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Donna Mills Reveals Some More Intel On Her General Hospital Character Of Madeline Reeves!

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The highly anticipated debut of Donna Mills on General Hospital happened on last Friday’s episode of General Hospital and continued today on the ABC soap opera.

The Knots Landing favorite, who GH head writer Ron Carlivati and executive producer Frank Valentini, sought after to play the role of Madeline Reeves who is the mother of never-before-seen or yet to be seen, Nina comes to Port Charles and wants to get her hands on all of Nina’s fortune! She believes Nina’s hubby, Silas (Michael Easton) administered the drugs that put Nina into a coma 20 years ago, and so does Madeline’s son, Nathan West (Ryan Paevey)!  Yup, that’s right!

Donna Mills spoke with TV Guide Magazine’s Michael Logan to give some insight into her new character and some of the back-story, and what to look for during her, for now, two month story arc!

Mills related on Madeline’s story:  “As I read the scripts, I keep going, ‘Really? Really?’ Madeline believes Silas married Nina for her money and family name.  He didn’t want a wife, he wanted a scholarship fund. Now he’s a successful doctor and doesn’t need the money.”

But as we have come to find out, Madeline wants the moolah,and Mills added: “She is feeling kind of paranoid. Her husband died and left her and her son absolutely nothing. All the money went to Nina. So now it’s Madeline’s mission to get Silas to give up that inheritance.”

As for Madeleine’s son. Nathan, Mills revealed:  “She’s very happy that Nathan has chosen to avenge his sister and that he’s trying to pin it on Silas, but she doesn’t like that he became a cop in order to do it. Madeline considers police work a very lowly, undignified profession. It’s so beneath her stature!  She’s very complicated. Very screwed up. And I can’t wait to unravel the mystery as to why her husband left her without a cent.”

So what do you think of the storyline that brings Donna Mills to the Port Charles canvas? Are you looking forward to seeing how this plays out?  Let us know!

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mike
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mike

Can’t wait to watch this story unravel, love Donna Mills.

GH50
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GH50

I have to disagree. Nothing against the actress, but why would I care about any more new characters that come on, especially when they are here as part of a story that revolves around other new characters. All the while Sean Kanan’s AJ is gone. Do the majority of GH fans really want Donna Mills as madeline along with Silas and Nathan and in no time Nina taking front and center? Characters with no ties at all to GH history? If the show thinks it needs Donna Mills, why isn’t she a Quartermaine relative, or a Spencer or somebody with… Read more »

jimh(leave it to beaver)
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jimh(leave it to beaver)

Donna so far has signed for only a 2 month story arc…but i like her!!! I love the mystery surrounding Silas…i am disappointed A.J. is gone…he and Carly had great chemistry and wouldve been great as the next Alan and Monica…

4everDAYS
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4everDAYS

Even if you don’t quit watching GH, would you consider making room for DAYS?

kara anderson
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kara anderson

long story

mfarris70
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mfarris70

Loving Donna Mills from the first moment. That voice still gives me the tingles! Not sure how I feel about the plausibility of Nathan being Madeline’s son and becoming a cop to avenge his sister, but it’s a soap and I’ll go with it.

kara anderson
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kara anderson

I really hate her so much she is a ugly bitch. Nathan is so lucky he is so happy about his own mom obrerght I know she is bitch but she had a nice heart about her own son

Robert
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Robert

I think once Nathan, Sam and Silas find out that Mr. Reeves left everything to Nina, mama Reeves will become the more reasonable suspect in what happen to Nina and the murder of the pharmacist.

dmr
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dmr

I thought the same thing, or she found Nina who had actually attempted suicide, and decided to frame Silas for Nina’s attempted murder.

Johnny
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Johnny

It would have been nice if this story involved one single character that we care about. This regime is going off the rails with newbies, stunt casting, mobsters, and psychos. .. Cartini clearly has no interest whatsoever in writing the General Hospital we know and love. It is saddening and maddening, because they have broken every promise they made when they took over.

