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

Midsomer Murders

Death in Paradise

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Murder, She Wrote

The Wheel of Time

The Merv Griffin Show

All Movies (51)

• Fackham Hall2025 · as Rose Davenport (voice)
• Arthur's Whisky2024 · as Karen
• Trap2024 · as Dr. Josephine Grant
• Last Train to Christmas2021 · as Mum
• Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic2015 · as Self - Interviewee
• Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film2014 · as Self
• Foster2011 · as Mrs. Lange
• Mandie and the Cherokee Treasure2010 · as Mary Elizabeth Taft
• The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story2009 · as Self
• The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics2008 · as Self
• Stricken2005 · as Hildy
• Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival2004 · as Self
• 2BPerfectlyHonest2004 · as Terri
• Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece2002 · as Self
• Recreating Pollyanna's America2002 · as Self
• Sir John Mills' Moving Memories2000 · as Self
• A Troll in Central Park1994 · as Hilary (voice)
• After Midnight1990 · as Sally Ryan
• When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen1989 · as Self
• Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon1989 · as Susan Wyatt / Sharon Grand
• Back Home1989 · as Mrs. Peggy Dickinson
• Parent Trap III1989 · as Susan Evers / Sharon Grand
• One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage1988 · as Self (uncredited)
• Appointment with Death1988 · as Miss Quinton
• The Parent Trap II1986 · as Susan Corey / Sharon Ferris
• Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 21986 · as (archive footage)
• Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life1981 · as Self - Host
• What Changed Charley Farthing?1976 · as Jenny
• The Kingfisher Caper1975 · as Tracy
• Deadly Strangers1975 · as Belle Adams
• Only a Scream Away1974 · as Samantha Miller
• Endless Night1972 · as Ellie Thomsen
• Mr. Forbush and the Penguins1971 · as Tara St. John Luke
• Take a Girl Like You1970 · as Jenny Bunn
• Twisted Nerve1968 · as Susan Harper
• Pretty Polly1967 · as Polly Barlow
• Africa: Texas Style!1967 · as Blonde Girl at Airport (uncredited)
• The Family Way1966 · as Jenny Piper
• The Daydreamer1966 · as The Little Mermaid (voice)
• The Trouble with Angels1966 · as Mary Clancy
• Sky West and Crooked1966 · as Brydie White
• That Darn Cat!1965 · as Patti Randall
• The Truth About Spring1965 · as Spring Tyler
• The Moon-Spinners1964 · as Nikky Ferris
• The Chalk Garden1964 · as Laurel
• Summer Magic1963 · as Nancy Carey
• In Search of the Castaways1962 · as Mary Grant
• Whistle Down the Wind1961 · as Kathy Bostock
• The Parent Trap1961 · as Susan Evers / Sharon McKendrick
• Pollyanna1960 · as Pollyanna
• Tiger Bay1959 · as Gillie

All TV Shows (26)

• Compulsion2022 · as Connie
• The Wheel of Time2021 · as Gitara Moroso
• Unforgotten2015 · as Lady Emma Hume
• Death in Paradise2011 · as Nancy Martin
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011 · as Self - Participant
• Moving On2009 · as Madge
• Wild at Heart2006
• Wild at Heart2006 · as Caroline Du Plessis
• The Heaven and Earth Show1998
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Lizzy Thornfield
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• Good Morning, Miss Bliss1988 · as Carrie Bliss
• Amazing Stories1985 · as Joan Simmons
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Cynthia Tate
• The Flame Trees of Thika1981 · as Tilly
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Claire Hawksworth
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• The Love Boat1977 · as Cheryl Tyson
• The Love Boat1977 · as Leila Stanhope
• The Love Boat1977 · as Dianne Tipton
• Thriller1973 · as Samantha Miller
• The Danny Kaye Show1963 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Pollyanna
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest