Juliet Mills
Biography
Juliet Mills is an English and American actress who started as a child performer and went from the stage into film and television. Born in London, the daughter of the actor John Mills, she attended the Elmhurst Ballet School before taking her first major role, as Pamela Harrington in Peter Shaffer's Five Finger Exercise, which ran in London and then on Broadway and brought her a Tony Award nomination in 1960. She had a stowaway role in Carry on Jack (1964), appeared opposite James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara in The Rare Breed (1966), and named Billy Wilder's Avanti! (1972), with Jack Lemmon, as the high point of her film career; it earned her a Golden Globe nomination. She led the sitcom Nanny and the Professor as the magical nanny Phoebe Figalilly, won an Emmy for QB VII, and later played Tabitha Lenox on Passions, a role that brought a Daytime Emmy nomination.
84years old
Turns 85 on November 21in 39 days
- Born London
- Star sign: ScorpioLast day of the sign, on the Sagittarius cusp
- Juliet Maryon Mills (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 60 years1963 to 2023
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First role
At 16, Mills took the part of Pamela Harrington in Peter Shaffer's play Five Finger Exercise. After a year in London, the production transferred to Broadway's Music Box Theatre, and in 1960 she earned a Tony nomination.
First role
At 14, while she was a boarder at Elmhurst Ballet School, Mills starred as Alice in a 1955 London stage production of Alice Through the Looking Glass, staged at the Chelsea Palace Theatre.
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Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Gerald Thomas directed two of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
John Mills's page
Laurence Olivier's page
Dirk Bogarde's page
Jim Dale's page
George Woodbridge's page
Gerald ThomasDirector, 2 films, 1963 to 1964
All films by Gerald Thomas
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 1975 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | QB VII | Won |
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