Mary SF
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Mary SF

It is the lazy way because writing stories that involve crime families, criminals, mad scientists and the like has the drama built in, there is no need for creative thinking. Weaving compelling dramas based in real life and real life issues requires imagination and skill to bring to life fully fleshed out characters with real motivations and to do all this in an entertaining way, which is becoming a lost art in general, but in soaps most of all. This is why blew it with AJ and the Q’s– the whole infighting over the estate could have been a gold… Read more »

jimh(leave it to beaver)
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jimh(leave it to beaver)

Britains Coronation Street is a lot like you describe: character driven drama that is more realisticly based on real life than our American soaps…the British have the imagination and skill that is sorely lacking in our shows!!! Coronation Street is now my favorite soap!!!

4everDAYS
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4everDAYS

You don’t “relish” it! LOL

jimh(leave it to beaver)
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jimh(leave it to beaver)

I hope she has some screen time with Leslie C., both played sisters on Love Is A Many Splendored Thing…Maddie could be Monicas estranged sister or something…Nathans father could still be Victor Cassidine…tie these people to the vets…especially to Monica who will eventually have less airtime now that A.J. is leaving…reveal Silas’s lookalike brother as the person responsible for Ninas coma or did Maddie try to knock off her own daughter for the money? Not sure if i want her trying to kill her own daughter for money unless Nina had a terminal illness and it was a mercy killing… Read more »

jimh(leave it to beaver)
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jimh(leave it to beaver)

Donna Mills only signed on for a two month story arc according to tv guides Micheal Logan…so i could be rightl..Madeline tried to kill her own daughter for the money but tptb hints they like her to stay longer and maybe William Devane as her allegedly dead husband…another one i suggested…hopefully if Donna stays it was Stephan Clay who tried to kill Nina!!!

Brenda
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Brenda

I’m not understanding why in God’s name Silas has not brought up the possibility of it having been his brother who wrote and picked up the Rx. I hadn’t gotten around to watching again then, but my daughter has been watching all along and said they could pass for twins.

jimh(leave it to beaver)
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jimh(leave it to beaver)

Well Brenda, soaps seem to like to dumbdown their characters…enough said!!!

Jake NJ
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Jake NJ

Looking forward to this arc…Donna Mills is still smoking HOT!

Lin
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Lin

get rid of Ava and make Donna Mills permanent.

jonboy
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jonboy

Great idea!

toscanti
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toscanti

I Love the character of “Ava” and Maura West. I say keep them both and place them in scenes with one another.

carol
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carol

Ava is a much more interesting character than DM is playing any day.

jonboy
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jonboy

I enjoy Maura West’s Ava also. The problem for me is that she has committed murder. Not to mention the shooting of Olivia. I need to see people who do unspeakable things receive their punishment for such and not have them get away with it (ala Franco). Her crimes need to be discovered and she needs to be sent off to jail (like Johnny Z), regardless of the fact that she has been a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stale cast.

jonboy
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jonboy

@Carol She’s been there two days! Do you know something we don’t?

Anita
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Anita

They are killing off all the Q family, they were the heart of GH they were fun with all the in fighting.
This story line is all about revenge. We want Franco to be more fun and turn out to be a Q.

Max
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Max

Loving Donna Mills as always!!

jonboy
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jonboy

In two days she has out-acted every actor on that show. Maybe this mediocre bunch will learn from her. Just pissed that she came on and foiled my plan of giving up GH.

Bill
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Bill

Watched Friday (not yet Monday), and was frankly underwhelmed by Donna Mills. Was not a “Knots Landing” fan, to be honest, but she just seemed too understated for me. Made Michael Easton (the David Duchovny of daytime) seem like Laurence Olivier. Get this girl som 5 Hour Energy!

Ces
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Ces

a little shaky in the acting, yeah? I’m hoping she perks up 😉 This storyline isn’t all that exciting in itself.

su0000
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su0000

Donna Mills has just begun, the best is yet to come..
It needs to build..
She has been on screen for about 15 minutes..
Soap stuff is not instant and Donna Mills will become vivid, I’m sure ….
(waiting for it 🙂

Ces
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Ces

I know soap stuff isn’t instant, I’ve watched for 35 years. I’m just saying ….. I wasn’t terribly Impressed by her first appearance but hoping she starts to fit into the canvas. I’m not a fan of stunt casting usually but I do like Donna Mills as an actress and loved her as Abby on Knots Landing!

dmr
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dmr

I absolutely adore Donna Mills, from her playing Abby Ewing on Knots Landing-one of the best primetime dramas. I am so happy that she agreed to come to Port Charles. Donna will definitely “up” the interest of this lagging storyline. I find Silas more interesting without boring, monotone, (always in black and white and boots) Sam. I find Sam very, very boring. Let’s bring some excitement to this storyline.

