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Cats: Directed by David Mallet. With Elaine Paige, John Mills, Ken Page, Rosemarie Ford. "Jellicle" cats join for a Jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, Old Deuteronomy. One cat will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn. The cats introduce themselves.
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- David Mallet
- 1998-10-27
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Mills made his professional début at the London Hippodrome in The Five O'Clock Girl in 1929. He also starred in the Noël Coward revue Words and Music. He made his film début in The Midshipmaid (1932), and appeared as Colley in the 1939 film version of Goodbye, Mr Chips, opposite Robert Donat. In 1942, he starred in Noël Coward's In Which We Serve. ...
John married and later divorced actress Aileen Raymond, subsequently marrying dramatist Mary Hayley Bell in 1941. They had two children. Despite having always voted Conservative, Mills publicly supported Tony Blair's Labour Party in the 2001 General Election.
John died aged 97 on 23 April 2005 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, following a chest infection. Lady Mills died on 1 December 2005. Sir John and Lady Mills are buried in Denham Churchyard.
The Midshipmaid(1932)Britannia of Billingsgate(1933)The Ghost Camera(1933)The River Wolves(1934)Mills was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1960. In 1976 he was knighted by the Queen.In 2002, he received a Fellowship of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), their highest award, and was named a Disney Legend by the Walt Disney Company.Mills also starred as Gus: The Theatre Cat in the filmed version of the musical Cats in 1998. In 2000, Mills released his extensive home cine-film footage in a documentary film entitled Sir John Mills's Moving Memories, with interviews with Mills, his children Hayley, Juliet and Jonathan and Richard Attenborough.
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- Francesca Hayward As Victoria. Francesca Hayward makes her feature film debut as Victoria the White Cat. Victoria is the audience's window into the world of the Jellicles and viewers follow her throughout the night as she meets all of them at the Jellicle Ball.
- Judi Dench As Old Deuteronomy. Dench will play a gender-flipped version of Old Deuteronomy, the leader of the Jellicle Tribe in charge of choosing which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer to be reborn.
- Jennifer Hudson As Grizabella. Jennifer Hudson will play Grizabella, a former "glamour cat" who is now exiled from the Jellicle tribe. Hudson is heard in the trailer singing the solo "Memory," the most famous number from the musical, which is also Grizabella's big song.
- Taylor Swift As Bombalurina. Swift steps into the role of Bombalurina, a confident, outgoing cat who has a history with Macavity. This will be Swift's first movie musical appearance, which she can add to her previous film credits Valentine's Day, The Lorax, New Girl, and The Giver.
Grizabella: The former Glamour Cat who has lost her sparkle and now only wants to be accepted by her former friends and family. Portrayed by original London cast member Elaine Paige. Gus: A retired "Theatre Cat" who is now very old and ill and can no longer perform. Portrayed by John Mills.
99+ Photos. Sir John Mills, one of the most popular and beloved English actors, was born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills on February 22, 1908, at the Watts Naval Training College in North Elmham, Norfolk, England. The young Mills grew up in Felixstowe, Suffolk, where his father was a mathematics teacher and his mother was a theater box-office manager.
Cast 41. Elaine Paige. Grizabella. John Mills. Gus the Theatre Cat. Ken Page. Old Deuteronomy. Rosemarie Ford. Bombalurina. Michael Gruber. Munkustrap. John Partridge. Rum Tum Tugger. Aeva May. Demeter. Geoffrey Garratt. Skimbleshanks. James Barron. Bustopher Jones. Jo Gibb. Rumpleteazer. Drew Varley. Mungojerrie. Susie McKenna. Jennyanydots.
