Mary Hayley Bell, Lady Mills 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
The Wick on Richmond Hill, London
Sir John Mills was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portrayed guileless, wounded war heroes. In 1971, he received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Ryan's Daughter.
Mills in the 1979 serial Quatermass
Mills (middle) with Alastair Sim and Yvonne Mitchell in Escapade (1955)
Mills handprints from 1985 at Leicester Square, London
The Wick on Richmond Hill in Richmond, Greater London, was the family home for many years.