Hayley Mills
Professional Information
In 1960 she received an award from the Variety Clubs of Great Britain: BAFTA Film Award - Most Promising Newcomer for: Tiger Bay (1959).
In 1961 she won a Juvenile Academy Award (miniature statuette) for the most outstanding juvenile performance during 1960 - For Pollyanna. She also won a Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer - Female" (together with Ina Balin and Nancy Kwan). In addition, she won a Golden Laurel Award for "Top Female New Personality".
She won the TV Times Best Actress Award for The Flame Trees of Thika.
On October 16, 1998 she received a Disney Legends Award for her performances in Pollyanna, Summer Magic and the original Parent Trap.
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She was one of the recipients of Cosmopolitan magazine's Fun, Fearless
Female Award 2000, presented at a luncheon held on February 7 at New
York's Plaza hotel. Additional information on the award and the winners
was available in the February, 2000 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.
Title Year Type Character
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Tiger Bay 1959 Crime Drama Gillie
Pollyanna 1960 Children's Pollyanna
Comedy
Parent Trap, The 1961 Comedy Sharon McKendrick /
aka Petticoats and Bluejeans Susan Evers
Whistle Down the Wind 1961 Drama Kathy Bostock
In Search of the Castaways 1962 Adventure Mary Grant
Summer Magic 1963 Drama Nancy
Chalk Garden, The 1964 Drama Laurel
Moon-Spinners, The 1964 Children's Nikki Ferris
Mystery
Truth About Spring, The 1964 Romance, Spring Tyler
aka Miss Jude Adventure
aka Pirates of Spring Cove, The
Danny Kaye Show, The 1964 TV show appeared along with
19 Feb her father
That Darn Cat 1965 Comedy, Crime Patti Randall
Disneyland 10-year Celebration 1965 TV Special appeared along with
3 Jan her father
What's My Line 1965 TV game show mystery guest (Joanna
27 Nov Barnes on panel)
Daydreamer, The 1966 Children's The Little Mermaid
Fantasy (voice)
Family Way, The 1966 Comedy Jenny (Piper) Fitton
Gypsy Girl 1966 Drama Brydie White
aka Sky West and Crooked
Trouble With Angels, The 1966 Comedy Mary Clancy
aka Mother Superior
Andy Williams Show, The 1966 TV show sang with Richard
Chamberlain
Merv Griffin Show, The 1966 TV show with her mother and
March father
Virginia Graham Show, The 1966 TV show with her mother
March promoting "Gypsy Girl"
Tonight Show 1967 TV show first interview in the
22 Jun US about "The Family
Way"
Merv Griffin Show, The 1967 TV show (herself)
7 Jul
Africa - Texas Style! 1967 Adventure Girl at airport
aka Cowboy in Africa
Matter of Innocence, A 1967 Comedy, Drama Polly Barlow
aka Pretty Polly
Twisted Nerve 1968 Thriller Susan Harper
Take a Girl Like You 1970 Comedy Jenny Bunn
Cry of the Penguins 1971 Adventure Tara St. John Luke
aka Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Endless Night 1971 Horror/Suspense Ellie
aka Agatha Christie's Endless Night
What Changed Charlie Farthing? 1974 Comedy/Adventure Jenny
aka Bananas Boat
Deadly Strangers 1974 TV Movie Belle Adams
Only a Scream Away 1974 TV Movie
18 Feb (ABC)
Kingfisher Caper, The 1975 Drama Tracy
aka Diamond Hunters
Love Boat, The 1979 TV episode (ABC)
17 Feb 'The Secret Life of Burl Smith'
Love Boat, The 1980 TV episode (ABC) (with John and Juliet)
9 Feb 'Haven't We Met Before'
Flame Trees of Thika, The 1980 TV mini Series
Disney Animation: Illusion of 1981 TV Special hosted the show and
Life 26 Apr gave a background
look into the Disney
cartoonists, etc.
