All Hayley breaks loose this week on Disney as channel traces her star

From 1960 to ‘65, Hayley Mills was one of the biggest non-animated stars at Walt Disney Studios. Her name is still synonymous with the studio; as an adult, Mills has made several made-for-TV movies for Disney.

The Disney Channel pays tribute to the British actress, who is now 46, each night this week with one of her Disney movies.

The daughter of John Mills, who had starred in Disney’s “Swiss Family Robinson,” Hayley made her film debut in the 1959 British drama “Tiger Bay.” The following year she starred in her first Disney movie, “Pollyanna,” in which she played a lovable orphan. Mills won a special juvenile Oscar for her performance.

The tribute kicks off Sunday with her biggest hit, the delightful 1961 comedy “The Parent Trap,” in which Mills plays twins who try to get their divorced mother (Maureen O’Hara) and father (Brian Keith) back together.

Twenty-five years later, Mills reprised her role as the twins in the TV-movie, “The Parent Trap II,” airing Monday. Also on tap are the two other “Parent Trap” sequels: “Parent Trap III” (Thursday) and “Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon” (Friday).

Rounding out the tribute is the 1962 Jules Verne adventure “In Search of the Castaways” (Tuesday), the 1963 musical-comedy “Summer Magic” (Wednesday) and the 1991 Disney Channel drama “Back Home” (Saturday).

“Hayley Mills Week” airs Monday-Saturday beginning at 7 p.m. on the Disney Channel. For all ages, al though some scenes in “Castaways” may be too intense for children under 7.

MORE KIDS’ SHOWS

Tintin, Haddock and Calculus investigate a mysterious sleeping illness that has stricken the members of a South American expedition on The Adventure of Tintin (Monday 7-7:30 p.m. HBO). For 5 - to 11 - year - old s.

Dixie Carter and Leslie Nielsen are the ringmasters and Paul Rodriguez the sideshow barker on the repeat of The All New Circus of the Stars & Side Show (Tuesday 9-11 p.m CBS). The 1991 special features Charlene Tilton trying to tame 12 Bengal tigers and rapper Vanilla Ice going through a wall of fire on a motorcycle. For all ages.

Five children go on a magical journey to the realm of Og, a world of small green people who mimic the characters of kids’ comic books on The Secret World Of Og (Wednesday 2-3:30 p.m. HBO). For 3 - to 8 - year - olds.

Louis Jourdan, David Ogden Stiers, Angela Lansbury, Matt Frewer (“Max Headroom”) and Jason Connery headline the repeat of The First Olympics--Athens, 1896 (Wednesday 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m.; Thursday 9-11:30 p.m. Disney Chanel), a two-part miniseries about the first American Olympic athletes to participate in contemporary Olympic competition. For ages 11 and up and adults.

Robby Benson, who was the memorable voice of the Beast in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” supplies the voice for another legendary character--Prince Valiant--in the 1991 animated adventure Prince Valiant: The Voyage to Camelot (Friday 7-9 p.m. Family Channel). Valiant is banished to the marshland when Castle Thule, the home of Valiant and his family, is overtaken by the army of King Cynan from the north. Relegated to the life of a peasant, Valiant dreams of a placed called Camelot and sets out to find it. For 6 - to 12-year-olds.

Mayim Bialik (“Blossom”) hosts Sea World Mother Earth Celebration (Saturday 11 a.m.-noon Family Channel). The musical special, taped at the several Busch Gardens parks and Orlando Sea World, explores scientific and environmental topics such as gravity, how animals sleep and the lifestyle of the penguin. And no, Danny DeVito does not guest as “The Penguin.” For all ages.

In Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession (Saturday 2-4 p.m. Nickelodeon), the beloved collie, now living in a military base, attempts to save a Snow Goose and her eggs in a nest by a missile testing site. Lassie is assisted in her quest by a young boy and a small poodle. For 4- to 10-year-olds.