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Mary Hayley Bell [a], 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.
Mary Hayley Bell (1911-2005) was a writer and actress, known for Scott of the Antarctic, Gypsy Girl and Whistle Down the Wind. She was married to John Mills and had three children, including actress Juliet Mills.
- January 1, 1
- Shanghai, China
- January 1, 1
- Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Mary Hayley Bell was a writer and actress, born in Shanghai, China, and married to John Mills. She wrote the screenplay for The Shrike (1955) and was the mother of Juliet Mills and Hayley Mills.
- January 22, 1911
- December 1, 2005
Dec 6, 2005 · Mary Hayley Bell, an actress and author who wrote the novel ''Whistle Down the Wind,'' died on Thursday, according to a family death notice published Saturday in The Daily Telegraph. She...
Dec 25, 2021 · The 1961 film, starring Hayley Mills and Alan Bates, was adapted from a novel by Mary Hayley Bell, the mother of the lead actress. It tells the story of three children who mistake a killer for Jesus Christ and became a British film classic.
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Mary Hayley Bell was born in Shanghai and spent a colourful childhood in China where her father was a customs official. Originally put in the charge of a governess, she later went to school in England, attending Malvern Girls’ College and excelling at lacrosse.
Dec 5, 2005 · Mary Hayley Bell was a playwright, novelist and actress, and the devoted wife of John Mills. She wrote the novel Whistle Down the Wind, which became a film and a musical, and abandoned her acting career for writing.