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 â€" 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.During the late 1960s Mills began performing in theatrical
plays, and played in more mature roles. The age of contracts with
studios soon passed. For her success with Disney she received the
Disney Legend Award. Although she has not maintained the box office
success or the Hollywood A-list she experienced as a child actress,
she has continued to make films and TV appearances, including a
starring role in the UK television mini-series The Flame Trees of
Thika in 1981, the title role in Disney's television series Good
Morning, Miss Bliss in 1988, and as Caroline, a main character in Wild
at Heart (2007â€"2012) on ITV in the UK.Mills was born in Marylebone,
London. She was 12 when she was discovered by J. Lee Thompson, who was
initially looking for a boy to play the lead role in Tiger Bay, which
co-starred her father, veteran British actor Sir John Mills. The movie
was popular at the box office in Britain.
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 â€" 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.During the late 1960s Mills began performing in theatrical
plays, and played in more mature roles. The age of contracts with
studios soon passed. For her success with Disney she received the
Disney Legend Award. Although she has not maintained the box office
success or the Hollywood A-list she experienced as a child actress,
she has continued to make films and TV appearances, including a
starring role in the UK television mini-series The Flame Trees of
Thika in 1981, the title role in Disney's television series Good
Morning, Miss Bliss in 1988, and as Caroline, a main character in Wild
at Heart (2007â€"2012) on ITV in the UK.Mills was born in Marylebone,
London. She was 12 when she was discovered by J. Lee Thompson, who was
initially looking for a boy to play the lead role in Tiger Bay, which
co-starred her father, veteran British actor Sir John Mills. The movie
was popular at the box office in Britain.
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