Name
Vera Miles
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1930-08-23 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Boise City, Oklahoma, USA
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.
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- 1955 Man on the Ledge as Virginia
- 1960 Psycho as Lila Crane
- 1956 The Searchers as Laurie Jorgensen
- 1983 Psycho II as Lila Loomis
- 1980 Roughnecks as Ida McBride
- 1985 Into the Night as Joan Caper
- 1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Hallie Stoddard
- 1956 The Wrong Man as Rose Balestrero
- 1968 Hellfighters as Madelyn Buckman
- 1982 Mazes and Monsters as Cat
- 1979 The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1966 Follow Me, Boys! as Vida Downey
- 1967 The Spirit Is Willing as Kate Powell
- 1964 Those Calloways as Lydia (Liddy) Calloway
- 1956 Autumn Leaves as Virginia Hanson
- 1961 Back Street as Liz Saxon
- 1984 The Initiation as Frances Fairchild
- 1973 One Little Indian as Doris
- 1964 A Tiger Walks as Dorothy Williams
- 1956 23 Paces to Baker Street as Jean Lennox
- 1974 The Castaway Cowboy as Henrietta MacAvoy
- 1959 The FBI Story as Lucy Ann Hardesty
- 1971 In Search of America as Jenny Olson
- 1974 The Strange and Deadly Occurrence as Christine Rhodes
- 1955 Tarzan's Hidden Jungle as Jill Hardy
- 1977 Fire! as Martha Wagner
- 1960 A Touch of Larceny as Virginia Killain
- 1964 The Hanged Man as Lois Seeger
- 1957 Beau James as Betty Compton
- 1995 Separate Lives as Dr. Ruth Goldin
- 1984 Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues as Kate Keller
- 1960 Five Branded Women as Daniza
- 1954 Pride of the Blue Grass as Linda
- 1968 Kona Coast as Melissa Hyde
- 1959 Web of Evidence as Lena Anderson
- 1955 Wichita as Laurie McCoy
- 1969 Journey to the Unknown as June Wiley
- 1966 One of Our Spies Is Missing as Madame Raine De Sala
- 1973 Baffled! as Andrea Glenn
- 1953 The Charge at Feather River as Jennie McKeever
- 1978 And I Alone Survived as Irene Elder
- 1970 The Wild Country as Kate Tanner
- 1972 A Great American Tragedy as Gloria Wilkes
- 1952 For Men Only as Kathy
- 1972 Jigsaw as Lilah Beth Cummings
- 1981 Our Family Business as Patricia
- 1964 The Unknown as Kassia Paine
- 1950 When Willie Comes Marching Home as Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)
- 1951 Two Tickets to Broadway as Showgirl (uncredited)
- 1953 So Big as Girl (uncredited)
- 1967 Gentle Giant as Ellen Wedloe
- 1971 Cannon as Diana Langston
- 1985 International Airport as Elaine Corley
- 1971 A Howling in the Woods as Rose Staines
- 1983 BrainWaves as Marian Koonan
- 1972 Molly and Lawless John as Molly Parker
- 1961 The Lawbreakers as Angela Walsh
- 1989 The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro as Sophie Kubacki
- 1952 The Rose Bowl Story as Denny Burke
- 1950 The Screen Writer as Young Actress (uncredited)
- 1968 Sergeant Ryker as Ann Ryker
- 1969 It Takes All Kinds as Laura Ring
- 1977 Run for the Roses as Clarissa Stewart
- 1974 Live Again, Die Again as Marcia Carmichael
- 1976 Smash-Up on Interstate 5 as Erica
- 1974 The Underground Man as Eleanor Strom
- 1976 Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys as Mrs. Horton
- 1976 State Fair as Melissa Bryant
- 1968 Mission Batangas as Joan Barnes
- 1973 Runaway! as Ellen Staffo
- 1956 The House Without a Name as Vera
- 1983 Travis McGee as Julie Lawless
- 1963 Recoil as Lucy
- 1982 Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
- 1957 Panic Button as Carolyn Cook
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth Gates
- 1980 Magnum, P.I. ( 1 episode ) as Joan Gibson
- 1974 Movin' On ( 1 episode )
- 1971 Columbo ( 1 episode ) as Viveca Scott
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Claudia Sutton
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre ( 2 episodes ) as Ann Ryker
- 1974 Little House on the Prairie ( 1 episode ) as Ruthy Leland
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Kate Burke
- 1968 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Flora Whiting
- 1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ( 2 episodes ) as Tora
- 1972 The Streets of San Francisco ( 1 episode )
- 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Helen Wagner
- 1971 Alias Smith and Jones ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Mannix ( 1 episode ) as Jean McBride
- 1982 Hotel ( 2 episodes )
- 1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Sam
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Terry
- 1971 Cannon ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Millicent Barnes
- 1965 I Spy ( 0 episode ) as Rachel
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Elsa Spann
