Hayley Mills

Acting

Hayley Mills

Born
(age 80)
Birthplace
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Credits
76 titles

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.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 76

YearTitleRole
2025 Fackham Hall Film Rose Davenport (voice)
2024 Arthur's Whisky Film Karen
2024 Trap Film Dr. Josephine Grant
2022 Compulsion TV Connie (4 ep)
2021 Last Train to Christmas Film Mum
2021 The Wheel of Time TV Gitara Moroso (1 ep)
2019 Pitching In TV Iona (4 ep)
2015 Unforgotten TV Lady Emma Hume (6 ep)
2015 Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic Film Self - Interviewee
2014 Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film Film Self
2013 Angel in the House Film
2011 Death in Paradise TV Nancy Martin (1 ep)
2011 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip TV Self - Participant (1 ep)
2011 Foster Film Mrs. Lange
2010 Mandie and the Cherokee Treasure Film Mary Elizabeth Taft
2009 Moving On TV Madge (1 ep)
2009 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story Film Self
2008 The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics Film Self
2006 Wild at Heart TV Caroline Du Plessis (14 ep)
2005 Stricken Film Hildy
2004 Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival Film Self
2004 2BPerfectlyHonest Film Terri
2002 Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece Film Self
2002 Recreating Pollyanna's America Film Self
2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories Film Self
1998 The Heaven and Earth Show TV (1 ep)
1997 Midsomer Murders TV Lizzy Thornfield (1 ep)
1996 E! True Hollywood Story TV (1 ep)
1994 A Troll in Central Park Film Hilary (voice)
1990 After Midnight Film Sally Ryan
1989 When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen Film Self
1989 Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon Film Susan Wyatt / Sharon Grand
1989 Back Home Film Mrs. Peggy Dickinson
1989 Parent Trap III Film Susan Evers / Sharon Grand
1988 One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage Film Self (uncredited)
1988 Good Morning, Miss Bliss TV Carrie Bliss (13 ep)
1988 Appointment with Death Film Miss Quinton
1986 The Parent Trap II Film Susan Corey / Sharon Ferris
1986 Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2 Film (archive footage)
1985 Amazing Stories TV Joan Simmons (1 ep)
1984 Murder, She Wrote TV Cynthia Tate (1 ep)
1981 The Flame Trees of Thika TV Tilly (7 ep)
1981 Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life Film Self - Host
1979 Tales of the Unexpected TV Claire Hawksworth (1 ep)
1978 An Audience with... TV Self (2 ep)
1977 The Love Boat TV Cheryl Tyson, Leila Stanhope, Dianne Tipton (1 ep)
1976 What Changed Charley Farthing? Film Jenny
1975 The Kingfisher Caper Film Tracy
1975 Deadly Strangers Film Belle Adams
1974 Only a Scream Away Film Samantha Miller
1973 Thriller TV Samantha Miller (1 ep)
1972 Endless Night Film Ellie Thomsen
1971 Mr. Forbush and the Penguins Film Tara St. John Luke
1970 Take a Girl Like You Film Jenny Bunn
1968 Twisted Nerve Film Susan Harper
1967 Pretty Polly Film Polly Barlow
1967 Africa: Texas Style! Film Blonde Girl at Airport (uncredited)
1966 The Family Way Film Jenny Piper
1966 The Daydreamer Film The Little Mermaid (voice)
1966 The Trouble with Angels Film Mary Clancy
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