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Hayley Mills Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1946-04-18

Birthplace:
Marylebone, London, England, UK

Credits:
77 Total Roles

Hayley Mills

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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

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

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