The Parent Trap (film series) The twins were portrayed by Lindsay Lohan. "The Parent Trap" is a film directed by David Swift for Walt Disney Pictures released in 1961. It was based on the book "Das Doppelte Lottchen" written by Erich Kästner. The film stars Hayley Mills who plays the roles of the thirteen-year-old twin girls, Sharon and Susan. Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith play the twins’ parents, Maggie and Mitch. The film is about the two girls who meet at a summer camp as strangers and realize that they are identical twins. They switch places so that each can meet the parent they don't
Parent Trap III would soon be popular for her "Home Improvement" fame. Joy, Leanna, and Monica Creel were cast to play the identical teenage triplet daughters with different personalities: Megan, the private one, Lisa, the outgoing teen rebel, and Jessie, the sweet one. The film debuted on NBC-TV's "The Magical World of Disney" on April 9, 1989. It was previewed on Disney's films released that spring next to Davy Crocket and "The Absent-Minded Professor". Mollie Miller, the film's director, would later direct the last sequel, "". Parent Trap III Parent Trap III is a 1989 American made-for-television comedy film and a sequel to