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How ‘Parent Trap’s’ Hayley Mills survived kid stardom, bulimia and losing her Disney money
On the Shelf
Forever Young: A Memoir
By Hayley Mills
Grand Central: 400 pages, $30
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Hayley Mills always knew Walt Disney played a formative role in her life. After all, the studio founder was the one to cast the then-unknown Brit in 1960’s “Pollyanna,” offering her a seven-picture deal that would make her one of the most famous child stars in the world.
But it wasn’t until she found herself inside the Disney archives five years ago that Mills realized just how profoundly her identity had been shaped by him. In 2016, during a visit to the Burbank lot, the actor was invited to explore three boxes that contained hidden treasure — previously unseen correspondence between Mills, her parents and Walt himself.
The Disney she saw reflected in the notes did not exactly resemble the genial father figure who’d once toured her around his theme park and gifted her a
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Hayley Mills
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.
During the late 1960s Mills began performing in theatrical plays, and played in more mature roles. The age of contracts with studios soon passed. For her success with Disney she received the Disney Legend Award. Although she has not maintained the b
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Hayley Mills
Hayley Mills (born 18 April 1946) is a Britishtelevision, stage and movie actress. She was born in Marylebone, London. She began her acting career in Disney movies. She starred in Pollyanna in 1960 and The Parent Trap the following year. She made four more movies for Disney. Her elder sister Juliet is also acting in movies and TV. In her later career, she stared as Caroline Duplessis in ITV's drama Wild at Heart which aired from 2005–2012.
She is the younger daughter of John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell.
She was married to Roy Boulting from 1971 until they divorced in 1977. Their son is Crispian Mills. Her partner from 1975-1984 was Leigh Lawson; the couple had a son. Since 1997, her partner is Firdous Bamji.
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