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Vera Miles

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.


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Born:
Aug 23, 1929 In Boise City, Oklahoma, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
92
First Appeared:
In the movie When Willie Comes Marching Home 1950-02-17
Latest Project:
Movie Journey to the unknown 2019
Known For
Poster of The Hanged Man
Poster of The Twilight Zone
Filmography
Movie Journey to the unknown June Wiley 2019
Movie The Psycho Legacy Self (archive footage) 2010-10-19
Movie Separate Lives Dr. Ruth Goldin 1995-09-08
Movie The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro Sophie Kubacki 1989-02-13
Movie Into the Night Joan Caper 1985-02-22
Movie International Airport Elaine Corley 1985-05-25
Series Murder, She Wrote Unknown 1984-09-30
Movie Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues Kate Keller 1984-04-23
Series Crazy like a Fox Unknown 1984-12-30
Movie Psycho II Lila Loomis 1983-06-03
Movie BrainWaves Marian Koonan 1983-08-05
Series Hotel Unknown 1982-08-21
Movie Mazes and Monsters Cat 1982-12-27
Series Matt Houston Unknown 1982-09-26
Series Magnum, P.I. Unknown 1980-12-11
Movie The Horror Show (archive footage) 1979-02-06
Movie And I Alone Survived Irene Elder 1978-11-27
Series How the West Was Won Unknown 1977-02-06
Movie Fire! Martha Wagner 1977-05-08
Movie Smash-Up on Interstate 5 Erica 1976-02-02
Series Ellery Queen Unknown 1975-09-11
Movie Live Again, Die Again Marcia Carmichael 1974-02-16
Series Movin' On Unknown 1974-05-08
Movie The Strange and Deadly Occurrence Christine Rhodes 1974-09-24
Series Little House on the Prairie Unknown 1974-09-11
Movie The Castaway Cowboy Henrietta MacAvoy 1974-08-01
Movie Runaway! Ellen Staffo 1973-09-29
Movie A Great American Tragedy Gloria Wilkes 1972-10-18
Series The Streets of San Francisco Unknown 1972-09-23
Movie Molly and Lawless John Molly Parker 1972-12-01
Movie Baffled! Andrea Glenn 1972-12-17
Movie In Search of America Jenny Olson 1971-03-23
Series Alias Smith and Jones Unknown 1971-01-05
Series Cannon Unknown 1971-09-14
Series Columbo Viveca Scott 1971-09-15
Movie A Howling in the Woods Rose Staines 1971-11-05
Movie The Wild Country Kate Tanner 1970-12-16
Movie It Takes All Kinds Laura Ring 1969-06-12
Series Medical Center Unknown 1969-09-24
Movie Sergeant Ryker Ann Ryker 1968-02-01
Movie Kona Coast Melissa Hyde 1968-05-01
Series Hawaii Five-O Unknown 1968-09-20
Movie Hellfighters Madelyn Buckman 1968-11-27
Movie The Spirit Is Willing Kate Powell 1967-07-07
Series Ironside Unknown 1967-03-28
Series Mannix Unknown 1967-09-16
Series ABC Stage 67 Unknown 1966-09-14
Movie Follow Me, Boys! Vida Downey 1966-12-01
Movie One of Our Spies Is Missing Madame Raine De Sala 1966-12-01
Movie Those Calloways Lydia (Liddy) Calloway 1965-01-28
Series Run for Your Life Unknown 1965-09-13
Series I Spy Rachel 1965-09-15
Movie A Tiger Walks Dorothy Williams 1964-04-12
Movie The Unknown Kassia Paine 1964-05-04
Movie The Hanged Man Lois Seeger 1964-11-18
Series Burke's Law Unknown 1963-09-20
Series Kraft Suspense Theatre Unknown 1963-10-10
Series Mr. Novak Unknown 1963-09-24
Movie The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Hallie Stoddard 1962-04-13
Series Sam Benedict Unknown 1962-09-15
Movie The Lawbreakers Angela Walsh 1961-08-15
Movie A Touch of Larceny Virginia Killain 1960-02-04
Movie Five Branded Women Daniza 1960-03-15
Series My Three Sons Unknown 1960-09-29
Movie Incident at a Corner 1960-04-05
Movie The FBI Story Lucy Ann Hardesty 1959-10-01
Movie Web of Evidence Lena Anderson 1959-04-28
Series Riverboat Unknown 1959-09-13
Series The Twilight Zone Millicent Barnes 1959-10-02
Series The Detectives Unknown 1959-10-16
Movie Beau James Betty Compton 1957-06-07
Movie Panic Button Carolyn Cook 1957-11-28
Movie 23 Paces to Baker Street Jean Lennox 1956-05-18
Movie The Wrong Man Rose Balestrero 1956-12-22
Movie Autumn Leaves Virginia Hanson 1956-08-01
Movie Wichita Laurie McCoy 1955-07-03
Series Gunsmoke Unknown 1955-09-10
Movie Tarzan's Hidden Jungle Jill Hardy 1955-02-16
Series Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown 1955-10-02
Movie Screen Directors Playhouse: Rookie of the Year Ruth Dahlberg 1955-12-07
Movie Pride of the Blue Grass Linda 1954-04-04
Series General Electric Theater Unknown 1953-02-01
Series City Detective Unknown 1953-01-01
Movie The Charge at Feather River Jennie McKeever 1953-07-11
Movie So Big Girl (uncredited) 1953-10-31
Movie For Men Only Kathy 1952-01-11
Movie The Rose Bowl Story Denny Burke 1952-08-24
Movie Two Tickets to Broadway Showgirl (uncredited) 1951-11-20
Movie When Willie Comes Marching Home Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited) 1950-02-17
Series The Colgate Comedy Hour Unknown 1950-09-10
Movie The Screen Writer Young Actress (uncredited) 1950-09-13
Series Lux Video Theatre Unknown 1950-10-02
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