Juliet MillsJuliet Mills (born November 21, 1941) is a British character actress, most famous for her roles on shows such as Nanny and the Professor and Passions. In both series, she plays characters who possess magical powers, but her character in the former series was presented as friendly and magical while the latter is a witch who wishes harm on many people. She is the daughter of actor John Mills and the older sister of actress Hayley Mills. Juliet married actor Maxwell Caulfield in 1980. This page about Juliet Mills includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Juliet Mills News stories about Juliet Mills External links for Juliet Mills Videos for Juliet Mills Wikis about Juliet Mills Discussion Groups about Juliet Mills Blogs about Juliet Mills Images of Juliet Mills |
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Juliet Mills (born November 21, 1941) is a British character actress, most famous for her roles on shows such as Nanny and the Professor and Passions. She married twice more, to Italian-born Mexican industrialist Bruno Pagliai (two adopted children) and Dutch actor Robert Wolders, before her retirement to Malibu, California, where she died after suffering a stroke. Merle Oberon divorced Sir Alexander Korda in 1945, to marry cinematographer Lucien Ballard. During her time as a film star, Oberon went to great lengths to disguise her mixed-race background and when her dark-skinned mother moved in with her in Hollywood, she masqueraded as Oberon's maid. She went on to appear as Cathy in Wuthering Heights (1939), as George Sand in A Song to Remember (1945), and as Empress Josephine in Désirée (1954). Merle Oberon was scarred for life, but skilled lighting technicians prevented her injuries being spotted by cinema audiences. She was to star in Korda's film of I, Claudius (1937) as Messalina, but a serious car accident resulted in filming being abandoned. She received her only Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for The Dark Angel (1935). Oberon's career went on to greater heights partly as a result of her relationship with and later marriage to director Alexander Korda, who had persuaded her to take the name under which she became famous. In 1934, she played the female lead in The Scarlet Pimpernel, opposite Leslie Howard. Her first major film role was as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). Initially she worked as a club hostess under the name Queenie O'Brien and played in minor and unbilled rolls in various films. Born in Bombay, India to an Anglo-Irish father and an Anglo-Sinhalese mother, Constance Selby, who gave birth to Merle at the age of 15 and allowed her to be raised as her sister, Merle came to England for the first time in 1928. Merle Oberon (February 19, 1911 - November 23, 1979), born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, was a film actress, known for her sultry looks. |