Line #13 Creator/HayleyMills


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4	Chances are if you were a child in TheSixties, you saw Hayley Mills everywhere.
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6	Born on 18 April 1946 in Marylebone, London, the daughter of famed actors Creator/JohnMills and Mary Hayley Bell, she (and her sister, Creator/JulietMills) followed in her parents' footsteps and took to the stage at a young age. Her film debut was at the age of eleven in the British crime drama ''Tiger Bay''. It was in that where she was discovered by Creator/WaltDisney, who was desperately looking for an actress to play the lead role in ''{{Film/Pollyanna\|1960}}''. She got the part and, although the film was not a great Box Office success, she was signed to a six film contract with Disney. It was with Uncle Walt that she made another of her most famous films - playing both Susan and Sharon in ''Film/{{The Parent Trap\|1961}}''.
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8	As is the case with many child actresses, Hayley tried to distance herself from her Disney roots as she got older. Roles such as a mentally-challenged teen in ''Sky West & Crooked'', a virgin trying to consummate her marriage in ''The Family Way'' and the object of a stalker's lust in the horror film ''Twisted Nerve''. She dropped out of the industry for a few years, before re-emerging in the 80s, once again working with Disney - filming three sequels to ''The Parent Trap''. She was given a Disney Legends Award in 1998.
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10	She's still acting on the stage to this day. She was also the final recipient of the Academy Juvenile Award in 1960, for her performance in ''Pollyanna''. Her son Crispian Mills is the frontman of {{Britpop}} band Music/KulaShaker.
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12	!!Selected Filmography:
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14	* ''Film/TigerBay'' (1959)
15	* ''{{Film/Pollyanna\|1960}}'' (1960) - Pollyanna Whittier
16	* ''Film/{{The Parent Trap\|1961}}'' (1961) - Susan Evers/Sharon [=McKendrick=]
17	** ''The Parent Trap II'' (1986)
18	** ''Parent Trap III'' (1989)
19	** ''Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon'' (1989)
20	* ''Film/WhistleDownTheWind'' (1961) - Kathy Bostock
21	* ''Literature/InSearchOfTheCastaways'' (1962) - Mary Grant
22	* ''Film/SummerMagic'' (1963) - Nancy Carey
23	* ''The Chalk Garden'' (1964) - Laurel
24	* ''The Moon Spinners'' (1964) - Nikky Ferris
25	* ''Film/ThatDarnCat'' (1965) - Patti Randall (final film for Disney)
26	* ''The Truth About Spring'' (1965) - Spring Tyler
27	* ''Film/TheDaydreamer'' (1966) - The Little Mermaid (voice)
28	* ''The Family Way'' (1966) - Jenny Fitton
29	* ''Twisted Nerve'' (1968) - Susan Harper
30	* ''Deadly Strangers'' (1976) - Belle Adams
31	* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' (1986) - Cynthia Tate
32	* ''[[Series/SavedByTheBell Good Morning Miss Bliss]]'' (1987-1989) - Miss Carrie Bliss
33	* ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'' (1994) - Hillary (voice)
34	* ''Series/WildAtHeart'' (2007-2012) - Caroline Du Plessis
35	* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' (2014) - Lizzy Thornfield
36	* ''Film/LastTrainToChristmas'' (2021) - Mum
37	* ''Film/{{Trap}}'' (2024)
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39	!!Tropes relating to her work:
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41	* {{Ballet}}: She was educated at Elmhurst Ballet School.
42	* ContractualPurity: Her contract with Disney was why she couldn't play the title role in ''{{Literature/Lolita}}''. She also sought to shake this off by appearing nude from behind in ''The Family Way'' and topless in ''Deadly Strangers''.
43	* FakeAmerican: Half of her roles in America, varying in whether she's bothering with the accent or not.
44	* FormerChildStar: Subverted. For a while she was best known as Pollyanna and Susan & Sharon, but she has kept working in adulthood and carved out a respectable stage career.
45	* RealLifeRelative: She did ''The Family Way'' with her father John Mills.

Context Creator / HayleyMills