1971 and owned a flat in London's Chelsea and Cobstone Windmill in Ibstone, Buckinghamshire, which was later sold. Their son, Crispian Mills, is the lead singer and guitarist for the raga rock band Kula Shaker. The couple divorced in 1977. Mills had a second son, Jason Lawson, born in July 1976, during a relationship with actor Leigh Lawson. She and Lawson split up in the early 1980s. In the 1980s, following her breakup with Lawson, Mills developed an interest in a number of Eastern religions. She wrote the preface to the book, The Hare Krishna Book of Vegetarian Cooking, published in 1984. In a 1997 article in People magazine, she stated that "she is 'not a part of Hare Krishna', though she delved into Hinduism and her own Christianity for guidance." In 1988, Mills co-edited, with then-partner Marcus Maclaine ( Newby; brother of actor Maxwell Caulfield, husband of Hayley's sister, Juliet), the book My God, which consisted of brief letters from celebrities on their beliefs, or lack thereof, regarding God and the afterlife. Mills's boyfriend since 1997 is actor/writer Firdous Bamji, who is 20 years her junior. Health In April 2008, Mills was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had surgery and started, but quickly abandoned, chemotherapy after only three sessions because of the severity of the side-effects. She credits her survival to the alternative treatments she used. She told Good Housekeeping magazine in January 2012 that she had fully recovered. Memoir Mills published a memoir about her life and career, Forever Young: A Memoir, in September 2021. Filmography Film Television Theatre Awards and nominations References Further reading Mills, Hayley. Forever Young: A Memoir. Grand Central Publishing, 2021. . Dye, David. Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914–1985. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., p. 158. External links Hayley Mills at the TCM Movie Database Hayley Comes Back to Her Richmond Roots 1946 births 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Academy Juvenile Award winners Actresses from London BAFTA Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles winners Booker authors' division Disney people English child actresses English child singers English Christians English female dancers English women singers English film actresses English musical theatre actresses English stage actresses English television actresses New Star of the Year (Actress) Golden Globe winners Living people People from Marylebone People educated at the Elmhurst School for Dance Theatre World Award winners British expatriate actresses in