Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills was born on 18 April 1946 in London’s Marylebone district as a British actress and singer. She entered the entertainment industry as a child, winning the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for Tiger Bay (1959) and the Academy Juvenile Award for Pollyanna (1960). Her first major musical breakthrough came with the 1961 Disney single "Let’s Get Together", which reached Number 8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Number 17 in the United Kingdom, leading to the release of the album Let’s Get Together with Hayley Mills (1962). Over the next decade she issued further recordings, including the single "Johnny Jingo" (1962). Her career expanded beyond music into film and television, with notable roles in The Parent Trap (1961), Whistle Down the Wind (1961), and later appearances in Wild at Heart (2007‑2012) and Last Train to Christmas (2021). Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills received the Disney Legends Award in 1998, and her memoir Forever Young was published in 2021, documenting her lifelong contributions to stage, screen, and music.
