I clicked on the Hayley Mills link in the casting credits, and it said that Hayley was born in 1946. The Trouble with Angels came out in 1966, so that means she was 20 when she filmed the movie. Is that right? In The Trouble With Angels, she doesn't look like she's 20 at all. Maybe 15 or 16 at the oldest.
shareHayley always looked younger than her age, that was part of her charm I think.
shareAlthough I doubt any of you are still eyeing this thread, in case anyone else wanders by...
What about June Harding, the actress who played "Rachel"? She was born in Sept. of 1940, making her twenty-FIVE during filming!
(Not to mention the depressing thought that, in about 2 weeks, that cute perky "teenager" will be turning SIXTY-SEVEN!!!)
Unbelievable. She's supposed to have her own website. I thought it would be ready by now, maybe it is. I wrote to her last year and she wrote back and said that she hoped to have it going last winter. The website will have some of her artwork and some TTWA memorabilia.
shareShe was nineteen when they shot the movie, and twenty when it was released. She always did look younger than her age. That characteristic is a huge advantage for a child actor.
I just saw a documentary on "To Kill a Mockingbird" where Mary Badham discussed the casting call for child actors. She was complimented by the casting agents for seeming much younger than nine years old (her actual age). In the movie, Scout was supposed to age from six years old to eight years old. So looking younger than her chronological age was a big advantage for Mary Badham, and for all other child actors too, I think.