- 1984 Crazy like a Fox ( 1 episode ) as Georgina Burton
- 1962 Sam Benedict ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Rawhide ( 0 episode )
- 1965 Run for Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Rachel Pike
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Monica Welles
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Merle Roberts
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Miss Wallace
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Maureen O'Reilly
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Julie
- 1982 Matt Houston ( 1 episode )
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Sally Jordan
- 1967 Judd, for the Defense ( 1 episode )
- 1966 ABC Stage 67 ( 1 episode ) as Adele
- 1963 Mr. Novak ( 1 episode ) as Sister Gervaise
- 1959 Riverboat ( 1 episode ) as Jeanette Mowbray
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Jenny Breckenridge
- 1953 City Detective ( 1 episode )
- 1963 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Kassia Paine
- 1961 The Asphalt Jungle ( 1 episode )
- 1960 My Three Sons ( 3 episodes ) as Ernestine Coulter
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Sister Rita
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Charmaine Calloway Thompson
- 1960 Route 66 ( 1 episode ) as Ellen Barnes
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Maggie Menken
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Christine Carroll Kimberly
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Jenny
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Eaton
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode )
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Nora Douglas
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Debra Stone
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Larkin
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 2 episodes )
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Audrey O'Connor
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Julie Tolin
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Maggie
- 1963 Arrest and Trial ( 1 episode ) as Jean Forbes
- 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ( 2 episodes ) as Madame Raine De Sala
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Lowell
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as April Christopher
- 1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Marisa Cummings
- 1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Tracy Cannon
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Beth
- 1961 The Dick Powell Show ( 1 episode ) as Stella Calman
- 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Ruth Dahlberg
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Nancy Landon
- 1968 Journey to the Unknown ( 1 episode ) as June Wiley
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Janice Stuart
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Jan Michaels
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Janet Reese
- 1959 The Detectives ( 1 episode ) as Lucy
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Helen Walsh
- 1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Gloria Hall
- 1984 Finder of Lost Loves ( 1 episode ) as Joanna Shaw
- 1975 Ellery Queen ( 1 episode ) as Celeste Wakefield
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Bess Hensinger
- 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Janet Devaney
- 1976 McNaughton's Daughter ( 3 episodes ) as Grace Coventry
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Barbara Richards
- 1977 How the West Was Won ( 1 episode ) as Beth
- 1970 Dan August ( 1 episode ) as Carla
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Daphne
- 1954 Studio 57 ( 1 episode ) as The Little Girl's Mother
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Nicky Revere
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 2 episodes ) as Eve Springer
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Barbara Jones
- 1982 Hotel ( 1 episode ) as Teresa Clayborne
- 1982 Hotel ( 1 episode ) as Millie Broom
- 1978 Fantasy Island ( 1 episode ) as Martha Tate
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 1 episode ) as Virginia
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Gloria Campbell
- 1952 The Ford Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Nancy Carr
- 1971 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law ( 1 episode ) as Nancy Hodges
- 1971 Cannon ( 1 episode ) as Vivian Cabe
- 1959 Startime ( 1 episode ) as Jean Medwick
- 1966 Hollywood Squares ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode )
- 1966 Hollywood Squares ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Center Square
