Film actress, born in London, UK. From an acting family, she made her film debut in Tiger Bay (1959) with her father, John Mills. She won a special Oscar for her part in Pollyanna (1960), and went on to star in such films as The Parent Trap (1961), Whistle Down The Wind (1961), Endless Night (1971), and Appointment With Death (1988). Television work includes Parent Trap II (1986) and its two sequels (both 1989). Her son Crispian Mills is a guitarist and vocalist.
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Hayley Catherine Rose Vivian Mills (born April 18, 1946) is an English actress.
Disney subsequently cast Mills as twins Sharon and Susan who reunite their divorced parents in The Parent Trap. Mills 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!.
In addition to her Disney movies, Mills took the lead in several other films, notably Whistle Down the Wind (based on the book of the same title written by her mother), The Truth About Spring (with her father, Sir John Mills, cast as her father and James MacArthur as the love interest), and The Chalk Garden.
After her contract with Disney expired in 1966, Mills starred in the innocuous The Trouble with Angels opposite Rosalind Russell. Looking to break from her clean-cut, girl-next-door image, Mills went home to England to star in The Family Way.
It was while filming The Family Way that 20-year-old Mills met 53-year old director Roy Boulting, 33 years her senior.
Later starring roles for Mills include the title character in Good Morning, Miss Bliss (the short-lived precursor to Saved by the Bell), and as Anna Leonowens in the British production of The King and I.
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