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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 23, 1929
Place of Birth:
Boise City, Oklahoma, USA
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Hitchcock/Truffaut | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2010 | The Psycho Legacy | Self (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Separate Lives | Dr. Ruth Goldin |
| 1993 | 24 Hour Psycho | Lila Crane (archive footage) |
| 1989 | The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro | Sophie Kubacki |
| 1985 | Into the Night | Joan Caper |
| 1985 | International Airport | Elaine Corley |
| 1984 | The Initiation | Frances Fairchild |
| 1984 | Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues | Kate Keller |
| 1983 | Psycho II | Lila Loomis |
| 1983 | BrainWaves | Marian Koonan |
| 1983 | Travis McGee | Julie Lawless |
| 1982 | Mazes and Monsters | Cat |
| 1981 | Our Family Business | Patricia |
| 1980 | Roughnecks | Ida McBride |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) |
| 1978 | And I Alone Survived | Irene Elder |
| 1977 | Fire! | Martha Wagner |
| 1977 | Run for the Roses | Clarissa Stewart |
| 1976 | Smash-Up on Interstate 5 | Erica |
| 1976 | Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys | Mrs. Horton |
| 1976 | State Fair | Melissa Bryant |
| 1974 | The Castaway Cowboy | Henrietta MacAvoy |
| 1974 | The Strange and Deadly Occurrence | Christine Rhodes |
| 1974 | Live Again, Die Again | Marcia Carmichael |
| 1974 | The Underground Man | Eleanor Strom |
| 1973 | One Little Indian | Doris |
| 1973 | Baffled! | Andrea Glenn |
| 1973 | Runaway! | Ellen Staffo |
| 1972 | A Great American Tragedy | Gloria Wilkes |
| 1972 | Jigsaw | Lilah Beth Cummings |
| 1972 | Molly and Lawless John | Molly Parker |
| 1971 | In Search of America | Jenny Olson |
| 1971 | Cannon | Diana Langston |
| 1971 | A Howling in the Woods | Rose Staines |
| 1970 | The Wild Country | Kate Tanner |
| 1969 | Journey to the Unknown | June Wiley |
| 1969 | It Takes All Kinds | Laura Ring |
| 1968 | Hellfighters | Madelyn Buckman |
| 1968 | Kona Coast | Melissa Hyde |
| 1968 | Sergeant Ryker | Ann Ryker |
| 1968 | Mission Batangas | Joan Barnes |
| 1967 | The Spirit Is Willing | Kate Powell |
| 1967 | Gentle Giant | Ellen Wedloe |
| 1966 | Follow Me, Boys! | Vida Downey |
| 1966 | One of Our Spies Is Missing | Madame Raine De Sala |
| 1964 | Those Calloways | Lydia (Liddy) Calloway |
| 1964 | A Tiger Walks | Dorothy Williams |
| 1964 | The Hanged Man | Lois Seeger |
| 1964 | The Unknown | Kassia Paine |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Hallie Stoddard |
| 1961 | Back Street | Liz Saxon |
| 1961 | The Lawbreakers | Angela Walsh |
| 1960 | Psycho | Lila Crane |
| 1960 | A Touch of Larceny | Virginia Killain |
| 1960 | Five Branded Women | Daniza |
| 1959 | The FBI Story | Lucy Ann Hardesty |
| 1959 | Web of Evidence | Lena Anderson |
| 1957 | Beau James | Betty Compton |
| 1956 | The Searchers | Laurie Jorgensen |
| 1956 | The Wrong Man | Rose Balestrero |
| 1956 | Autumn Leaves | Virginia Hanson |
| 1956 | 23 Paces to Baker Street | Jean Lennox |
| 1956 | The House Without a Name | |
| 1955 | Man on the Ledge | Virginia |
| 1955 | Tarzan's Hidden Jungle | Jill Hardy |
| 1955 | Wichita | Laurie McCoy |
| 1954 | Pride of the Blue Grass | Linda |
| 1953 | The Charge at Feather River | Jennie McKeever |
| 1953 | So Big | Girl (uncredited) |
| 1952 | For Men Only | Kathy |
| 1952 | The Rose Bowl Story | Denny Burke |
| 1951 | Two Tickets to Broadway | Showgirl (uncredited) |
| 1950 | When Willie Comes Marching Home | Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Screen Writer | Young Actress (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Elizabeth Gates |
| 1984 | Crazy like a Fox | Georgina Burton |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Charmaine Calloway Thompson |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Nancy Landon |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | Joanna Shaw |
| 1982 | Hotel | |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | |
| 1982 | Hotel | Teresa Clayborne |
| 1982 | Hotel | Millie Broom |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Joan Gibson |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Tora |
| 1978 | Fantasy Island | Martha Tate |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Bess Hensinger |
| 1977 | How the West Was Won | Beth |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Eve Springer |
| 1976 | McNaughton's Daughter | Grace Coventry |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen | Celeste Wakefield |
| 1974 | Movin' On | |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | Ruthy Leland |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | |
| 1971 | Columbo | Viveca Scott |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1970 | Dan August | Carla |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Helen Wagner |
| 1969 | Medical Center | |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Dr. Gloria Hall |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Janet Devaney |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Flora Whiting |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Marisa Cummings |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Tracy Cannon |
| 1968 | Journey to the Unknown | June Wiley |
| 1967 | Mannix | Jean McBride |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense | |
| 1967 | Ironside | Barbara Richards |
| 1967 | Ironside | Barbara Jones |
| 1967 | Ironside | Gloria Campbell |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | Adele |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Kate Burke |
| 1965 | I Spy | Rachel |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Rachel Pike |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Madame Raine De Sala |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Claudia Sutton |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Ann Ryker |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Monica Welles |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Sister Gervaise |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Kassia Paine |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Jean Forbes |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Beth |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Miss Wallace |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Maggie Menken |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Daphne |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Nicky Revere |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle | |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show | Stella Calman |
| 1960 | My Three Sons | Ernestine Coulter |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Ellen Barnes |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Millicent Barnes |
| 1959 | Rawhide | |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Jeanette Mowbray |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Sarah Lowell |
| 1959 | Bonanza | April Christopher |
| 1959 | Startime | Jean Medwick |
| 1959 | The Detectives | Lucy |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Helen Walsh |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Sister Rita |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Janice Stuart |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Jenny Breckenridge |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Dr. Sam |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Elsa Spann |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Merle Roberts |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Ruth Dahlberg |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Virginia |
| 1954 | Climax! | Sally Jordan |
| 1954 | Climax! | Jan Michaels |
| 1954 | Climax! | Janet Reese |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | The Little Girl's Mother |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Terry |
| 1953 | City Detective | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Mrs. Eaton |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Nora Douglas |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Debra Stone |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Julie Tolin |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Maggie |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Nancy Carr |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Julie |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Sarah Larkin |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Maureen O'Reilly |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Christine Carroll Kimberly |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Jenny |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Audrey O'Connor |