Hayley Mills

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.

Known For

The Love Boat

Cheryl Tyson

The Love Boat

Leila Stanhope

The Love Boat

Dianne Tipton

Unforgotten

Lady Emma Hume

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

Midsomer Murders

Lizzy Thornfield

Murder, She Wrote

Cynthia Tate

What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Arthur's Whisky	Karen
2024	Trap	Dr. Josephine Grant
2021	Last Train to Christmas	Mum
2015	Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic	Self - Interviewee
2014	Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film	Self
2011	Foster	Mrs. Lange
2010	Mandie and the Cherokee Treasure	Mary Elizabeth Taft
2009	The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story	Self
2005	Stricken	Hildy
2004	2BPerfectlyHonest	Terri
2004	Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival	Self
2002	Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece	Self
2002	Recreating Pollyanna's America	Self
2000	Sir John Mills' Moving Memories	Self
1994	A Troll in Central Park	Hilary (voice)
1990	After Midnight	Sally Ryan
1989	Parent Trap III	Susan Evers / Sharon Grand
1989	Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon	Susan Wyatt / Sharon Evers
1989	Back Home	Mrs. Peggy Dickinson
1988	Appointment with Death	Miss Quinton
1988	One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage	Self (uncredited)
1986	The Parent Trap II	Susan Corey / Sharon Ferris
1986	Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2	(archive footage)
1981	Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life	Self - Host
1976	What Changed Charley Farthing?	Jenny
1975	Deadly Strangers	Belle Adams
1975	The Kingfisher Caper	Tracy
1974	Only a Scream Away
1972	Endless Night	Ellie Thomsen
1971	Mr. Forbush and the Penguins	Tara St. John Luke
1970	Take a Girl Like You	Jenny Bunn
1968	Twisted Nerve	Susan Harper
1967	Africa: Texas Style!	Blonde Girl at Airport (uncredited)
1967	Pretty Polly	Polly Barlow
1966	The Trouble with Angels	Mary Clancy
1966	The Family Way	Jenny Piper
1966	Sky West and Crooked	Brydie White
1966	The Daydreamer	The Little Mermaid (voice)
1965	That Darn Cat!	Patti Randall
1965	The Truth About Spring	Spring Tyler
1964	The Moon-Spinners	Nikky Ferris
1964	The Chalk Garden	Laurel
1963	Summer Magic	Nancy Carey
1962	In Search of the Castaways	Mary Grant
1961	Whistle Down the Wind	Kathy Bostock
1961	The Parent Trap	Susan Evers / Sharon McKendrick
1960	Pollyanna	Pollyanna
1959	Tiger Bay	Gillie

Year	TV Show	Role
2022	Compulsion	Connie
2021	The Wheel of Time	Gitara Moroso
2015	Unforgotten	Lady Emma Hume
2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip	Self - Participant
2011	Death in Paradise	Nancy Martin
2009	Moving On	Madge
2006	Wild at Heart
2006	Wild at Heart	Caroline Du Plessis
2006	The One Show	Self - Guest
1998	The Heaven and Earth Show
1997	Midsomer Murders	Lizzy Thornfield
1996	E! True Hollywood Story
1988	Good Morning, Miss Bliss	Carrie Bliss
1985	Amazing Stories	Joan Simmons
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Cynthia Tate
1981	The Flame Trees of Thika	Tilly
1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Claire Hawksworth
1978	An Audience with...	Self
1977	The Love Boat	Cheryl Tyson
1977	The Love Boat	Leila Stanhope
1977	The Love Boat	Dianne Tipton
1973	Thriller	Samantha Miller
1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self
1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self
1953	The Oscars	Self
1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest