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Hayley Mills
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Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills is a British singer and actor born in Marylebone, London, on April 18, 1946. She is the daughter of John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell, and the sister of Juliet Mills. Her professional career began in 1959, and she is recognized for her work in film, stage, and as a child actor. Notable works include *Good Morning, Miss Bliss*.
Mills has received several awards, including the Academy Juvenile Award, Theatre World Award, Disney Legends, and Academy Honorary Award. She is married to Roy Boulting and has been in partnerships with Leigh Lawson and Firdous Bamji. She has two children, including Crispian Mills. She speaks English and her native language is British English.
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Film & TV
Marylebone, London, England, UK
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…
Known for
- Fackham Hall — Rose Davenport (voice)2025
- Arthur's Whisky — Karen2024
- Trap — Dr. Josephine Grant2024
- Compulsion — Connie2022
- Last Train to Christmas — Mum2021
- The Wheel of Time — Gitara Moroso2021
- Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic — Self - Interviewee2015
- Unforgotten — Lady Emma Hume2015
- Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film — Self2014
- Foster — Mrs. Lange2011
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1946
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 24,856
- Total plays
- 75,877
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Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills, born April 18, 1946, is an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning English actress. Disney subsequently cast Mills as twins Sharon and Susan, who reunite their divorced parents in The Parent Trap. She made four additional films for Disney in a four-year span, including In Search of the Castaways, Summer Magic, The Moon-Spinners and That Darn Cat!. After her contract with Disney expired in 1966, Mills starred in The Trouble with Angels, opposite Rosalind R
Key facts
- Born
- Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills , ( 1946-04-18 ) 18 April 1946 (age 80) , Marylebone , London, England
- Occupations
- Actress singer
- Years active
- 1958–present
- Spouse
- Roy Boulting ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1971 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1977 )
- Partners
- Leigh Lawson (1975–1984) Firdous Bamji (1997–present)
- Children
- 2, including Crispian Mills
- Parents
- Sir John Mills (father) Mary Hayley Bell (mother)
- Relatives
- Juliet Mills (sister) Annette Mills (aunt) Susie Blake (cousin) Mark Weedon (cousin)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Mills
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Marylebone
- Spouse
- Roy Boulting
- Child
- Crispian Mills
- Father
- John Mills
- Mother
- Mary Hayley Bell
- Sibling
- Juliet Mills
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- British English
- Notable work
- Good Morning, Miss Bliss
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Hayley Mills (1997).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1946-04-18
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- Hayley Mills
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- unmarried partner
- Firdous Bamji
- birth name
- Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills
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Encyclopedic overview
Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. A daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, she 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, Mills 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) received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress and she was voted the biggest star in Britain for 1961.
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