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Vera Miles
Vera June Miles (born August 23, 1929) is an American actress.
Born August 23, 1930 Boise City, Oklahoma, USA1 movie on MoviHero
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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 …
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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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- 1995Separate LivesDr. Ruth Goldin
- 1989The Hijacking of the Achille LauroSophie Kubacki
- 1985International AirportElaine Corley
- 1985Into the NightJoan Caper
- 1984The InitiationFrances Fairchild
- 1984Helen Keller: The Miracle ContinuesKate Keller
- 1983BrainWavesMarian Koonan
- 1983Psycho IILila Loomis
- 1983Travis McGeeJulie Lawless
- 1982Mazes and MonstersCat
- 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special LadySelf
- 1981Our Family BusinessPatricia
- 1980RoughnecksIda McBride
- 1979The Horror Show(archive footage)
- 1978And I Alone SurvivedIrene Elder
- 1977Run for the RosesClarissa Stewart
- 1977Fire!Martha Wagner
- 1976State FairMelissa Bryant
- 1976Judge Horton and the Scottsboro BoysMrs. Horton
- 1976Smash-Up on Interstate 5Erica
- 1974The Strange and Deadly OccurrenceChristine Rhodes
- 1974The Castaway CowboyHenrietta MacAvoy
- 1974The Underground ManEleanor Strom
- 1974Live Again, Die AgainMarcia Carmichael
- 1973Runaway!Ellen Staffo
- 1973One Little IndianDoris
- 1973Baffled!Andrea Glenn
- 1972Molly and Lawless JohnMolly Parker
- 1972A Great American TragedyGloria Wilkes
- 1972JigsawLilah Beth Cummings
- 1971A Howling in the WoodsRose Staines
- 1971CannonDiana Langston
- 1971In Search of AmericaJenny Olson
- 1970The Wild CountryKate Tanner
- 1969Journey to the UnknownJune Wiley
- 1969It Takes All KindsLaura Ring
- 1968HellfightersMadelyn Buckman
- 1968Mission BatangasJoan Barnes
- 1968Kona CoastMelissa Hyde
- 1968Sergeant RykerAnn Ryker
- 1967Gentle GiantEllen Wedloe
- 1967The Spirit Is WillingKate Powell
- 1966Follow Me, Boys!Vida Downey
- 1966One of Our Spies Is MissingMadame Raine De Sala
- 1964The Hanged ManLois Seeger
- 1964Those CallowaysLydia (Liddy) Calloway
- 1964The UnknownKassia Paine
- 1964A Tiger WalksDorothy Williams
- 1963RecoilLucy
- 1962The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceHallie Stoddard
- 1961Back StreetLiz Saxon
- 1961The LawbreakersAngela Walsh
- 1960Five Branded WomenDaniza
- 1960A Touch of LarcenyVirginia Killain
- 1959The FBI StoryLucy Ann Hardesty
- 1959Web of EvidenceLena Anderson
- 1957Panic ButtonCarolyn Cook
- 1957Beau JamesBetty Compton
- 1956The Wrong ManRose Balestrero
- 1956Autumn LeavesVirginia Hanson
- 195623 Paces to Baker StreetJean Lennox
- 1956The SearchersLaurie Jorgensen
- 1956The House Without a NameVera
- 1955Man on the LedgeVirginia
- 1955Rookie of the YearRuth Dahlberg
- 1955WichitaLaurie McCoy
- 1955Tarzan's Hidden JungleJill Hardy
- 1954Pride of the Blue GrassLinda
- 1953So BigGirl (uncredited)
- 1953The Charge at Feather RiverJennie McKeever
- 1952The Rose Bowl StoryDenny Burke
- 1952For Men OnlyKathy
- 1951Two Tickets to BroadwayShowgirl (uncredited)
- 1950The Screen WriterYoung Actress (uncredited)
- 1950When Willie Comes Marching HomeLaughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)
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