Tales of the Unexpected 1983 TV episode (ITV1) Claire Hawksworth
23 Apr 'A Sad Loss' - Season 6, number 3
Production code 070204
Love Boat, The 1985 TV episode (ABC)
4 May 'The Perfect Divorce'
Parent Trap II 1986 Comedy Sharon Ferris /
26 Jul Susan Corey
Murder She Wrote 1986 TV episode Cynthia Tatel
12 Oct 'Unfinished Business'
Amazing Stories 1986 TV episode
3 Nov 'The Greibble'
Grimm's Fairy Tales and 1986 TV Series
Storybook Series
Good Morning, Miss Bliss 1987 TV Series (NBC) Miss Bliss
aka Saved by the Bell 11 Jul (pilot)
30 Nov 88 - 18 Mar 89 (series)
Appointment With Death 1988 Adventure, Miss Quinton
Mystery
Parent Trap III 1989 2-part TV Movie Susan / Sharon Evers
9, 16 Apr
Pat Sajak Show 1989 TV Show talked about Parent
Trap III
Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon 1989 2-part TV Movie Susan Wyatt /
aka Parent Trap IV: Hawaiian 19, 26 Nov Sharon Evers
Honeymoon
When We Were Young: Growing Up 1989 TV Documentary Hayley and other
on the Silver Screen 7 Dec (PBS) former child actors
discuss their
experiences with
Maureen Stapleton
Saved by the Bell 1989 TV Series Miss Bliss
Last Straw, The 1989 British
After Midnight 1990 Ireland
Back Home 1990 TV Movie Peggy
One More Audience with Dame 1990 TV show (herself)
Edna
Walk of Life 1991 TV
Troll in Central Park, A 1993 Animated Hilary (voice)
aka Stanley's Magic Garden Children's Musical
Raffle, The 1995 (production designer)
Biography: Hayley Mills 1999 TV (A&E) (herself)
22 Jun
Child Stars: Their Story 2000 TV (A&E) (narrator)
4 Sep
Biography: Deborah Kerr: 2000 TV (A&E) (herself - 3 times
Getting to Know Her 14 Oct interviewee)
2BPerfectlyHonest 2004 Comedy/Drama Terri
Stricken 2005 Short Hildy
I've been told that sometime in 1967 Hayley and her parents were guests on the Merv Griffin Show. They sang several old popular music hall songs and reminisced about the British theater with Griffin and Arthur Treacher.
Take a look at one review of her 1961 film The Parent Trap by June Parker Beck and another from A CyberMom Video Review.
Did Hayley have a "double" in The Parent Trap? An article in the July 26, 1998 edition of the New York Times says she did. Further, it states that her double's name was Susan Henning. But the reporter doesn't give the source of his information.
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There was also a comic book based on The Parent Trap (Dell #1210). |
The movie The Parent Trap was based on the book Das Doppelte Lottchen by Frich Kästner. It was also published in the U.S. under the title Lisa and Lottie.
According to Paul Calter, many of the scenes in her 1961 film Whistle Down the Wind were shot near Bacup, Rossendale, UK.
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And in 1997, a new paperback edition of the book Whistle Down the Wind, which was written by Mary Hayley Bell (Hayley's mother) in 1957 (who also wrote the foreword to this edition), was published in London by Hodder and Stroughton (ISBN 0-340-68897-1). |  |
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There was also a new paperback edition published in the US in February, 1997, titled Whistle Down the Wind: A Modern Fable: Hyperion; $12.95; ISBN 0-786-88259-X. |
Some of the scenes from her 1964 film The Moon-Spinners were shot in the hillside village of Houmeriakos, Perfecture of Lasithi, Crete.
The following comes from a short 'Then and Now' piece produced by Disney around the time of the filming of The Parent Trap II in 1986. Hayley was asked what she had been doing in the 25 years since the making of the original Parent Trap movie:
"I've muddled through and done my own thing and tried to lead my life," she said. "I'm not driven by ambition; never thought my career was the most important element of my life. I suppose I was overly involved in my career for my first 15 years, but my attitude changed.
"For five years I did the PBS miniseries The Flame Trees of Thika in Kenya but not much else, apart from the theater in London's West End. Some of the plays I did were American: Toys in the Attic and Dial M for Murder, for example.
"The theater suited my family life but wasn't so rewarding financially," she continued. "I didn't earn a great deal of money, but enough to carry on my life and to live at home while my sons were growing up. My income was sufficient to send them to good schools."
Hayley is the most requested performer in the Disney film library. Occasionally, she sees her old Disney films on television and watches them dispassionately.
