The beloved GH and B&B star has fond memories from that time.
Although being set in a specific era, The Wonder Years was more popular than you might expect. GH and B&B star Alley Mills, who played Kevin Arnold’s mother Norma for the whole run from 1988 to 1993, explains why.
Alley Mills Looks Back On The Wonder Years
Mills was questioned about what it was like to be on such a fantastic and historic show that was adored by so many people during a recent Coastal Entertainment fan Zoom event with co-star and on-screen daughter Avery Kristen Pohl (Esme) from General Hospital.
The experience was undoubtedly emotional for Mills, but she said, “The reality is when you are in something brilliantly written—or in a play by Tennessee Williams-highly written—that show was so beautifully written. “I cried every half hour, and it was so common. I’m not sure what tendrils that show touched.
She said, “I talked to a young children’s all-black school in New Haven, Connecticut. She was concerned that they might not understand the show’s 1960s setting. “I believed this to be America’s equivalent of the white bread exhibition. It’s untrue. It reminds me of a time when I’d return home from school, these youngsters remarked, and it makes me think of a period when they weren’t even aware of that time. He didn’t have any cookies baking when he stated, “That reminds me of the moment you come home and smell cookies baking…,” though.
“Reminds me of a period when you return home, and you didn’t have to duck from the window due to the gunfire,” the third child remarked, she continued. And as those youngsters watched The Wonder Years, I thought, “Well, you know, it’s reaching such a wide group of people. For me, that was the beauty of that performance. Alley Mills had a fantastic time being a part of something that meant so much to so many people.
She exclaimed, “I felt so outrageously lucky to play that character for seven years. I enjoyed it. That was wonderful the entire time. The actors simply said, “We’re all extremely good friends,” when asked. Most of them were nine years old when they were adults now. I was smitten.
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