Soap opera star Donna Mills says she was the inspiration for Sandy from ‘Grease’
posted the video on her Instagram dressed as SandyOlsson wearing a pink sweater and a leather jacket over a lacy top.Mills swears in the video that she was the muse that “Grease” writer Jim Jacobs used to pen the character.“Did you know I went to school with Jim Jacobs? Jim Jacobs who wrote ‘Grease’? Jim Jacobs who used me as his model for Sandy,” Mills said.“I didn’t know it at the time but I found out years later – I was the original Sandy.”Both Mills and Jacobs are Chicago natives and attended Taft High School together.Jacobs’ musical — which he co-wrote with his friend Warren Casey — has spawned several musical productions including the iconic film version starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as well as an upcoming prequel called “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.” In 2010, Jacobs revealed the idea for “Grease” came to him while hanging out with friends from a local theatre group.