Hayley Mills, FOREVER YOUNG: A Memoir
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Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Zibby is joined by the iconic star of the original The Parent Trap, Hayley Mills, to discuss her time acting with Disney and the stories that are recounted in her new memoir, Forever Young. Hayley tells Zibby about how her screenwriter son showed her how to shape the narrative arc of her formative years, her experience exploring Walt Disney's archives and private possessions (which included her own hand-written letters), and the lessons she learned about her own family through reflecting on the past.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm also the host of Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight, and I'm the editor of the anthology, |
| 0:12.2 | which you should run out and buy called Moms Don't Have Time to, a quarantine anthology. |
| 0:16.8 | All proceeds of that book go to COVID-19 vaccine research. |
| 0:20.4 | And I'm the editor-in-chief of Moms Don't Have Time to Write a new publication on Medium. |
| 0:25.0 | And we're accepting submissions, so please send your personal essays there. |
| 0:29.1 | And if all that isn't enough, you can follow me on Instagram at Zibi Owens. |
| 0:32.8 | And my website is Zibi Owens.com. |
| 0:35.0 | Okay, now back to this amazing podcast. |
| 0:39.8 | Haley Mills is the author of Forever Young, a memoir. Haley began her acting career as a child at age 12 and was soon hailed as a |
| 0:45.9 | rising star, winning the Academy Juvenile Award as one of only 12 actors to ever be bestowed |
| 0:51.4 | with this honor, the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer, |
| 0:55.1 | and the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. Her six-pictured deal with Walt Disney |
| 0:59.5 | made her an international star and included her dual role as the twins Sharon and Susan in The Parent |
| 1:05.3 | Trap, which by the way I watched like a thousand times growing up. For her success with Disney, |
| 1:09.7 | she received the Disney Legend Award. |
| 1:11.8 | Haley's role in Whistle Down the Wind, a 1961 adaptation of the novel written by her mother, |
| 1:17.0 | Mary Haley Bell, secured her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress. |
| 1:22.3 | She has continued to make films and TV drama, among them The Flame Trees of Thicca, |
| 1:26.7 | and featured as Miss Bliss and |
| 1:28.2 | Saved by the Bell, and as Caroline in Wild at Heart on ITV, she lives in Southwest London. |
| 1:33.8 | Welcome, Haley. Thank you so much for coming on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books to discuss |
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