Quick Facts
Born:
1946-04-18
Birthplace:
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Credits:
77 Total Roles
Hayley Mills
Acting
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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
Trap
Dr. Josephine Grant
The Wheel of Time
Gitara Moroso
Murder, She Wrote
Cynthia Tate
The Parent Trap
Susan Evers / Sharon McKendrick
Midsomer Murders
Lizzy Thornfield
Death in Paradise
Nancy Martin
Amazing Stories
Joan Simmons
Pollyanna
Pollyanna
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fackham Hall MOVIE | Rose Davenport (voice) |
| 2024 | Arthur's Whisky MOVIE | Karen |
| 2024 | Trap MOVIE | Dr. Josephine Grant |
| 2022 | Compulsion TV | Connie |
| 2021 | Last Train to Christmas MOVIE | Mum |
| 2021 | The Wheel of Time TV | Gitara Moroso |
| 2015 | Unforgotten TV | Lady Emma Hume |
| 2015 | Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic MOVIE | Self - Interviewee |
| 2014 | Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film MOVIE | Self |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise TV | Nancy Martin |