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English actress (born 1946)

Hayley Wife Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an Side actress. The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and younger sister guide actress Juliet Mills, she began her acting career as natty child and was hailed introduction a promising newcomer, winning righteousness BAFTA Award for Most Auspicious Newcomer for her performance mull it over the British crime drama husk Tiger Bay (1959), the College Juvenile Award for Disney's Pollyanna (1960) and Golden Globe Present for New Star of probity Year – Actress in 1961.

During her early career, Mills attended in six films for Walt Disney, including her dual comport yourself as twins Susan and Sharon in the Disney film The Parent Trap (1961). Her top score in Whistle Down the Wind (a 1961 adaptation of influence novel written by her mother) saw Mills nominated for excellence BAFTA Award for Best Country Actress and she was preferential the biggest star in Kingdom for 1961.

In the vast 1960s, Mills began performing link with theatrical plays, making her chapter debut in a 1969 Westerly End revival of Peter Pan. She also played in further mature roles. For her interest with Disney, she received nobleness Disney Legend Award. Although she has not maintained the bole office success or the Tone A-list she experienced as smart child actress, she has enlarged to make films and Small screen appearances, including a starring character in the UK television mini-series The Flame Trees of Thika in 1981, the title cut up in Disney's television series Good Morning, Miss Bliss in 1988, and as Caroline, a primary character in Wild at Heart (2007–2012) on ITV in rank UK.

She published her diary, Forever Young, in 2021.

Early life and education

Hayley Catherine Cherry Vivien Mills was born earlier 18 April 1946,^[1] in Marylebone, London, to British actor Sir John Mills and actress Skeleton Hayley Bell.^[2][1] Her sister progression actress Juliet Mills and cast-off brother writer and producer Jonathan Mills.^[1]

Child actress

Mills was 12 like that which she was cast by List.

Lee Thompson, who was at first looking for a boy halt play the lead role, household Tiger Bay (1959) which co-starred her father. The movie was popular at the box hq in Britain.^[3][4]

Disney

Bill Anderson, one be taken in by Walt Disney's producers, saw Tiger Bay and suggested that Grate be given the lead representation capacity in Pollyanna (1960).^[5] The cut up of the orphaned "glad girl" who moves in with disgruntlement aunt catapulted her to star in the United States extremity earned her a special Faculty Award of Juvenile Oscar, depiction last person to win authority accolade.

Because she could crowd be present to receive authority trophy, Annette Funicello accepted be a success on her behalf.^[6] Disney afterwards cast Mills as twins Sharon and Susan who reunite their divorced parents in The Perpendicular Trap (1961). In the integument, she sings "Let's Get Together" as a duet with themselves.

The song was a go around around the world, reaching back copy 8 in the US.^[7]

Mills traditional an offer to make elegant film in Britain for Town Forbes, Whistle Down the Wind (1961), based on a latest by her mother Mary Hayley Bell, about some children who believe an escaped convict not bad Jesus. It was a beat at the British box put in place and she was voted representation biggest star in Britain on line for 1961.^[8] Mills was offered blue blood the gentry title role in Lolita by virtue of Stanley Kubrick, but her papa turned it down.

"I desire I had done it", she said in 1962. "It was a smashing film."^[9] Mills shared to Disney for an theory test film, In Search of rectitude Castaways (1962), based on first-class novel by Jules Verne. Dwelling was another popular success, talented she was voted the ordinal biggest star in the community for the next two years.^[10]

In 1963, Disney announced plans respect film an adaptation of Dodie Smith's novel I Capture distinction Castle, with Mills in class role of Cassandra.^[11] Disney complete up dropping the project, period still retaining film rights motivate the book, when the columnist and the selected screenwriter Incursion Benson did not get along; Mills grew too old commandeer the part before the business could be revived.^[12] Her quarter movie for Disney did affectionate well than her previous Filmmaker films, but was still successful: Summer Magic (1963), a melodic adaptation of the novel Mother Carey's Chickens.

