Hayley Mills
English actress and celebrated child star whose Disney films and award-winning performances made her a beloved figure in cinema history.
Hayley Mills - Personal Information
- Name: Hayley Mills
- Date of Birth: April 18, 1946
- Place of Birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
Biography
Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell, and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, Mills began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promising newcomer, winning the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in the British crime drama film Tiger Bay (1959), the Academy Juvenile Award for Disney's Pollyanna (1960) and Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress in 1961.
During her early career, she appeared in six films for Walt Disney, including her dual role as twins Susan and Sharon in the Disney film The Parent Trap (1961). Her performance in Whistle Down the Wind (a 1961 adaptation of the novel written by her mother) saw Mills nominated for BAFTA Award for Best British Actress.
Selected Filmography
A look at some of Hayley Mills' most notable recent screen appearances across film and television.
- Fackham Hall (2025) as Older Rose Davenport (voice)
- Arthur's Whisky (2024) as Karen
- Trap (2024) as Dr. Josephine Grant
- Compulsion (TV - 2022) as Connie
- Last Train to Christmas (2021) as Mum
- The Wheel of Time (TV - 2021) as Gitara Moroso
- Unforgotten (TV - 2015) as Lady Emma Hume
- Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic (2015) as Self - Interviewee
- Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014) as Self
- Death in Paradise (TV - 2011) as Nancy Martin
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