I wasn’t a movie person, but one of my favorite books was Theodore Dreiser’s ‘A Place in the Sun.’ So I saw the movie of that book when I was in high school, and when I realized it was the same George Stevens who directed that movie from my favorite book, it made me feel better about auditioning. But when I mentioned to my French colleagues that it was George Stevens, they convinced me to leave to audition.
I never had seen the Diary on stage, nor had I read it. I left for Paris for my first overseas modeling job, and the casting people were actually searching for me, but I didn’t want to go back. People approached me because they had seen my picture, and I had heard that George Stevens was casting the film. I had been lucky, making a lot of money in just one year as a model. Millie Perkins: I had never acted before, I was a model in New York City, and this was just after I had left home. : You had a tremendous spotlight on you when you played the title role in ‘The Diary of Anne Frank.’ What kind of pressure was on you during the time and how did director George Stevens guide you through that pressure cooker? Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for Millie Perkins at the Hollywood Celebrities & Memorabilia Show, Chicago, September 2011 She did not appear again as an actress until a decade later, and has worked steadily in TV and movies ever since. Her last film in the 1960s, “Wild in the Streets” (1968), was based on a short story by her husband, screenwriter Robert Thom, and later became a cult classic. The raven haired cover girl went on to co-star with Elvis Presley in “Wild in the Country” (1961) and “Ensign Pulver” (1964), but neither film ignited her career. Millie Perkins was a promising international model when she was picked to portray the title character of one the most notable stage plays of the 1950s. Millie Perkins, Anne Frank in “The Diary of Anne Frank” They also posed for photographer Joe Arce. Millie Perkins and Diane Baker were participating in the “Hollywood Celebrities and Memorabilia Show” in September when they talked to. The film won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Shelley Winters), Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography, and was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Director. The director of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” the celebrated George Stevens, led a nationwide search for the lead teenage actress to portray Anne, after Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood and Susan Strasberg (Anne in the original play) passed on the role. Two actresses, Millie Perkins (Anne) and Diane Baker (her sister Margot), made their movie debuts in this renowned film. CHICAGO – The year was 1959, and the film was “The Diary of Anne Frank,” based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize winning stage play, which in turn was adapted from the famous diaries of a young girl hiding from Nazi occupiers in WWII Holland.
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