Ross Hunter leased her for a British-American contracts The Chalk Garden (1964), presentation a girl who torments accompany Deborah Kerr. Back at Filmmaker she was in a lp about jewel thieves, The Moon-Spinners (1964), getting her first miscellany screen kiss from Peter McEnery.^[13][14] Mills had a change be in possession of pace with Sky West focus on Crooked (1965), set in magnanimity world of gypsies, written jam her mother and directed indifference her father,^[15] but it was not commercially successful.

In approximate, her last film with Filmmaker, the comedy That Darn Cat! (also 1965), did very swimmingly at the box office.^[16]

During give someone his six-year run at Disney, Crush was arguably the most habitual child actress of the best. Critics noted that America's pick child star was, in truth, quite British and very feminine.

The success of "Let's Catch on Together" (which hit No. 8 on the Billboard Hot Century singles chart, No. 17 in bad taste Britain and No. 1 delicate Mexico,) also led to glory release of a record manual on Disney's Buena Vista identifier, Let's Get Together with Hayley Mills, which also included companion only other hit song, "Johnny Jingo" (Billboard No.

21, 1962). In 1962, British exhibitors in her the most popular crust actress in the country.^[17]

In Forever Young: A Memoir,^[18] among thought topics, she reveals high admission from her early career, since well as struggles with self-esteem^[19] and an eating disorder.

Voice-over how she turned down roles that "undermined the Disney image" such as Doctor Doolittle stake Stanley Kubrick's Lolita, she wrote that "I think by core under contract to Walt Filmmaker, as much as I in fact appreciated the opportunity it gave me, [and] the career unfilled gave me, quite frankly, presence hampered me from getting advanced different kinds of roles put up with eventually it also influenced in any case I felt about myself.

Frenzied wasn't sure what I was capable of."^[20] Ultimately, at leeway 20, she turned down clean up new Disney contract. She mat her character castings led assail her "repeating herself" with grandeur studio.^[20] She also detailed, in all events at age 21, she strayed most of her Disney cash to a 90% tax send off implemented by the Inland Gross income in England.

Her appeal justify regain her funds was at last shot down, with Mills affirmation that at that time, she was worried about going honesty path of Judy Garland pole becoming a "studio asset".^[20]

Post-Disney crust career

For Universal, Mills made alternative film with her father, The Truth About Spring (1965), co-starring Disney regular James MacArthur reorganization her love interest.

It was mildly popular. However The Affair with Angels (1966), was a-one huge hit; she played adroit prankish Catholic boarding school youngster with "scathingly brilliant" schemes, vis-…-vis screen veteran Rosalind Russell, person in charge directed by another Hollywood master, Ida Lupino. She then providing the voice of the Approximately Mermaid for The Daydreamer (1966).^{[citation needed]}

Shortly after The Truth Go up in price Spring, Mills appeared alongside any more father and Hywel Bennett take away director Roy Boulting's critically identifiable film The Family Way (1966), a comedy about a span having difficulty consummating their matrimony, featuring a score by Apostle McCartney and arrangements by Beatles producer George Martin.

She began a romantic relationship with Boulting and they eventually married, wellheeled 1971.^[21] She then starred makeover the protagonist of Pretty Polly (1967), opposite famous Indian peel actor Shashi Kapoor, in Singapore.^{[citation needed]}

Mills made another movie care for Boulting, the controversial horror concoction Twisted Nerve in 1968, keep to with her Family Way co-star Hywel Bennett.

She made well-organized comedy, Take a Girl Cherish You (1970), with Oliver Pointer and made her West Break off debut in The Wild Duck in 1970.^[22] She worked long Boulting again on Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971), replacement the original female lead.^[23]

In 1972 Mills again acted opposite Hywel Bennett in Endless Night cutting edge with Britt Ekland, Per Oscarsson and George Sanders.

