Hayley Mills Trivia

1. In which early Hayley Mills film did Alan Bates play "Jesus" or the fugitive?

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Answer: Whistle Down the Wind

This 1961 film was based on a story written by Hayley's mother, Mary Hayley Bell. Hayley and her two siblings were the inspiration for the story. Hayley played Kathy, a young girl who thought she had discovered Jesus hiding in a barn. The story lived on in a music video in the 1980s, and also in musical form by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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Answer: Whittier

Pollyanna states her full name early in the film. At the train station, Mrs. Tarbell asks Pollyanna what her name is.

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Answer: Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills, Juliet and Jonathan

Hayley's birth name is Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills. She was born on April 18, 1946. Her older sister's name is Juliet Maryon Mills and her younger brother's name is Jonathan Mills.

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Answer: The Trouble With Angels

"The Trouble With Angels" (1966) costarred Rosalind Russell, who played the Mother Superior at a Catholic girls' school. Hayley, in a slight departure from her Disney image, played an obnoxious teenager who was constantly causing trouble at the school.

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Answer: Silver Bear Award

Hayley won the "special" Academy Award, called the Silver Bear Award for her role in the 1960 movie, "Pollyanna."

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Answer: The King and I

Hayley starred in the first version of the revival of this story on stage. Her role as Anna brought her good reviews for her acting, but not for her singing - but I still enjoyed it. "The King and I" toured all over the world from 1997 to 1998.

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Answer: In Search of the Castaways

"In Search of the Castaways" tells the story of a teenage girl and her younger brother who search for their missing father in the 19th century with the help of a British ship captain, his rather arrogant son, and a singing Frenchman (Maurice Chevalier). The special effects were considered fabulous at the time.

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Answer: Carrie Kei Heim

Carrie Kei Heim played Hayley's character's daughter, Nikki Ferris, in the 1986 sequel to Disney's "The Parent Trap." Bridgette Andersen played NIkki's friend Mary in the movie.

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Answer: The Flame Trees of Thika

This early 1980s television mini-series was a chance for North Americans to see Hayley Mills after quite a long spell. I remember being thrilled when it came on. Hayley played Tilly Grant, the mother of Elspeth. It was Elspeth Huxley's memoirs that this coming of age drama was based on. It told of her growing up on her parents' farm in 1913 East Africa. The family faced the challenges of nature, and the difficulties of dealing with the native population. One of the biggest challenges of the production, filmed in Kenya, was capturing the flame trees on film, which apparently bloom in a haphazard fashion. Much mileage was covered trying to film them in flower.

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Answer: That Darn Cat!

When Patty (Hayley's character) finds a wristwatch on her cat's neck with the letters HEL scribbled onto it, she takes the watch to the FBI, certain it is the property of a recently kidnapped bank teller.

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Answer: Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman played Aunt Polly in "Pollyanna." June Harding was in the movie "The Trouble With Angels" with Hayley. Nancy Olson played Nancy in "Pollyanna." Maureen O'Hara played Hayley's mother in "The Parent Trap."

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Answer: Juliet

Hayley's sister was one of the stars on the U.S. soap "Passions." Juliet played a witch on the show. Hayley and Juliet also have a director brother, Jonathan. Sir John Mills was in the hospital at the time of the unveiling, but the growers brought him a rose which he could smell, but not see. He was blind towards the end of his life. Hayley appeared in several films with her father.

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Answer: The Moon-Spinners

"The Moon-Spinners" (1964) was a more adult-type role for Hayley when she finds mystery, drama, and romance on an island in the Mediterranean.

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Answer: She doesn't have a daughter

Hayley has two sons, Crispian and Jason.

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Answer: Deborah Kerr and Dame Edith Evans

Hayley's dad played the caretaker in this film. Hayley played a teenage brat, Laurel, who didn't know how to love or be loved. The television show "Biography" revealed that she received mediocre reviews. It has been years since I have seen it because they just don't seem to play Mills' films on TV any more. I remember it as being a very good film with very good performances. In researching this favourite film of mine, I was surprised to learn that Joanne Woodward and Sandra Dee were the original stars cast for the roles that Kerr and Mills took. My best friend and I used to recite lines from the film when we were kids!