David Evan Smith
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David Evan Smith

This could all be SO much more satisfying if James Nathan Reeves only THINKS his mother’s maiden name was West, when that was actually her first husband’s name. Her real maiden name is Bard, making her Monica’s estranged sister. Madeline escaped their poverty-stricken background by marrying wealthy Dr. West, only she left him for even richer Mr. Reeves, who ended up leaving her broke. Now, decades later and desperate, Madeline’s history with Silas has brought her to Port Charles, where she discovers her estranged sister has become one of the last-standing members of the Quartermaine family, not quite as wealthy… Read more »

jsnkth
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jsnkth

LOVE this. BIG TIME.

David Evan Smith
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David Evan Smith

Thanks! Since Ned has been gone, there hasn’t been a good “Straight man” to play off of the Quartermaines’ mania and Nathan West would fit the bill. There would also be the good plot point of him as a cop with an allegiance to his newfound family who usually operate under their own version of the rules versus the law that he’s been upholding as a cop for years. It’s sad to think it didn’t occur to Ron Carlivati to go this route, as it wouldn’t just reunite Donna Mills with Leslie Charleson in a substantial way, but would allow… Read more »

Marilyn
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Marilyn

I can remember back in the 60s when I was a little kid, I watched the soap opera, Secret Storm. That is the first time I remember seeing Donna Mills. I thought she was so beautiful and so talented. All these years later, she still looks fabulous. I’m glad she is now a part of GH even if it is only for a few months. Her character does interest me and I’m looking forward to see where this storyline is going. On another note… even though we were asked to comment on Donna Mills, I can’t NOT comment about Sean… Read more »

LORENZO
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LORENZO

Wow I love Donna Mills as Madeline, she is a terrific actress. I Hope they offer Donna a contract role, she looks very hot for 73 years old.

THOMAS
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THOMAS

You have always been a favorite of mine ever since I first saw those beautiul blue eyes of yours. You, as an actress stand at the top of my list.

p.s.: Keep up the great work on “GH”!!!

Sean
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Sean

Donna Mills is a fantastic, talented actress. I only started watching GH for her.
Ryan Peavey is pretty damn fine too.

Jeff
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Jeff

I love Donna Mills! She does not need more energy! Many of the actors on this show are constantly yelling, thinking that the more dramatic you are the better actor you are; not at all! Donna Mills gets her point across in subtle ways and I’m very glad she is not yelling and caring on like some of them do on this show. I was hoping she was going to be the one backing Julian though instead of getting stuck in the Silas storyline. I don’t find him interesting at all. But would have loved to seen Donna act with… Read more »

jsnkth
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jsnkth

Donna Mills is a welcome addition, IMO. Would love to see scenes with she & Jane Elliot as conspirators…or rivals for Fluke’s attention?
Also: has anyone thought of/suggested Susan Haskell as Nina? Could throw an interesting wrench into both the Carco AND Silam storylines…

Beverly Tyack
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Beverly Tyack

I barely recognized her for all the ghoulish makeup. GH needs a new makeup artist. The older women are looking so much worse for the heavy black eye makeup. And what is with the phony sparkly eyes? Drops? BTW Anthony Geary should lose the makeup too. It’s starting to look like the Night of the Living Dead on that show.

R Heathcott
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R Heathcott

This story line is predictable of soaps of yesteryear! Bring back the stories that made GH a true success! Mob wars, Sonny vs all wannabe mobsters. The new storybook is dated and boring. Stay on topic. Quit veering off subject like, as if you’re competition is still on television! Your writers were doung great, until the other soaps saud goodbye. GH is NOT liable in adhering to ‘soap protocol of the 80’s!”

Diane prosser Degrenier
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Diane prosser Degrenier

Always good to see my former Taft high school classmate, Donna Mills.
Our class always watches for her and we share information at our quarterly luncheons.

Donna, you brighten every set you work on. Keep going, we’ll follow you.

Diane

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