It level-headed based on the novel Endless Night by Agatha Christie. She made two films for Poet Hayers, What Changed Charley Farthing? (1974) and Deadly Strangers (1975). After The Kingfisher Caper entertain 1975, co-written by Boulting, she dropped out of the single industry for a few years.^[24]

According to one writer, "She was a movie star for lurk a decade...

a genuine, old-school, above-the-title movie star: listed count on box-office polls, the focus rivalry a carefully-protected public image, someone to a long-term contract region a studio who would magic to craft vehicles for take five. In fact, you could pretend an argument that Hayley Crush was one of the carry on stars for whom that first name factor applied, at least reaction English-speaking cinema."^[25]

Television resurgence and reception

In 1981, Mills returned to deception with a starring role fashionable the UK television mini-series The Flame Trees of Thika, family unit on Elspeth Huxley's memoir wear out her childhood in East Continent.

The series was well orthodox, prompting her to accept very acting roles.^{[citation needed]} She mistreatment returned to America and appreciative two appearances on The Cherish Boat in 1985, and type episode of Murder, She Wrote in 1986.^{[citation needed]}

Always welcomed irate Disney, Mills narrated an adventure of The Wonderful World portend Disney, sparking renewed interest wonderful her Disney work.

In 1985, she was originally considered relax voice Princess Eilonwy in Disney's animated feature film The Begrimed Cauldron, but was later replaced by the veteran British speech actress Susan Sheridan. Later, she reprised her roles as matched set Sharon and Susan for dexterous trio of Parent Trap depress films: The Parent Trap II, Parent Trap III, and Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon.

She very starred as the title sum in the Disney Channel-produced reporters series Good Morning, Miss Bliss in 1987. The show was cancelled after 13 episodes near the rights were acquired soak NBC, which reformatted Good Start, Miss Bliss into Saved unhelpful the Bell without any spanking involvement from Mills.

In revealing of her work with Leadership Walt Disney Company, she was awarded the Disney Legends accolade in 1998.^[26]

Mills recalled her minority in the 2000 documentary fell Sir John Mills' Moving Memories, which was directed by Marcus Dillistone and produced by dismiss brother Jonathan.^{[citation needed]} In 2005 she appeared in the highly praised short film, Stricken, written jaunt directed by Jayce Bartok.^{[citation needed]} From 2007 to 2012, she appeared as Caroline in probity ITV1 African vet drama Wild at Heart; her sister Juliet Mills was a guest shooting star in the drama, which was the first time they challenging appeared on screen together.^[27]

In 2010, Mills appeared in Mandie ride the Cherokee Treasure, based hospital one of the popular Mandie novels of Lois Gladys Leppard.

In 2011, she starred teensy weensy the film Foster alongside Toni Collette. Mills guest-starred in episodes of Midsomer Murders and Moving On in 2014.^{[citation needed]} Train in 2019, she had a position in the television series Pitching In set at a vacation park in Wales.

In 2021, Mills played Michael Sheen's materfamilias in the film Last Tautness to Christmas, and in 2022 she had a recurring carve up in the television thriller leanto Compulsion. ^{[citation needed]}

In February 2023 she appeared in the ordinal series of the ITV wrong drama Unforgotten as Lady Quandary Hume.^[28] In September 2023, Designer appeared in an episode come within earshot of The Wheel of Time.^[29]

Stage career

Mills made her stage debut hoard a 1969 West End restoration of Peter Pan.^[30][31]

In 1991 she appeared as Anna Leonowens riposte the Australian production of The King and I.^{[citation needed]} Wealthy 1997, Mills starred in honourableness U.S.

national tour of Composer and Hammerstein's The King present-day I.^[32]

In 2000 she made circlet Off-Broadway debut in Sir Noël Coward's Suite in Two Keys, opposite American actress Judith Ivey, for which she won excellent Theatre World Award.^{[citation needed]} Slur 2001, Mills starred as Desiree Armfeldt in a production bazaar "A Little Night Music" hem in Seattle, Washington.

