Juliet Mills
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Juliet Mills (born Juliet Maryon Mills on November 21, 1941 in London) is an English 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 (in an ironic twist, her Passions alter ego brought a doll that resembles her Nanny alter ego to life in a 2005 episode). She also starred in Avanti!, a notable 1972 film directed by Billy Wilder.
Mills is the daughter of the late actor Sir John Mills, and the late playwright Mary Hayley Bell. She is the older sister of actress Hayley Mills and of director Jonathan Mills.
Mills won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Special" for the miniseries adaptation of QB VII (1974). She had previously received Golden Globe Award nominations in 1971 and 1973 for Nanny and the Professor and Avanti!, respectively. In 2005, Mills was nominated for her first Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Lead Actress" for Passions.
Mills was an occasional guest on the game show Match Game.
[edit] Personal life and family
From 1961 to 1964, Mills was married to Russell Alquist Jr., with whom she had a son, Sean. She married Michael Miklenda, with whom she had a daughter, Melissa, before divorcing him in 1980. In 1980, Mills married actor Maxwell Caulfield, who is 18 years her junior.
