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Vera Miles

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1930-08-23 (Age: 96)

Place of Birth

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Vera Miles

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). 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.

Filmography (74)

⭐ 4.8 Role: Dr. Ruth Goldin

Separate Lives

1995
⭐ 9.0 Role: Sophie Kubacki

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

1989
⭐ 6.0 Role: Elaine Corley

International Airport

1985
⭐ 6.5 Role: Joan Caper

Into the Night

1985
⭐ 5.5 Role: Frances Fairchild

The Initiation

1984
No Image
⭐ 7.0 Role: Kate Keller

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

1984
⭐ 4.3 Role: Marian Koonan

BrainWaves

1983
⭐ 6.5 Role: Lila Loomis

Psycho II

1983
⭐ 5.7 Role: Julie Lawless

Travis McGee

1983
⭐ 4.3 Role: Cat

Mazes and Monsters

1982
⭐ 6.0 Role: Unknown

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

1982
⭐ 9.0 Role: Patricia

Our Family Business

1981
⭐ 7.0 Role: Ida McBride

Roughnecks

1980
⭐ 3.8 Role: (archive footage)

The Horror Show

1979
⭐ 6.2 Role: Irene Elder

And I Alone Survived

1978