Juliet Maryon Mills (born November ) is a British-American actress of
film, stage, and television. She is the daughter of actor Sir John
Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and the eldest of three siblings; her
younger siblings are actress Hayley Mills and director Jonathan
Mills.Mills began her career as a child actress and was nominated at
age eighteen for a Tony Award for her stage performance in Five Finger
Exercise in . She progressed to film work and then to television,
playing the lead role on the sitcom Nanny and the Professor in the
early s. She received Golden Globe Award nominations for her work in
this series and for her role in the film Avanti! in . She won an Emmy
Award for her performance in the television miniseries QB VII (). In ,
Mills joined The Mirror Theater Ltd's Mirror Repertory Company,
performing in repertory productions such as Rain, Paradise Lost,
Inheritors and The Hasty Heart throughout their seasons. From until ,
she had a role on the daytime drama series Passions, for which she was
nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award.Mills was born in London during
World War II (), though her parents, actor Sir John Mills and
playwright Mary Hayley Bell, soon moved the family to the country to
be away from the German Luftwaffe raids. She is the elder sister of
actress Hayley Mills and director Jonathan Mills. Because of her
parents' fame, Mills grew up surrounded by famous actors, including
Rex Harrison, David Niven and Marlon Brando. She recalled her
childhood in the documentary film Sir John Mills' Moving Memories,
written by her brother. Her godmother was actress Vivien Leigh, and
her godfather was playwright Noël Coward. She attended the Elmhurst
Ballet School, in Camberley, Surrey.
film, stage, and television. She is the daughter of actor Sir John
Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and the eldest of three siblings; her
younger siblings are actress Hayley Mills and director Jonathan
Mills.Mills began her career as a child actress and was nominated at
age eighteen for a Tony Award for her stage performance in Five Finger
Exercise in . She progressed to film work and then to television,
playing the lead role on the sitcom Nanny and the Professor in the
early s. She received Golden Globe Award nominations for her work in
this series and for her role in the film Avanti! in . She won an Emmy
Award for her performance in the television miniseries QB VII (). In ,
Mills joined The Mirror Theater Ltd's Mirror Repertory Company,
performing in repertory productions such as Rain, Paradise Lost,
Inheritors and The Hasty Heart throughout their seasons. From until ,
she had a role on the daytime drama series Passions, for which she was
nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award.Mills was born in London during
World War II (), though her parents, actor Sir John Mills and
playwright Mary Hayley Bell, soon moved the family to the country to
be away from the German Luftwaffe raids. She is the elder sister of
actress Hayley Mills and director Jonathan Mills. Because of her
parents' fame, Mills grew up surrounded by famous actors, including
Rex Harrison, David Niven and Marlon Brando. She recalled her
childhood in the documentary film Sir John Mills' Moving Memories,
written by her brother. Her godmother was actress Vivien Leigh, and
her godfather was playwright Noël Coward. She attended the Elmhurst
Ballet School, in Camberley, Surrey.
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