Mandy Miller
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Mandy Miller | |
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| Born | Carmen Isabella Miller 23 July 1944 |
| Years active | 1951–1958 |
| Spouse | Christopher Davey (m. 1965) |
| Children | 3 |
Mandy Miller (born Carmen Isabella Miller on 23 July 1944) is an English former child actress who made a number of films in the 1950s. She is also remembered for her recording of the 1956 song "Nellie the Elephant".
Early life[edit]
Carmen Isabella Miller, known professionally as Mandy Miller, was born in 1944.[1]
In 1962, at the age of 18, Miller gave up acting and moved to New York City to become an au pair.[2]
Career[edit]
Her career tended to involve serious acting roles rather than comedy, even in her first small part in The Man in the White Suit, where she was a sad-faced little girl who helped Alec Guinness escape from his pursuers.
She put in a much-praised performance in her second film, another Ealing production, Mandy (1952), playing a deaf-mute child whose parents (played by Terence Morgan and Phyllis Calvert) did not know how to cope with bringing her up. This briefly made her a leading actress.[3]
Her next film was Background (1953), with two other child actors, in a film about a family breaking up because of an impending divorce. Like Mandy, this was a drama about a well-to-do middle-class family; Valerie Hobson played her mother.
In 1954, she had a starring role in Adventure in the Hopfields, a film made for the Children's Film Foundation.
She also had lighter roles, such as in Raising a Riot (1955) starring Kenneth More. Some of her other co-stars were Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Godfrey Tearle, Thora Hird and Sam Wanamaker.
Miller made two popular single records: "Snowflakes" and "Nellie the Elephant", the latter produced by George Martin.
She also appeared in television dramas.
Personal life[edit]
Miller's sister is the actress Jan Miller, and her niece is actress Amanda Pays.[1]
In 1965, she married Christopher Davey, an architect, and had three children.
Filmography[edit]
- The Man in the White Suit (1951) as Gladdie
- I Believe In You (1952) as Child
- Mandy (1952) as Mandy
- Background (1953) as Linda Lomax
- Adventure in the Hopfields (1954) as Jenny Quin
- Dance Little Lady (1954) as Jill Gordon
- The Secret (1955) as Katie Martin
- Raising a Riot (1955) as Anne Kent
- The Feminine Touch (1956) as Jessie
- Child in the House (1956) as Elizabeth Lorimer
- The Snorkel (1958) as Candy Brown
References[edit]
- ^ a b Maxford, H. (2019). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 559. ISBN 978-1-4766-2914-8. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Mandy Miller | Biography". imdb.com. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "John Guillermin: Action Man". Filmink.
External links[edit]
- Mandy Miller at IMDb
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- 1944 births
- Living people
- Actresses from Somerset
- English film actresses
- English soap opera actresses
- English television actresses
- Actors from Weston-super-Mare
- English child actresses
- English women singers
- English child singers
- English expatriate actresses in the United States
- Parlophone artists
- EMI Records artists