Mills, Hayley (1946–)

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Mills, Hayley (1946–)

English actress. Born April 18, 1946, in London, England; dau. of John Mills (actor) and Mary Hayley Bell (novelist and playwright); sister of Juliet Mills (actress); m. Roy Boulting (film director), 1971 (div. 1976); children: (with Boulting) Crispian Mills (b. 1973, singer); (with actor Leigh Lawson) Jason.

As a child, made film debut opposite father in Tiger Bay (1959); signed with Disney, appeared in Pollyanna (1960), for which she won a special Juvenile Academy Award; other films include The Parent Trap (1961), In Search of the Castaways (1962), Summer Magic (1963), Whistle Down the Wind (1961), The Chalk Garden (1964), The Moon-Spinners (1964), That Darn Cat! (1965) and The Trouble with Angels (1966); also appeared in tv series "The Flame Trees of Thika" (1981), among others.