<P> Identical twins Susan Evers and Sharon McKendrick ( Hayley Mills ) meet at Miss Inch 's Summer Camp for Girls , unaware that they are sisters . Their identical appearance initially creates rivalry , and they continuously pull pranks on each other , which ultimately leads to the camp dance being crashed by their mischief . As punishment , they must live together in the isolated `` Serendipity '' cabin ( and eat together at an `` isolation table '' ) for the remainder of their time at summer camp . After finding out that they both come from single parent homes , they soon realize they are twin sisters and that their parents , Mitch ( Brian Keith ) and Maggie ( Maureen O'Hara ) , divorced shortly after their birth , with each parent having custody of one of them . The twins , each eager to meet the parent she never knew , switch places . They drill each other on the other 's behavior and lives , and Susan cuts Sharon 's hair into the same style as hers . While Susan is in Boston , Massachusetts masquerading as Sharon , Sharon goes to Carmel , California pretending to be Susan . </P>
<P> Identical twins Susan Evers and Sharon McKendrick ( Hayley Mills ) meet at Miss Inch 's Summer Camp for Girls , unaware that they are sisters . Their identical appearance initially creates rivalry , and they continuously pull pranks on each other , which ultimately leads to the camp dance being crashed by their mischief . As punishment , they must live together in the isolated `` Serendipity '' cabin ( and eat together at an `` isolation table '' ) for the remainder of their time at summer camp . After finding out that they both come from single parent homes , they soon realize they are twin sisters and that their parents , Mitch ( Brian Keith ) and Maggie ( Maureen O'Hara ) , divorced shortly after their birth , with each parent having custody of one of them . The twins , each eager to meet the parent she never knew , switch places . They drill each other on the other 's behavior and lives , and Susan cuts Sharon 's hair into the same style as hers . While Susan is in Boston , Massachusetts masquerading as Sharon , Sharon goes to Carmel , California pretending to be Susan . </P>
who played the mother in the original parent trap
who played the mother in the original parent trap
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara