1. Millie Perkins was born on May 12,1936 and is an American retired film, television actress and model known for her debut film role as Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank, and for her supporting actress roles in two 1966 Westerns, The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind, both directed by Monte Hellman.
Millie Perkins's father was a merchant marine captain of Hungarian and Mongolian descent.
Millie Perkins was working as a receptionist at a New York City advertising agency when she caught the eye of a visiting photographer with a resultant career as a model; by 1958, Millie Perkins was an international cover girl.
Soon thereafter, Millie Perkins was vigorously pursued, and then selected, to portray Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim Anne Frank in the 1959 film adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank.
Millie Perkins had never studied nor sought to be an actress, but director George Stevens saw her photo and tried to convince her to read for the part.
Millie Perkins received almost universally excellent reviews for her portrayal of Frank, although the film was less of a box-office success than expected.
Millie Perkins was one of the promising young stars of Hollywood, but the studio contract system, which was coming to an end, was a poor fit for Perkins, who had come of age with the Beat Generation in 1950s New York City.
Joshua Logan personally selected Millie Perkins for the female lead in the 1964 film Ensign Pulver, but the film was a failure; Millie Perkins would not appear in another mainstream film release for almost 20 years.
In 1983, Millie Perkins returned to feature films to play Jon Voight's ex-wife in Table for Five.
Millie Perkins then played "mother roles" for the next 20 years; including Sean Penn's mother in the fact-based film At Close Range, the mother of Charlie Sheen's character in the 1987 movie Wall Street, the bereft Jewish mother in the 1996 film The Chamber, and Andy Garcia's mother in the 2005 film The Lost City.
In 1961, Millie Perkins made her television debut as a guest star on Wagon Train.
Millie Perkins portrayed character Glenda Vandervere in Murder, Millie Perkins Wrote.
Millie Perkins retired from acting after a 2006 six-episode arc on the television soap opera The Young and the Restless.
In December 1964, Millie Perkins married writer and director Robert Thom, who wrote the script for the popular 1968 movie Wild in the Streets, in which she appeared.
This, unlike the complete film listing above, includes only series in which Millie Perkins had a recurring role.