‘Knots Landing’ star Donna Mills explains why she took a break from Hollywood for 18 years

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Donna Mills took a break from Hollywood for 18 years — and she has zero regrets. The actress became a mother in her 50s when she adopted a daughter named Chloe, who is now 27. "I was very concentrated on my career, but at a certain point, I realized there was something missing — it was a child," the "Knots Landing" star recently told People magazine. "So I went after it.

I adopted her when she was four days old." "By that time, I was 54 and people said, ‘You’re going to be so old [to] have a little toddler running around," the 81-year-old continued. "I never felt that.

I never felt older than the other mothers who were probably in their 20s." Actress Donna Mills and adopted daughter Chloe pose for a picture during ‘Merv Griffin’s 7th Annual Christmas Tree Lane Lighting Ceremony and Live Auction of Trees' on December 12, 2000, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason Kirk/Newsmakers) Mills’ breakthrough performance was in Clint Eastwood’s 1971 directorial debut titled "Play Misty for Me." She went on to star as vixen Abby Fairgate in "Knots Landing," a spinoff of "Dallas." The series aired from 1979 until 1993.

But despite her decades-long career, Mills said she yearned to be a mom. And when her dream finally came true, she was determined to be home with her daughter. "I took off 18 years," she explained to the outlet. "I didn’t work.