"She was an amusing child," Hayley said, laughing softly, "but she wasn't very pretty. The last time I saw myself was in The Moonspinners. I was 16 when I did that picture. And it's curious to see your childhood so clearly presented to you again.
"My favorite pictures were: Pollyanna, The Parent Trap and That Darned Cat. I was a little plump in those days and self-conscious about it."
But during the making of the sequel, Hayley was slender, self-confident, and reflective about her brief career as a child star. She didn't believe peaking in her teens was necessarily bad, but early success did hamper her adult career. "Being a child star helped me get good parts in the theater," she said, "but it was also a hindrance, because I had so little experience on stage as a youngster. Film acting is a very different business.
"And once I'd become an adult, filmmakers didn't want to cast me in older, serious roles because I had established an image for family films as a squeaky-clean kid. They doubted my ability to play anything else. All the same, I think I've done about 25 films altogether, a good many of them as an adult.
"The English press was generous to me at the beginning but became increasingly less so. In the theater I still feel I have to prove myself as something more than just a personality. When I get good notices, it is a real achievement.
"I had such a happy experience in Parent Trap II that I would love to come back to Hollywood and do more work here, although all of the film was made on locations in Florida.
"It's a pity they didn't decide to make this film many years ago. I'd have had to spend less time in the makeup chair."
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In addition to the movie That Darn Cat, there was an 8-1/2 x 11 soft-cover book published by Golden Press (7602, New York, ©1965 Walt Disney Productions, 69¢). It was 48 pages long and illustrated with 73 photographs (47 color, 26 black-and-white) from the motion picture. | ![[movie cast page (.jpg image)]](./graphics/bk7602bi.jpg){kind=small} |
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When the movie The Parent Trap was re-released in 1968, an adaptation by Vic Crume was published in a paperback edition by Scholastic Book Services (TX 1347, New York, ©1968 Walt Disney Productions, 60¢, ISBN 0-590-02961-4). It was 111 pages long and illustrated with 18 black-and-white photographs from the movie. |  |
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A paperback based on the movie In Search of the Castaways was published by Pocket Books in 1978 (ISBN 0-671-81936-4). |  |
There was an article in the 19-25 September 1981 issue of TV Times magazine on the mini-series The Flame Trees of Thika.
The November 21 - January 1, 1989 issue of The Disney Channel Magazine had an article on the TV series Good Morning, Miss Bliss.
Cry Of The Penguins: Brentwood Home Video; 44058-9; ~105 minutes; released 12 April 2001. It was available from amazon.com for $4.99 or less in mid November, 2002.
Endless Night (1972): Anchor Bay Entertainment #DV11627, UPC: 013131162790, Rating: NR, Length: 99 minutes, color, SRP: $24.98, Released: 2001, Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1/16x9, Audio: English: Mono. It was available from amazon.com for $22.48 or less and Videoflicks for $20.48 in mid November, 2002.
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The Family Way (1966): Wham! USA; due to be released 27 Jan 2009; Color, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, NTSC; Run Time: 111 minutes; SRP: $24.95. It was available for preorder from amazon.com for $22.49 in mid-December, 2008. |
The Flame Trees of Thika: Digital Entertainment Ltd. #DED6044; released 26 March 2001; 337 minutes; Region 2 encoding (Europe, Middle East & Japan only); colour; PAL; Classification: PG; 2 disc box set. It was available from amazon.co.uk for £18.99 in mid-July, 2001.
The Moon-Spinners: Disney Home Video; Region 1 (US and Canada only); color, closed-captioned; Classification: G; 118 minutes; Released January 14, 2003; ISBN: 0-7888-4281-1; $19.95 SRP. It was available from amazon.com for $16.99 in mid February, 2003.
The Parent Trap: Walt Disney Home Video; Vault Disney DVD Collection; 2-disc set; 21551; Region 1 (US and Canada only); color; closed-captioned; Widescreen; Classification: G; Released May 7, 2002; ISBN: 0-7888-2639-5. It was available from amazon.com for $19.49 in mid February, 2003.
S1 - PILGRIMAGE TO KRISHNA'S INDIA #71: In SRI CHAITANYA’S PURI, award-winning actress Hayley Mills takes you on a tour of the holy places of Puri; ITV Productions; color; 102 minutes. It was available for $15.00 in late January, 2006.
