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Mary Hayley Bell, Lady Mills (22 January 1911 – 1 December 2005) was an English actress and writer, married for 64 years to actor Sir John Mills. Her novel Whistle Down the Wind was adapted as a film, starring her teenaged daughter, actress Hayley Mills.
5 de dic. de 2005 · Mary Hayley Bell, playwright, novelist and actress: born Shanghai, China 22 January 1911; married 1941 John Mills (Kt 1976, died 2005; one son, two daughters); died 1 December 2005.
Mary Hayley Bell was born on January 22, 1911 in Shanghai, China. She was a writer and actress, known for Scott of the Antarctic (1948), Gypsy Girl (1966) and The Shrike (1955). She was married to John Mills. She died on December 1, 2005 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
Mary Hayley Bell was born on 22 January 1911 in Shanghai, China. She was a writer and actress, known for Scott of the Antarctic (1948), Gypsy Girl (1966) and The Shrike (1955). She was married to John Mills. She died on 1 December 2005 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
She married the actor John Mills on the 16 th January 1941 after which she gave up acting to concentrate on writing. She is the mother of actresses Juliet Mills and Hayley Mills . She also has a son Jonathan Mills who is a writer and film producer.
Bell, who was married to actor and director John Mills and was the mother of actress Hayley Mills, was known in the 1940s for her plays. She later turned to novels, including Whistle down the Wind (1958), which was later adapted as a successful film.
Based on a novel by Mary Hayley Bell, the mother of the film's lead Hayley Mills, Whistle Down The Wind tells the story of three children from a remote farm in the North of England who...
