She said she wanted to keep pleasing the adults around her and the people controlling her money and career. The breast cancer survivor also revealed that she developed bulimia in an effort to stay young and childlike. Hayley Mills starred in the 1960 film “Pollyanna” before playing twins in “Parent Trap.” Getty Images The mother of two went on to win the honorary Academy Juvenile Award in 1961, but admitted that she lost the golden statuette years later. “By glossing over things that were real and important, like being awarded an Oscar, they were unwittingly denying milestones in my life … I was left with the overwhelming conviction that somehow my lucky break had been a mistake - and I started to feel guilty about my success.” “I knew Daddy was proud of me, but he never spoke of it,” Mills writes in her novel. Her father, John Mills, was a famous actor while her mother, Mary Hayley Bell, was a writer. “It’s easy to be pulled this way and that and lose your sense of reality.” “It’s a very powerful magnet, this business,” she said. In 2018, when she was 71, Mills reflected on being a child star in an interview with The Post.įinally, a well-adjusted Disney child star “To me, that had echoes of today’s young child stars.” “She faced a ton of challenges while maintaining this youthful public image that the adults around her were invested in,” Young said. Mills’ editor and publisher, Gretchen Young of Grand Central Publishing, told the Los Angeles Times that the septuagenarian “isn’t holding back” in her book. The British actress, 75, began her career with the House of Mouse when she was cast in the 1960 film “Pollyanna,” ultimately cinching a seven-picture deal with the studio that propelled her to the top of the child star food chain. The “Parent Trap” star’s new memoir, “ Forever Young,” details her rise to stardom via Walt Disney, having an eating disorder and losing the cash flow that she secured as a child star, according to the Los Angeles Times. Hayley Mills is looking back on her six decade-long career - and “isn’t holding back.” Hilary Duff’s birth chart shows why she’s an American sweetheartĭisney World asks hotel guests to shelter in place during Hurricane Ian as parks close ‘Hocus Pocus’ Broadway musical is in the works Disney World to reopen in ‘phased approach’ after shutting down for Hurricane Ian
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