‘Knots Landing’ star Donna Mills claims Sandy in ‘Grease’ was modeled after her: ‘I found out years later’
foxnews.comDonna Mills claims she was the inspiration behind Sandy in "Grease." The actress, who starred in the "Dallas" spinoff "Knots Landing," recently took to her Instagram and shared a video of herself dressed up as the character from the 1978 movie, a role made famous by Olivia Newton-John.
In the clip, the 81-year-old claimed she was the "model" for Sandy. "Does the character Sandy from Grease look similar to me?’" she captioned the post. "Here’s why!" "Did you know that I went to school with Jim Jacobs?" Mills said in the video. "Jim Jacobs, who wrote ‘Grease.’ Jim Jacobs, who used me as his model for Sandy.
I didn’t know it at the time. But I found out years later. I was the original Sandy." In 2010, Jacobs explained to The Buffalo News how he and co-writer Warren Casey came up with the idea for "Grease." "We're sitting around in my apartment in like '69, and it was some cast party of a show," Jacobs explained at the time. "Around one in the morning, there were still a few old potheads laying around, passed out on the floor.
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