Hayley Mills

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.

Known For

Self

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Miss Quinton

Appointment with Death

Patti Randall

That Darn Cat!

Pollyanna

Pollyanna

Kathy Bostock

Whistle Down the Wind

Mary Grant

In Search of the Castaways

Ellie Thomsen

Endless Night

Hilary (voice)

A Troll in Central Park

Nikky Ferris

The Moon-Spinners

Gillie

Tiger Bay

Nancy Carey

Summer Magic

Mum

Last Train to Christmas

Mary Clancy

The Trouble with Angels

Susan Evers / Sharon Grand

Parent Trap III

Laurel

The Chalk Garden

Self

Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece

Self

Recreating Pollyanna's America

Jenny Piper

The Family Way

Karen

Arthur's Whisky

Mrs. Lange

Foster

Susan Evers / Sharon McKendrick

The Parent Trap

Susan Corey / Sharon Ferris

The Parent Trap II

Susan Harper

Twisted Nerve

Belle Adams

Deadly Strangers

Susan Wyatt / Sharon Evers

Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon

Mary Elizabeth Taft

Mandie and the Cherokee Treasure

Brydie White

Sky West and Crooked

Spring Tyler

The Truth About Spring

Jenny Bunn

Take a Girl Like You

Tara St. John Luke

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins

Tracy

The Kingfisher Caper

The Little Mermaid (voice)

The Daydreamer

Terri

2BPerfectlyHonest

Self (uncredited)

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

Blonde Girl at Airport (uncredited)

Africa: Texas Style!

Sally Ryan

After Midnight

Self

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

Jenny

What Changed Charley Farthing?

Polly Barlow

Pretty Polly

Self - Host

Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life

Dr. Josephine Grant

Trap

Only a Scream Away

Mrs. Peggy Dickinson

Back Home

Hildy

Stricken

Self - Interviewee

Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic

Self

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

(archive footage)

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2

Self

Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival

Self

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

49

Gender

Female

Birthday

1946-04-18

Place of Birth

Marylebone, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills