Ruth McDevitt, who portrays Miss Inch, had a storied career that included many popular television shows over many decades, as well as work in stage and radio. Susan Henning, who worked as the body double for Sharon McKendrick/Susan Evers, is also uncredited.

Hayley Mills’ own father, Disney legend Sir John Mills, makes an uncredited cameo as the golf caddy. Carroll, Una Merkle, Cathleen Nesbitt, Crahan Denton, Linda Watkins, Nancy Kulp, and Charlie Ruggles. They would also appear together again in the 1966 film, “The Rare Breed.” Released two weeks before the Disney comedy, “The Deadly Companions” follows an ex-army officer who accidentally kills a woman’s son, and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through the American West. “The Parent Trap” wasn’t the only theatrical film to star O’Hara and Keith in 1961. Keith once commented that he was nervous about the role because he had never done comedy before. She was paired with Brian Keith as Mitch Evers, the wealthy bachelor father which would be Keith’s first comedic role. Known for playing dramatic roles, the part of a trendy mother would be a departure for her. Maureen O’Hara, who had a storied career in film, took on the role of proper Bostonian Margaret McKendrick, Susan and Sharon’s mother.

The cast features A-list actors and many other well-known performers, along with several uncredited roles.

On its original release, two Donald Duck animated shorts were also released along with it: “Donald and the Wheel” and “The Litterbug.” The film also reunited Mills with David Swift, who directed her in “Pollyanna,” making this his second film for Walt Disney Productions. Produced by Walt Disney Productions, “The Parent Trap” opened in theaters on June 21, 1961, by Buena Vista Distribution, and solidified Mills as a bona fide movie star. Reunited years later at a summer camp, the two scheme to bring their parents back together by switching places and living with the other parent.

Released in 1961, Walt Disney’s classic live-action comedy film “The Parent Trap,” which stars Hayley Mills, Maureen O’Hara and Brian Keith, turned sixty years old this year.įresh off the heels of “Pollyanna,” Mills portrays identical twin sisters, Susan and Sharon, separated at birth by their parents’ divorce.

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