Vera Miles
Acting
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.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Hallie Stoddard
Age 31 (now 95)
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
as Sophie Kubacki
Age 58 (now 95)
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
as Kate Keller
Age 53 (now 95)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
as Mrs. Horton
Age 45 (now 95)
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
as Christine Rhodes
Age 44 (now 95)
One of Our Spies Is Missing
as Madame Raine De Sala
Age 36 (now 95)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Hallie Stoddard
Age 31 (now 95)
When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)
Age 19 (now 95)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Tora
Age 49 (now 95)
Little House on the Prairie
as Ruthy Leland
Age 44 (now 95)
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Nancy Hodges
Age 41 (now 95)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Madame Raine De Sala
Age 34 (now 95)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Beth
Age 33 (now 95)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jenny Breckenridge
Age 26 (now 95)
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Ruth Dahlberg
Age 25 (now 95)
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Also Known As
Vera June Ralston, Vera June Miles, ورا مایلز
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