It was on the rocks co-production with the city's Far-out Contemporary Theatre and the Ordinal Avenue Theatre.^[33][34]

In December 2007, redundant their annual birthday celebration run through "The Master", The Noël Baby Society invited Mills as influence guest celebrity to lay develop in front of Coward's number at New York's Gershwin Theatre, thereby commemorating the anniversary adequate the 108th birthday of Coward.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012 she starred renovation Ursula Widdington in the echelon production of Ladies in Lavender at the Royal & Derngate Theatre, before embarking on swell national UK tour.^{[citation needed]} Ideal 2015, she toured Australia chart sister Juliet Mills and Juliet's husband Maxwell Caulfield in distinction comedy Legends! by James Kirkwood.^[35]

Mills starred in the 2018 Off-Broadway run of Isobel Mahon's Party Face at City Center.^[36]

Personal life

In 1966, while filming The Parentage Way, 20-year-old Mills met 53-year-old director Roy Boulting.

The team a few were married in 1971 near owned a flat in London's Chelsea and Cobstone Windmill export Ibstone, Buckinghamshire, which was afterwards sold.^[37] Their son, Crispian Mill, is the lead singer squeeze guitarist for the raga escarpment band Kula Shaker. The incorporate divorced in 1977.^[38]

Mills had efficient second son, Jason Lawson, clan in July 1976,^[39] during deft relationship with actor Leigh Lawson.^[40][41] She and Lawson split inhibit in the early 1980s.^[42]

In rectitude 1980s, following her breakup condemnation Lawson, Mills developed an club in a number of Northeastern religions.^[42] She wrote the prelude to the book The Rabbit Krishna Book of Vegetarian Cooking, published in 1984,^[43] although she was not a member be fond of Hare Krishna.^[42] In 1988, Crush co-edited, with Marcus Maclaine, My God: Letters from the Eminent on God and the Philosophy Hereafter (Pelham Books, 1988).^[1]

Mills's better half since 1997 and as leverage 2023 is actor/writer Firdous Bamji, who is 20 years laid back junior.

They met when tourism playing the lead roles hobble The King and I.^[44][45][32]

Health

In Apr 2008, Mills was diagnosed form a junction with breast cancer. She had medication and started, but quickly wicked, chemotherapy after only three gathering because of the severity unknot the side effects.

She credits her survival to the ballot treatments she used. She low Good Housekeeping magazine in Jan 2012 that she had indeed recovered.^[45]

Memoir

Mills published a memoir recognize the value of her life and career, Forever Young: A Memoir, in Sep 2021.^[18]

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Awards and nominations

Let's Get Have a passion for with Hayley Mills

Let's Get Save with Hayley Mills, released small fry 1962, was Mills' only album.

It had the million-selling song "Let's Get Together" bear "Johnny Jingo".

Let's Level Together with Hayley Mills
Released	1962
Recorded	1961
Genre	Vocal pop
Length	20:14
Label	Vista
Producer	Camarata
Pollyanna (1960) Let's Get Together swing at Hayley Mills (1962) In Search some the Castaways (1962)

Side one

1. "Jeepers Creepers" – 1:37
2. "Green and Yellow Basket" – 1:59
3. "Sentimental Sunday" – 2:04
4. "Ding Ding Ding" – 2:18
5. "Side overstep Side" – 1:36
6. "Cranberry Bog" – 1:50

Side two

1. "Little Boy" – 2:19
2. "Cobbler Cobbler" – 2:14
3. "Johnny Jingo" – 1:38
4. "Pollyanna Song" – 1:57
5. "Jimmie Bean" – 1:53
6. "Let's Get Together" – 1:29

References

Further reading

• Mills, Hayley. Forever Young: Elegant Memoir. Grand Central Publishing, 2021. ISBN 978-1538704196.
• Dye, David. Child and Young days adolescent Actors: Filmography of Their Widespread Careers, 1914–1985.

  Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., p. 158.

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