Pollyanna: Walt Disney Home Video; Vault Disney DVD Collection; 2-disc set; 21565; Region 1 (US and Canada only); color; closed-captioned; Widescreen; Classification: G; Released May 7, 2002; ISBN: 0-7888-2649-2. It was available from amazon.com for $20.69 or less and overstock.com for $14.99 in late November, 2003.
Tiger Bay, Hayley's first movie, was available from amazon.com for $22.49 or less and Videoflicks for $18.74 in mid November, 2002.
Trouble With Angels, The: Columbia Tristar Home Video; Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only); Color, Closed-captioned; Aspect Ratio: Pan and scan; Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; 111 minutes; DVD release date: November 11, 2003. It was available from amazon.com for $18.71 or less in late January, 2005.
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Whistle Down The Wind: Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd #3711505983; released May 17, 2004; runtime 95 minutes; Region 2 encoding (Europe, Japan, South Africa and the Middle East including Egypt); B&W; mono; PAL; Classification: PG. It was available from amazon.co.uk for £9.74 in mid-June, 2004. |
The information which follows is based on tapes that people actually have in their possession, or current advertisements. Not all tapes may currently be available for purchase.
Two vendors on the web that have good selections and prices are: Reel.com in Berkeley, California, USA (now selling through buy.com) and Videoflicks in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Shipping charges to continental US addresses in late March, 2001 were $2.25 per item for CDs, DVDs and cassettes, $3.25 per item for videotapes, games and books from buy.com; $2.50 + $1.50/tape for videos, $1.99 + $1.00/disc for DVDs from Videoflicks.
The links below will take you directly to the catalog page of each particular video for the selected vendor, where you can check current availability and pricing (the prices I have listed are for new tapes, unless noted otherwise, and were current as of the dates noted). Prices and availability may have changed since I compiled this list.
Africa - Texas Style!: 1967. NTA Home Entertainment; VHS V0047; 109 min.; color; © 1984(jacket), 1985(tape).
Appointment With Death: Warner Home Video; 37211; VHS; 103 min.; color; hi-fi; digitally processed; Dolby B-type noise reduction; PG; ©1991; ISBN 0-7907-0248-7. Available from Videoflicks for $11.99 in mid October, 2002.
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Back Home: Walt Disney Home Video; 1869; digitally mastered; Hi-Fi stereo; VHS; 103 min.; color; NR; CC; ISBN 1-55890-868-4. It was not available from Reel.com, while Videoflicks was willing to search for a used copy in mid-November, 2001. |
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Bananas Boat, The: United Home Video #10900; VHS; Hi-Fi; 91 min.; color; PG; ©1987; ISBN 1-55739-042-8. It was not available from Reel.com, but available from Videoflicks for $9.99 in late March, 2001 |
Biography: Deborah Kerr: Getting to Know Her: AAE-17887; VHS; NTSC; 50 minutes. Hayley is shown commenting 3 separate times during the show. There are also a few clips from The Chalk Garden. Available for $19.95 plus shipping (to US and Canada addresses only) from the A&E Store in mid-March, 2003.
Biography: Hayley Mills: Seeing Double: AAE-17443; VHS; NTSC; 50 minutes. Available for $19.95 plus shipping (to US and Canada addresses only) from the A&E Store in mid-March, 2003.
Chalk Garden, The: MCA Home Video; 80639; VHS; hi-fi; Dolby B; color; SP mode; 1 hr, 46 min; NR; ©1987; ISBN 1-55880-782-9. It was available from Reel.com for $15.49 and Videoflicks for $14.99 in early March, 2001.
Child Stars: Their Story: A&E Home Video; AAE-17999; VHS; 100 min.; ©2000. Hayley narrates the documentary. It was available from the A&E Store for $29.95 plus shipping (to U.S. and Canada addresses only) in mid-March, 2003.
Cry Of The Penguins: Falcon Home Video; VHS; FAL 263; SP mode; ~105 minutes; ©1994; ISBN 1-884170-71-4. It was not available from Reel.com, but was available from Videoflicks for $8.99 in early March, 2001.
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Daydreamer, The: Embassy Home Entertainment. Videoflicks was willing to look for a used copy in mid November, 2001. |
Deadly Strangers: Paragon Video Productions; VHS; NTSC; © 1982; ~89 minutes. Videoflicks was willing to search for a used copy in mid November, 2001.
