Millie Perkins is a retired actress and model and the former wife of Robert Dean Stockwell. Millie’s ex-husband Dean Stockwell was an American actor whose career spanned seven decades. He began his career as a child actor under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He later played a lead role in the 1957 Broadway and 1959 screen adaptation of Compulsion and in 1962 he played Edmund Tyrone in the film version of Long Day’s Journey into Night.
Millie Perkins: Bio Summary
| Name | Millie Perkins |
| Date of birth | May 12, 1936 |
| Place of birth | Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Famous as | *ex-wife of Dean Stockwell *actress, model |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Parents | Catherine Louise and Adolph Perkins |
| Spouse | Dean Stockwell, Robert Thom |
| Children | Lillie Thom and Hedy Thom |
How Old Is Millie Perkins?
Millie Perkins was born on May 12, 1936, in Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. She is 87 years old and in 2024 she will be 88 years old after celebrating her birthday on 12 May. Catherine Louise and Adolph Perkins were her parents. Her father who was of Hungarian and Mongolian descent, was a merchant marine captain. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to parents from Gussing, Burgenland, Austria.
Millie Perkins grew up in Fair Lawn. She may have siblings or not. There isn’t much information about her life as a child. Her paternal grandfather was Adolph/Matthias Kuhar while her paternal grandmother was Anna Marie Bauer. Her maternal grandfather was James Lawrence Marmand and her maternal grandmother was Catherine Louise Carley. She attended Fair Lawn High School.
Millie Perkins Was An Actress And Model
Millie Perkins used to be a professional film and television actress and model. She was a model in her teens. Before becoming a model, she was a receptionist at a New York City advertising agency when she got the attention of a visiting photographer. This led to her career as a model and by the year 1958, she was an international cover girl. As an actress, she has a total of 64 acting credits to her name, per IMDb.
Millie landed the role of Anne Frank in the film The Diary of Anne Frank. At the time, she had never studied nor sought to be an actress. She then got placed under contract to 20th Century Fox. She played Jessie McDermott in an episode of Wagon Train, Betty Lee Parsons in the film Wild in the Country, Tanya, in an episode of The United States Steel Hour, and Aldonza in Girl from La Mancha.
Millie appeared in television series such as Ben Casey, Breaking Point, The Reporter, Dirty Sally, Apple’s Way, Hart to Hart, Insight, Romance Theatre, Jessie, A.D., Glitter, Murder, She Wrote, The Magical World of Disney, Our House, Thirtysomething, Knots Landing, Elvis, CBS Schoolbreak Special, Touched by an Angel, and Any Day Now. She also played Rebecca Kaplan in episodes of The Young and the Restless.
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Millie Perkins has also appeared in several films. She is known for her film roles as Scotty in Ensign Pulver, Woman in The Shooting, Abigail in Ride in the Whirlwind, Mary Fergus in Wild in the Streets, Frances Mansfield in Cockfighter, and Marie in Lady Cocoa. She has also played roles in the films Alias Big Cherry, The Witch Who Came from the Sea, A Gun in the House, Table for Five, and The Haunting Passion.
Millie appeared in License to Kill, Anatomy of an Illness, Shattered Vows, The Other Lover, At Close Range, Jake Speed, The Penalty Phase, Slam Dance, Strange Voices, Wall Street, Broken Angel, Two Moon Junction, Call Me Anna, The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend, Sharkskin, Murder of Innocence, Necronomicon: Book of Dead, Midnight Run for Your Life, Bodily Harm, Harvest of Fire, and The Chamber.
Millie has also been credited for her appearance in The Summer of Ben Tyler, A Woman’s a Helluva Thing, The Lost City, Yesterday’s Dreams, and Though None Go with Me. She appeared as herself on The Bob Hope Show, History vs. Hollywood, and Fox Legacy with Tom Rothman, among others. She retired from acting in 2006. She also conducted a drama therapy workshop.
According to People magazine, Millie “conducts a drama-therapy workshop every Tuesday night in her living room and often speaks to high-school drama groups in the area.” She reportedly taught drama at Southern Oregon University and gave drama lectures at schools throughout Oregon. She was also a co-host of a local television interview show.
Millie Perkins Has Been Married Twice
Millie Perkins has been married two times to two different men. Her first marriage was to actor Dean Stockwell. She and Dean got married on April 15, 1960, and divorced on July 30, 1962. They had zero children together. She then married writer and director Robert Thom. They got married on December 25, 1964. They had two children: Lillie Thom and Hedy Thom. They got separated but we’re not divorced.
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After things didn’t work out in their marriage, Millie felt she was “an emotional misfit. I needed to leave L.A.,” she revealed, “to get away from that feeling of success and failure. I went to what turned out to be the most beautiful spot I’ve ever been in.” In 1976, she settled in Jacksonville, Oreg. with her children. “Raising my children is most important to me,” she said.
“I’d love to have given them one home like the old days, with grandma and sisters and relatives, and never left it. I’ve sort of made gypsies out of them.” Lillie and Hedy spend some time with their father as well. Millie generously describes her ex-husband as “a very special man.” Unfortunately, Robert Thom died on May 8, 1979. Millie had a brief romantic relationship with a local rancher.
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