🎬 Actors & Filmmakers

The Mills Family

British screen royalty: a knighted Oscar winner whose daughters were both acting as children, one of them winning a juvenile Oscar at fourteen.

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Family Members

Founder
John Mills

Actor · 1908–2005

A knighted star of British cinema for over seven decades, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Ryan's Daughter.

Notable Works

  • Ryan's Daughter
  • Great Expectations
  • Scott of the Antarctic
daughter
Juliet Mills

Actress · b. 1941

John's elder daughter, who made her film debut as an infant and later won a Golden Globe nomination for Avanti! and an Emmy for QB VII.

Notable Works

  • Nanny and the Professor
  • Avanti!
  • QB VII
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daughter
Hayley Mills

Actress · b. 1946

John's younger daughter, a Disney child star who won a juvenile Academy Award for Pollyanna.

Notable Works

  • Pollyanna
  • The Parent Trap
  • Tiger Bay
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