Endless Night: HBO Video; VHS 1424; ISBN 1-55803-299-1. Also: Republic Pictures; VHS 5866; EP mode; color; ~95 minutes; ©1993; ISBN 0-7820-0258-7. Also: Anchor Bay Entertainment #SV11628, UPC: 013131162837, SRP: $9.99, Released: 2001, Rating: NR, Length: 99 Mins, color, Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 (widescreen presentation), digitally mastered. It was available from buy.com for $7.49 and Videoflicks for $8.99 in early March, 2001.
The Family Way: Warner Home Video #SO38143; released 11 July 2000; HiFi Sound; Colour; VHS; PAL format (Europe, Middle East & Japan only); Classification: 15. It was available from amazon.co.uk for £8.99 in mid-July, 2001.
Flame Trees of Thika, The: HBO Video; VHS; 90815, 90816, 90817, 90818; 1981; color; Dolby mono; approx. 350 minutes. It was available from PBS (6 hours on a total of 4 videocassettes); the PBS Store; item code A2540-WEBHV; for $49.95 plus $7.00 shipping; from buy.com for $37.99; from Videoflicks (200 minute / 2 tape version) for $44.99 in late September, 2001.
Flame Trees of Thika, The: Digital Entertainment Ltd #DE9124; released 26 March 2001; run time: 337 minutes; VHS; PAL format (Europe, Middle East & Japan only); Colour; Box set of 2 tapes; Classification: PG. It was available from amazon.co.uk for £14.99 in mid-July, 2001.
Illusion of Life (1981): This Disney Animation TV Special was available on the Wonderful World of Disney - V.1 videotape along with Donald in Mathmagic Land; 1961; 100 min. total.
In Search Of The Castaways: Walt Disney Home Video; Studio Film Collection; 131; VHS; NTSC; 98 min.; digitally mastered; hi-fi; color; G; CC; ISBN 1-55890-310-0. It was not available from Reel.com, while Videoflicks was willing to search for a used copy in late March, 2001.
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Kingfisher Caper, The: Star Classics; L1709; VHS - also Shasta International Video; VHS; © 1988(box), 1989(cassette). It was not available from Reel.com, while Videoflicks was willing to try to locate a used copy in late March, 2001. |
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Moon-Spinners, The: Walt Disney Film Classics; The Hayley Mills Collection; Volume 4; 9846; VHS; NTSC; 119 min.; hi-fi; digitally mastered; color; PG; CC; ISBN 0-7888-0673-4. Available from buy.com for $10.99; Videoflicks for $16.99 in mid-April, 2001. |
Parent Trap, The: Walt Disney Home Video; VHS Vault Disney Collection; NTSC; 129 min.; hi-fi; color; G; CC; ISBN: 0-7888-3289-1. It was available from amazon.com for $14.99 in early April, 2003.
Parent Trap II: Walt Disney Home Video #510; 1986; VHS; PAL format (Europe, Middle East & Japan only); 81 min; certificate: U.
Parent Trap III: Disney Home Video; PAL format (Europe, Middle East & Japan only); 86 min.
S1 - PILGRIMAGE TO KRISHNA'S INDIA #71: In SRI CHAITANYA’S PURI, award-winning actress Hayley Mills takes you on a tour of the holy places of Puri; ITV Productions; NTSC and PAL formats; color; 102 minutes. It was available for $10.00 in late January, 2006 from ITV Productions.
Pirates of Spring Cove, The: British videotape release of the movie The Truth About Spring; PAL format (Europe, Middle East & Japan only); rated U; colour; 96 min.
Pollyanna: Walt Disney Home Video; VHS Vault Disney Collection; NTSC; 134 min.; color; hi-fi; ISBN: 0-7888-3288-3. It was available from amazon.com for $14.99 or less and overstock.com for $10.29 in late November, 2003.
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories: Studio: Green Umbrella Productions; colour; VHS; PAL (not compatible with US videotape players); released: 5 Mar 2001; Run Time: 55 minutes. It was available from amazon.co.uk for £11.99 in late March, 2001.