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Answer: The Chalk Garden

"The Chalk Garden" (1964) was one of Hayley's best dramatic roles. Costarring Deborah Kerr as her governess and John Mills (her father) as the butler, Hayley effectively portrays a lonely and emotionally confused teenager desperate for attention and affection.

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Answer: Crispian and Jason

She has two sons, Crispian and Jason. Crispian is from her marriage to Roy Boulting and Jason is from her relationship with Leigh Lawson.

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Answer: novelist/playwright

Sadly, Lady Mills suffered from Alzheimer's. Sir John and Lady Mary were married at a registry office, while John was on leave from the army in 1941. 60 years later they had a church wedding. Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien - named after actress Vivien Leigh - was born in 1946. Several of Hayley's film projects were based on stories that Lady Mills had written. Hayley was born on April 18th, the middle of the three Mills children.

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Answer: Tiger Bay

"Tiger Bay" was released in 1959, starring Hayley as a 12-year-old girl who is the only witness of a grisly murder. "Pollyanna" (1960)was her second movie, followed by "The Parent Trap" and "Whistle Down the Wind," both in 1961.

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Answer: "Tiger Bay"

This was the first movie that she was credited in. Hayley's father, John Mills, was in the movie "The Chalk Garden," but that movie was made in the 1960s.

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Answer: Brydie

This was a great Hayley Mills piece from 1966. Ian McShane played Roiden, the gypsy boy romantic lead. From what I have read, this film was not received well, not for its direction or performances, but I liked it as a teen - okay, maybe I am just a diehard! I wish they would play it on TV, as they used to when I was a child. I had even planned to name future children after the leads, Brydie and Roiden. My husband wouldn't go for it though!

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Answer: The Family Way

Hayley married Ray Boulting, her director in "The Family Way" (1966), in 1971 after they'd lived together for nearly five years. They had a son, Crispian, in 1973, but the couple divorced in 1976.

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Answer: Mozart

Nannerl Mozart, the character that Hayley played, was a piano virtuoso like her younger brother, Wolfgang Amadeus. The theatre was not a late-in-life career move for Hayley. She first appeared on stage in 1969 in the title role of "Peter Pan" in London, and has acted in several dozen theatre productions since that debut.

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Answer: Endless Night

"Endless Night" was considered one of Hayley's better adult movies before her career nose-dived in the 1970s. Although she was a talented actress, the movie offers basically quit coming in the late 1970s. Hayley starred in some TV movies in the late '70s and '80s (including the "Parent Trap" sequels), and she gained a brief TV show role in the late 1980s as a junior high schoolteacher on "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" (later known as "Saved By the Bell"). She performs mostly on stage now instead of before a camera.

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Answer: The Family Way

The mild nude scene did cause some controversy at the time - childstar Hayley revealing her buttocks! The film tastefully covered a sensitive subject, with humour, as only the Brits can do. It was the first film scored by Paul McCartney. Hywel Bennett was Hayley's co-star, not for the first time. He and Hayley played newlyweds adjusting to married life. Sir John Mills played their father and father-in-law. This was considered Hayley's first adult role, and in fact received an X rating because of the nude scene. This was a very sweet and wonderful film and definitely should be getting some air time! Hayley fell in love with the director, Ray Boulting, 33 years her senior, and they married in 1971.

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Answer: Sharon and Susan

"The Parent Trap" is my favorite Hayley Mills film, and it's her most popular. It was released in 1961 and tells the story of two identical twins who meet for the first time at summer camp, then "switch places" in an effort to reunite their divorced parents. If you haven't already, check out my "Parent Trap" quizzes in the movies category.

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Answer: "Good Morning Miss Bliss"

In the late 1980s, Hayley played the character of Miss. Carrie Bliss, who was a History teacher. The show was later called "Saved By the Bell."

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