One of the several ingenue actresses of the era, Hayley Mills was always too much the “girl next door”, despite having all the attributes, because everyone around her nurtured and maintained the image (like they did with Julie Andrews) — and not the least because her father wouldn’t let her play the title role in Lolita.
That’s not to say she wasn’t beautiful, both as a young girl and then a teenager.
And in color:
And surprise surprise, she turned out to be a gorgeous older woman, too.
That was her in her sixties, and not in the Sixties.
Lovely.
When I saw her in the Disney Movie Parent Trap at 14, She struck me then as a high maintenace cold British nightmare , ( not that I understood or appreciated the potential impact yet). Looking back now, I can see that she had a strong resemblance to my first wife. – Particularly photo 2 & 3 – or Possibly a lot of Girls looked like that in the early 70’s I didn’t listen to my first reactions then and had to learn the hard way after just 3 years.
Trust your instincts, they apparently improve with age.