Stanley's Magic Garden (aka Troll in Central Park, A): Warner Home Video #S013274; Animated; HiFi Sound; Colour; Closed-captioned; VHS; PAL (not compatible with US videotape players); Classification: U; 1994. It was available from amazon.co.uk for £9.99 in mid-July, 2001.
Storybook Series, The, Volume 1: Videoflicks was willing to try to locate a USED copy in mid-April, 2001.
Summer Magic: Walt Disney Film Classics: The Hayley Mills Collection: Volume 5; NTSC; VHS; 12859; Hi-Fi; Digitally Mastered; Color; G; CC; 109 min.; ISBN 0-7888-1120-7. It was available from amazon.com for $9.99 in mid April, 2003.
That Darn Cat: Walt Disney Home Video; The Hayley Mills Collection; 9837; VHS; NTSC; 116 min.; digitally mastered; hi-fi; color; G; CC; ISBN 0-7888-0664-5. Available from buy.com for $10.99 and Videoflicks for $16.99 in mid-April, 2001.
Tiger Bay: Paramount; 12578; VHS; 103 min.; B&W; NR; ©1988. Available only on DVD from buy.com for $19.49 and Videoflicks for $19.90 in mid-April, 2001.
Troll in Central Park, A (aka Stanley's Magic Garden): Walt Disney Home Video; VHS; NTSC; color; 76 min.; 1994. Available from buy.com for $15.49 and Videoflicks for $14.99 in mid-April, 2001.
Trouble With Angels, The: Columbia Tristar Home Video; 60250; VHS; NTSC; color; hi-fi; ~110 min.; ©1993; ISBN 0-8001-1467-1. Available from buy.com for $11.49 and Videoflicks for $10.99 in mid-March, 2001.
Twisted Nerve: Thorn-EMI Video; VHS; PAL; 113 minutes.
Twisted Nerve: Warner Home Video; PES 38188; VHS; PAL; color; 113 minutes; ©1989. It was available in NTSC format from Creature Feature Video, 42 Turnor Ave., Hamden, CT 06517 (email: CFVimports@aol.com) for $20.95 + $3.50 shipping/handling in mid-March, 2000. You must include a signed statement that you are 18 years of age or older with your order. (Although I have no agreement or affiliation with them, I would appreciate it if you would tell them you found out about the video on this site.)
She described the holy places of Puri in part of a spiritual documentary, Vrindavan Land of Krisna, for ISKCON Television (ITV).
Whistle Down The Wind: Embassy; VHS; 6040.
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Whistle Down The Wind: Cinema Club #CC7070; released 12 January 1998; run time 94 minutes; B&W; VHS; PAL format (not compatible with US videotape players). It was available from amazon.co.uk for £5.99 in mid November, 2001. |
Whistle Down The Wind / Tiger Bay: Cinema Club #CC8414; released 5 March, 2001; runtime 196 minutes; VHS; PAL format (Europe, Middle East & Japan only); B&W; mono; box set of 2; Classification: PG. It was available from amazon.co.uk for £8.99 in mid-July, 2001.
Information on her 45 and 33-1/3 RPM records, audio cassettes, compact discs and reel-to-reel tapes.
