Forever Young

Hayley Mills was still a preteen when she stepped into acting and found herself suddenly in the public eye. Working under Walt Disney, she became one of the leading child performers of the 1960s, appearing in British and American productions such as Pollyanna and The Parent Trap. She is one of only twelve performers ever to receive the Academy Juvenile Award.

In this memoir, Mills recalls the pressure of working in an industry that expected her to stay within a clean, youthful image. She also describes the Hollywood of that era, when Disney was at the height of his influence and his studio still felt, to him at least, like a family business.

Born into an acting family, the daughter of actor Sir John Mills, she writes about the glamorous and unfamiliar world she was swept into as a child. Her childhood impressions are paired with the perspective that the passing of years has given her.