21 Facts About Juliet Mills

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Juliet Maryon Mills was born on 21 November 1941 and is a British-American actress.

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Juliet Mills is the daughter of actor Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and the eldest of three siblings; her younger siblings are actress Hayley Mills and director Jonathan Mills.

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Juliet Mills progressed to film work and then to television, playing the lead role on the sitcom Nanny and the Professor in the early 1970s.

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Juliet Mills won an Emmy Award for her performance in the television miniseries QB VII.

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In 1983, Juliet Mills joined The Mirror Theater Ltd's Mirror Repertory Company, performing in repertory productions such as Rain, Paradise Lost, Inheritors and The Hasty Heart throughout their seasons.

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Juliet Mills was born on 21 November 1941 in London during World War II, though her parents, actor Sir John Juliet Mills and playwright Mary Hayley Bell, soon moved the family to the country to be away from the Luftwaffe bombing raids.

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Juliet Mills is the elder sister of actress Hayley Mills and director Jonathan Mills.

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Juliet Mills recalled her childhood in the 2000 documentary film Sir John Mills' Moving Memories, written by her brother.

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Juliet Mills's godmother was actress Vivien Leigh, and her godfather was playwright Noel Coward.

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Juliet Mills attended the Elmhurst Ballet School, in Camberley, Surrey.

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In 1960, Juliet Mills was nominated for a Tony Award as "Best Featured Actress" for her performance as Pamela.

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In 1974 Juliet Mills starred alongside fellow English actor Richard Johnson in the Italian horror film Beyond the Door, playing the role of Jessica Barrett, a woman who becomes demonically possessed after an unplanned pregnancy.

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Juliet Mills is perhaps best known for starring on the American television series Nanny and the Professor, which was called an American version of Mary Poppins.

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Juliet Mills played Phoebe Figalilly, a nanny with magical powers.

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In 1980, Juliet Mills returned to the stage, starring in The Elephant Man, with Maxwell Caulfield.

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Juliet Mills was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1992, when she was surprised by Michael Aspel during the curtain call of the play Fallen Angels at the Richmond Theatre.

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Juliet Mills was nominated for her first Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Lead Actress" for the role.

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In 2009, Juliet Mills joined the cast the ITV drama Wild at Heart, playing Georgina, the sister of a character played in the previous series by her real-life sister Hayley.

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Juliet Mills guest-starred in two episodes of Hot in Cleveland as Philipa Scroggs, the mother of Joy.

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In 1980, Juliet Mills married Maxwell Caulfield, 18 years her junior.

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Juliet Mills became a naturalized United States citizen on 10 October 1975.