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What shall we do tomorrow? an autobiography is her mother's autobiography: written by Mary Hayley Bell; London; Cassell; 1968; ISBN 0304-93264-7; LC Call No. PR6003.E437Z5. It was also published in the US as What shall we do tomorrow? The story of my families; J. B. Lippincott Company / Philadelphia and New York / 1969; Copyright © 1968 by Mary Hayley Bell; $5.95; LC Call No. PR6003.E437Z5 1969. | ![[front of jacket (.jpg image)]](graphics/bkmhb2fi.jpg){kind=small} ![[back of jacket
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Up in the Clouds, Gentlemen Please is her father's autobiography: written by John Mills; 1980. It was published in New Haven and New York by Ticknor & Fields (ISBN 0-89919-024-3; LC Call No. PN2598.M545A38 1981); in London by Weidenfeld & Nicholson Ltd. (ISBN 0297-77841-2). |
| A revised and updated edition was published in paperback on 4 Oct 2001 by Orion Paperbacks; ISBN: 0752844490; 449 pages; list price: £7.99. It was available from amazon.co.uk for £6.39 in early December, 2001. | |
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Him, Her & Me, The Autobiography of Mr. Chips, A Yorkshire Terrier, by Mary Hayley Bell; Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London; 1981; 5.75" x 8.75". Description from the dust jacket inside front flap: In these funny and often touching 'memoirs' Mr. Chips, a Yorkshire terrier of great character, describes his eventful life with actor Sir John Mills (Him)
and his wife Mary Hayley Bell (Her). Mr. Chips recalls his early days and how it was that he came to share his home with the celebrated Mills family - including Juliet, Hayley and Jonathan, and their children - whose talents and foibles he candidly reveals. His amazing conversations and adventures while out shopping, at the golf course, on a film location, staying with a duchess and some gypsies, and particularly when he is kidnapped all make captivating reading. Mr. Chips' unique story, which is so beautifully illustrated by Molly Blake, will charm readers of every age. Mary Hayley Bell was born in Shanghai and spent most of her early youth in China. She was on the stage for some years, but when she married actor and producer John Mills she gave up her career and since then has devoted her time to raising a family of two daughters, Juliet and Hayley, and a son, Jonathan. Besides five stage plays produced in the West End of London, she has written her autobiography and three novels, one of which, Whistle Down The Wind, was made into a successful film with her daughter Hayley in the leading role. Her books to date are Avolena, Whistle Down the Wind, Far Morning and What Shall We Do Tomorrow? (autobiography), and her plays are Men in Shadow, Duet For Two Hands, The Uninvited Guest, Angel, Foreign Field and Hermit Crabs (television).
Hayley wrote an introduction for the 1986 Unicorn Publishing House edition of Heidi: story by Johanna Spyri; illustrations by Donna Pacinelli; ISBN 0-88101-059-6. Also for the 1988 Little Unicorn edition: ISBN 0-88101-079-0; $5.95.
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She wrote the introduction for the 1988 Unicorn Publishing House edition of Pollyanna: story by Eleanor H. Porter; illustrations by Judy Mastrangelo; ISBN 0-88101-084-7; $18.95. |
She wrote the preface to The Hare Krishna Book of Vegetarian Cooking.
She contributed to a 175 page animal rights book entitled Living Without Cruelty, by Lorraine Kay, published in 1990.
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One of her vegetarian recipies (Pasta With Fresh Tomatoes) is included in the book The Hollywood Vegetarian Cookbook: Lean, Healthy Meals from America's Celebrity Kitchens, by Francia Ruppen; Hardcover; 194 pages; October 1995; Birch Lane Press; ISBN 1-55972-288-6; List Price: $16.95; Dimensions (in inches): 0.85 x 7.98 x 7.59.
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On 17 February 2000, Sir John Mills (Hayley's father) published Still Memories in the UK (Hardcover; 208 pages; Hutchinson; ISBN: 0091793912; List Price: £20), a collection of his photos and reminiscences. According to Hayley, "My brother found hundreds of photographs in the attic, under an old boiler. My father was a very good photographer, and this collection chronicles almost an entire century." There is also a US edition (Hardcover; September, 2000; Trafalgar Square; ISBN: 0091793912; List Price: $35).
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On September 7, 2021, Hayley's book Forever Young: A Memoir was published in the US (Hardcover; 384 pages; Grand Central Publishing; ISBN: 1538704196; List Price: $30.00).
Now, in her charming and forthright memoir, she provides a unique window into when Hollywood was still 'Tinseltown' and the great Walt Disney was at his zenith, ruling over what was (at least in his own head) still a family business. This behind-the-scenes look at the drama of having a sky-rocketing career as a young teen in an esteemed acting family will offer both her childhood impressions of the wild and glamorous world she was swept into, and the wisdom and broader knowledge that time has given her. Hayley will delve intimately into her relationship with Walt Disney, as well as the emotional challenges of being bound to a wholesome, youthful public image as she grew into her later teen years, and how that impacted her and her choices--including marrying a producer over 30 years her senior when she was 20! With her regrets, her joys, her difficulties, and her triumphs, this is a compelling read for any fan of classic Disney films and an inside look at a piece of real Hollywood history.
Including articles, reviews, etc. from her 1997-1998 US tour as Anna in The King and I, her March-April, 2000 performance in Noël Coward's Suite in 2 Keys in New York City, NY and more.
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Last revised: September 26, 2021
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