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Jacqueline Isobel Noel Mills (born October 22, 1917) is an American actress who was active in films, on radio, and on stage.
Early years
Five years after Mills was born in Haslemere, England, she and her family moved to Canada. She began ballet at age 3. Her early acting experience came in little theaters in the Montreal area, performing in French and in English. During her teenage years she traveled with stock theater companies. She became an American citizen.
Career
Mills's radio debut came in St. Louis in 1934. She later announced and acted on radio station WLS in Chicago. She left there and went to New York, where she had "four pretty tough years, working in local stations and playing bit parts". Her performance in a play on The Kate Smith Hour radio show caught the attention of writer Elaine Sterne Carrington, and resulted in Mills being cast in Carrington's new soap opera, When a Girl Marries on which she portrayed Joan Field. She also was heard on The Court of Missing Heirs, Your Family and Mine, The Baby Snooks Show and Gang Busters.
Mills appeared in the film Madame Curie, and she was a fashion commentator for Pathé News. Her work on television included performances on Hawkins Falls, Population 6200 and NBC Television Theatre.
In 1946 Mills was a civilian actress technician with Army Special Services in the South Pacific.
Personal life
Mills married Stanley Johnson Worth in 1940 in Manhattan, New York.
Mills married comedian Tommy Riggs on June 9, 1948, in Easton, Pennsylvania.