Juliet Mills’ film debut was at the age of 11 weeks, in the classic British movie In Which We Serve (1942), directed by her godfather Noel Coward and starring her father, John Mills.

She attended a ballet boarding school from the age of 9 to 16 and was cast at 17 in Peter Shaffer’s first play Five Finger Exercise (1960). Directed by John Gielgud, it ran in London’s West End for over a year, before transferring to Broadway, and earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress. In the years following she has appeared in numerous stage productions in London, New York and many regional theatres in the U.S.

Her first film in a leading role was in No My Darling Daughter (1961), starring Michael Redgrave. Other British comedies followed including Twice Around the Daffodils (1962), Nurse on Wheels (1963), and Carry On Jack (1964). Her first American film was The Rare Breed (1966) a Western starring James Stewart and Maureen O’Hara.

She starred opposite Jack Lemmon in Billy Wilder’s romantic comedy Avanti (1972). More recent film appearances include The Other Sister (1999) with Diane Keaton;  7000 Miles (2018) with Wendie Malick; and Poolman (2023) with Annette Bening and Christopher Pine.

Her television credits are numerous and include Nanny and the Professor, multiple episodes of The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Wonder Woman, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Murder, She Wrote and many more. For her performance in the first ever made for television mini-series, Leon Uris’s QB VII, she won an Emmy Award.

She also captivated audiences for 9 years as the character of Tabitha in the popular NBC daytime soap opera Passions. Most recently she portrayed a recurring character on the acclaimed series Grey’s Anatomy.

She has been married to the actor Maxwell Caulfield since 1980 when they were cast opposite each other in the play The Elephant Man.