Hayley Mills

Actor

About

Also Known As

Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills

Birth Place

London, England, GB

Born

April 18, 1946

Biography

Filmography

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)

Herself

2 B Perfectly Honest (2004)

Terry

A Troll in Central Park (1994)

Voice

Parent Trap III (1989)

Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)

Sharon Evers; Susan Evers Wyatt

Appointment with Death (1988)

Photos & Videos

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In Search Of The Castaways (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Glasgow, 1858

In Search Of The Castaways (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Confounded Wharf Rats!

Family & Companions

Roy Boulting

Husband

Producer, director. Married in 1971; separated in 1975; divorced in 1977; born in 1913.

Leigh Lawson

Companion

Actor. Father of Mills' son Jason; together in the early 1980s; later married actress-model Twiggy.

Marcus Mclaine

Companion

Musician. Brother of actor Maxwell Caulfield (who is married to Mills' sister); no longer together; born c. 1963.

Bibliography

"My God: Letters from the Famous on God and the Life Hereafter

collected and edited by Hayley Mills and Marcus Maclaine, Pelham Books (1988)

Biography

The middle child of actor John Mills and writer Mary Hayley Bell, blonde, blue-eyed Hayley Mills became the epitome of English wholesomeness in the early 1960s in a series of Disney films. She first came to attention with a highly-praised turn as a pre-teen murder witness in "Tiger Bay" (1959), opposite her father. Based on this strong debut, Walt Disney signed Mills to a five-year contract, putting her in a series of sweet, ingratiating innocents ranging from "Pollyanna" (1960), for which she earned a special juvenile Academy Award to a dual role of twins trying to reunite their divorced parents in "The Parent Trap" (1961). She also co-starred as one of three children who discover an escaped convict and believe he is Jesus Christ in Bryan Forbes' "Whistle Down the Wind" (1961), adapted from a novel by her mother. After playing a perturbing student at a convent school who reforms in "The Trouble With Angels" (1966), directed by Ida Lupino, Mills shocked the Establishment and shed her pure image with a celebrated nude scene in "The Family Way" (also 1966). That she also married a man three-decades her senior, producer-director Roy Boulting, changed the direction of her career.

By the early 70s, her film career was petering out, but she found renewed success as a stage actress, appearing in the title role of "Peter Pan" (1969-70) and Chekhov's "Three Sisters" (1970). After giving birth to her first child, she returned to the stage in "A Touch of Spring" (1975-76), which introduced her to Leigh Lawson, with whom she had a romantic relationship and a second son. For much of the next two decades, Mills concentrated on stage work winning praise for her work in "Talley's Folly" (1982) and "Toys in the Attic" (1985). She continued to make appearances in small screen productions, notably as the wife and mother of a family growing coffee in Kenya in the acclaimed BBC miniseries "The Flame Trees of Thika" (shown in the USA on PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre" in 1982) as well as guest appearances on such fodder as "The Love Boat" and "Murder, She Wrote." The 90s brought her to Australia, first as Anna in a restaging of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I" (1991) and then opposite her older sister Juliet in a production of Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels" (1992). More recently, Mills traveled across North America headlining a national tour of "The King and I."

Filmography

Life Events

1959

Feature film debut, "Tiger Bay"

1960

First Disney film "Pollyanna"; received juvenile Academy Award

1961

Starred in "Whistle Down the Wind," adapted from a novel by her mother Mary Hayley Bell

1961

Played a dual role as twins in "The Parent Trap"

1965

Starred in the hit family film "That Darn Cat!"

1966

Filmed first nude scene in "The Family Way"

1969

Stage acting debut in the title role of "Peter Pan" in London

1972

Last feature for 16 years, "Endless Nights"

1981

Starred in acclaimed British series "The Flame Trees of Thika" (aired in U.S. on PBS in 1982)

1982

Starred in the London production of "Talley's Folly"

1986

Reprised her childhood dual role of twins in the Disney Channel TV-movie "The Parent Trap II"

1988

Starred in the Disney Channel series "Good Morning, Miss Bliss"

1988

Returned to features in the ensemble cast of "Appointment With Death"

1989

Again reprised her dual role as twins in "Parent Trap III" and "Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon" (both NBC)

1991

Toured Australia playing Anna in "The King and I"

1992

Appeared with sister Juliet in "Fallen Angels" by Noel Coward; toured Australia, New Zealand, and the U.K.

1994

Provided a character voice for the animated film "A Troll in Central Park"

2000

Made off-Broadway debut in Noel Coward's "A Suite in Two Keys"

2004

Cast in "2BPerfectlyHonest" opposite Andrew McCarthy and John Turturro

2007

Joined the cast of British drama series "Wild at Heart" (ITV)

2011

Landed supporting role in the family film "Foster"

Photo Collections

In Search of the Castaways - Movie Posters

The Parent Trap - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Disney's The Parent Trap (1961). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Pollyanna (1960) - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Disney's Pollyanna (1960). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

The Trouble with Angels - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for The Trouble with Angels (1966), starring Rosalind Russell and Hayley Mills. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.