Question: who played the mother in the wonder years
Answer: 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 .