015 Appetite for Love Tallulah Jones TV Movie Television Year Title Role Notes 1978 The Waltons Nancy Episode : `` The Obsession '' 1979 Kaz Episode : `` They 've Taken Our Daughter '' 1979 -- 1980 The Associates Leslie Dunn Main role ( 13 episodes ) 1980 Rape and Marriage : The Rideout Case Wanda Movie 1981 A Matter of Life and Death Allison Cross Movie 1981 Lou Grant Lisa Episode : `` Search '' 1982 Making the Grade Sara Conover Main role ( 6 episodes ) 1982 Hill Street Blues Tracy Renko Recurring role ( 4 episodes ) Newhart Professor Episode : `` Sprained Dreams '' The Other Woman Amy Vitelli Movie Prototype Dr. Rebecca Bishop Movie 1985 The Atlanta Child Murders Amy Kennear Miniseries 1986 Maggie Charlotte Farnsworth Movie 1986 Moonlighting Claire Episode : `` The Man Who Cried Wife '' Mr. President Pat Episode : `` Pilot '' I Married Dora Janine Desmond Episodes : `` Where There 's a Will, There 's No Way '', `` West Coast Story '' Punky Brewster Donna Deaton Episodes : `` Open Door, Broken Heart : Parts 1 & 2 '' To Heal a Nation Sue, Stone Worker Movie 1988 -- 1993 The Wonder Years Norma Arnold Main role ( 105 episodes ) I Love You Perfect Movie ABC Afterschool Special Linda Episode : `` Testing Dirty '' Jonathan : The Boy Nobody Wanted Carol Willis Movie Tainted Blood Mrs. Patterson Movie 1993 -- 1997 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Marjorie Quinn Recurring role ; 11 episodes 1994 CBS Schoolbreak Special Carol Oliver Episode : `` Love in the Dark Ages '' 1994 Moment of Truth : Caught in the Crossfire Royce Payne Movie 1995 Family Reunion : A Relative Nightmare Portia Movie 1995 Deadline for Murder : From the Files of Edna Buchanan Julie Cresta Movie 1998 Touched by an Angel Liz Episode : `` Last Dance '' 1999 Profiler Amber Wiley Episode : `` Inheritance '' 1999 -- 2000 Popular Robin John Episodes : `` Wild, Wild Mess '', `` Ch - Ch - Changes '', `` The Consequences of Falling '' 2000 The Beach Boys : An American Family Audree Wilson Movie 2000 NYPD Blue Sonya Morrow Episode : `` This Old Spouse '' 2001 -- 2005 Yes, Dear Jenny Ludke Recurring role ; 5 episodes 2002 Girlfriends Lynn 's Mother Episode : `` Do n't Leave Me a Loan '' 2002 -- 2003 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Diana Spellman Episodes : `` The Whole Ball of Wax '', `` Soul Mates '' 2003 Strong Medicine Rhonda LaCouer Episode : `` Prescriptions '' 2006 -- present The Bold and the Beautiful Pamela `` Pam '' Douglas Main Cast References Jump up ^ Monika Guttman. `` Wonder casting : hippie to housewife ''. St. Petersburg Times. June 25, 1989. TV DIAL, 6. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alley Mills. Alley Mills on IMDb GND : 1063984300 VIAF : 313405344 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alley_Mills&oldid=840448109 '' Categories : 1951 births Living people 20th - century American actresses 21st - century American actresses Actresses from Chicago American child actresses American film actresses American soap opera actresses American television actresses Hidden categories : BLP articles lacking sources from October 2009 All BLP articles lacking sources Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu تۆرکجه Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Русский Simple English Svenska Türkçe 6 more Edit links This page was last edited on 9 May 2018, at 23 : 21 ( UTC ). 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Question: who played the mother in the wonder years
Answer: Allison "Alley" Mills