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Vera Miles
Actor

Vera Miles

23 Aug 1930Born
96Age
141Credits
Boise City, Oklahoma, USABirthplace

Biography

Vera June Miles (born August 23, 1929) is an American actress. Born in Boise City, Oklahoma, Vera Miles attended school in Pratt, Kansas and Wichita, Kansas. The patrician beauty of Miss Miles won her the title of "Miss Kansas" in 1948, leading soon to small roles in Hollywood films and television series. Fame came to the forthright, spirited Miles when she attracted the attention of two master directors, Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford. Ford cast her in the classic western The Searchers (1956) and Hitchcock, who put her under personal contract and hailed her as his "new Grace Kelly", paired her with the great Henry Fonda in The Wrong Man (1956).

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Hitchcock cast Miles in the potentially star-making role of Judy Barton in Vertigo (1958), but Miles withdrew from the film when she became pregnant. Hitchcock gave Miles a supporting role in another masterpiece Psycho (1960), as did Ford when he cast her opposite John Wayne and James Stewart in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), She also starred in such films as Beau James (1957) opposite Bob Hope, The FBI Story (1959) opposite Stewart, Back Street (1961) opposite Susan Hayward and John Gavin and Sergeant Ryker (1968) opposite Lee Marvin, as well as showing her consistently remarkable and versatile talent on dozens of popular television movies and series including The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), Twilight Zone (1959), The Outer Limits (1963), The Fugitive (1963), My Three Sons (1960), Bonanza (1959), "Columbo" and Murder, She Wrote (1984). In 1983, she reprised her role as "Lila Crane" in the film sequel Psycho II (1983), starring Anthony Perkins. Although, too often, the stunningly beautiful Miles' gifts were underutilized, before her retirement in 1995, hers was a most intriguing and enduring Hollywood career.

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Filmography

The 80 most recent of 141 credits.

  1. 1995Separate LivesFilm: Dr. Ruth Goldin
  2. 1989The Hijacking of the Achille LauroFilm: Sophie Kubacki
  3. 1985International AirportFilm: Elaine Corley
  4. 1985Into the NightFilm: Joan Caper
  5. 1984Crazy like a FoxSeries: Georgina Burton (1 episode)
  6. 1984The InitiationFilm: Frances Fairchild
  7. 1984Murder, She WroteSeries: Elizabeth Gates, Charmaine Calloway Thompson, Nancy Landon (1 episode)
  8. 1984Finder of Lost LovesSeries: Joanna Shaw (1 episode)
  9. 1984Helen Keller: The Miracle ContinuesFilm: Kate Keller
  10. 1983BrainWavesFilm: Marian Koonan
  11. 1983Psycho IIFilm: Lila Loomis
  12. 1983Travis McGeeFilm: Julie Lawless
  13. 1982Mazes and MonstersFilm: Cat
  14. 1982Matt HoustonSeries (1 episode)
  15. 1982HotelSeries: Teresa Clayborne, Millie Broom (2 episodes)
  16. 1981Our Family BusinessFilm: Patricia
  17. 1980Magnum, P.I.Series: Joan Gibson (1 episode)
  18. 1980RoughnecksFilm: Ida McBride
  19. 1979Buck Rogers in the 25th CenturySeries: Tora (2 episodes)
  20. 1979The Horror ShowFilm: (archive footage)
  21. 1978And I Alone SurvivedFilm: Irene Elder
  22. 1978Fantasy IslandSeries: Martha Tate (1 episode)
  23. 1977The Love BoatSeries: Bess Hensinger, Eve Springer (1 episode)
  24. 1977Run for the RosesFilm: Clarissa Stewart
  25. 1977Fire!Film: Martha Wagner
  26. 1977How the West Was WonSeries: Beth (1 episode)
  27. 1976State FairFilm: Melissa Bryant
  28. 1976Judge Horton and the Scottsboro BoysFilm: Mrs. Horton
  29. 1976McNaughton's DaughterSeries: Grace Coventry (3 episodes)
  30. 1976Smash-Up on Interstate 5Film: Erica
  31. 1975Ellery QueenSeries: Celeste Wakefield (1 episode)
  32. 1974The Strange and Deadly OccurrenceFilm: Christine Rhodes
  33. 1974Movin' OnSeries (1 episode)
  34. 1974Little House on the PrairieSeries: Ruthy Leland (1 episode)
  35. 1974The Castaway CowboyFilm: Henrietta MacAvoy
  36. 1974The Underground ManFilm: Eleanor Strom
  37. 1974Live Again, Die AgainFilm: Marcia Carmichael
  38. 1973Runaway!Film: Ellen Staffo
  39. 1973One Little IndianFilm: Doris
  40. 1973Baffled!Film: Andrea Glenn
  41. 1972Molly and Lawless JohnFilm: Molly Parker
  42. 1972A Great American TragedyFilm: Gloria Wilkes
  43. 1972The Streets of San FranciscoSeries (1 episode)
  44. 1972JigsawFilm: Lilah Beth Cummings
  45. 1971A Howling in the WoodsFilm: Rose Staines
  46. 1971Owen Marshall: Counselor at LawSeries: Nancy Hodges (1 episode)
  47. 1971ColumboSeries: Viveca Scott (1 episode)
  48. 1971CannonSeries: Vivian Cabe (1 episode)
  49. 1971CannonFilm: Diana Langston
  50. 1971In Search of AmericaFilm: Jenny Olson
  51. 1971Alias Smith and JonesSeries (1 episode)
  52. 1970The Wild CountryFilm: Kate Tanner
  53. 1970Dan AugustSeries: Carla (1 episode)
  54. 1969Medical CenterSeries: Dr. Gloria Hall (1 episode)
  55. 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.Series: Helen Wagner, Janet Devaney (1 episode)
  56. 1969Journey to the UnknownFilm: June Wiley
  57. 1969It Takes All KindsFilm: Laura Ring
  58. 1969Hawaii Five-OSeries: Flora Whiting (1 episode)
  59. 1968HellfightersFilm: Madelyn Buckman
  60. 1968Mission BatangasFilm: Joan Barnes
  61. 1968Journey to the UnknownSeries: June Wiley (1 episode)
  62. 1968The Name of the GameSeries: Marisa Cummings, Tracy Cannon (1 episode)
  63. 1968Kona CoastFilm: Melissa Hyde
  64. 1968Sergeant RykerFilm: Ann Ryker
  65. 1967Gentle GiantFilm: Ellen Wedloe
  66. 1967MannixSeries: Jean McBride (1 episode)
  67. 1967Judd, for the DefenseSeries (1 episode)
  68. 1967The Spirit Is WillingFilm: Kate Powell
  69. 1967IronsideSeries: Barbara Richards, Barbara Jones, Gloria Campbell (1 episode)
  70. 1966Follow Me, Boys!Film: Vida Downey
  71. 1966One of Our Spies Is MissingFilm: Madame Raine De Sala
  72. 1966ABC Stage 67Series: Adele (1 episode)
  73. 1965The F.B.I.Series: Kate Burke (1 episode)
  74. 1965I SpySeries: Rachel
  75. 1965Run for Your LifeSeries: Rachel Pike (1 episode)
  76. 1964The Hanged ManFilm: Lois Seeger
  77. 1964Those CallowaysFilm: Lydia (Liddy) Calloway
  78. 1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series: Madame Raine De Sala (2 episodes)
  79. 1964The UnknownFilm: Kassia Paine
  80. 1964A Tiger WalksFilm: Dorothy Williams

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