Hayley Mills 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
Mary Hayley Bell Bell wrote four plays: "Men in Shadow" (1942), "Angel" (1947), "Duet for Two Hands" (1945), and "The Uninvited Guest" (1953). She also wrote the novel "Whistle Down the Wind" (1959), co-wrote the screenplay and story of "Sky West and Crooked" (1966) (released as "Gypsy Girl" in the United States), and wrote additional dialogue for "Scott of the Antarctic" (1948). "Whistle Down the Wind" was made into a film in 1961 (starring daughter Hayley Mills) and an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in 1996. Its title is believed to have been inspired by the sound of the wind around the bow windows