
Vera Miles
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.
Filmograafia
- 1995Separate Lives (Dr. Ruth Goldin)
- 1989The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro (Sophie Kubacki)
- 1985International Airport (Elaine Corley)
- 1985Into the Night (Joan Caper)
- 1984Crazy like a Fox (Georgina Burton)
- 1984The Initiation (Frances Fairchild)
- 1984Murder, She Wrote (Elizabeth Gates)
- 1984Murder, She Wrote (Charmaine Calloway Thompson)
- 1984Murder, She Wrote (Nancy Landon)
- 1984Finder of Lost Loves (Joanna Shaw)
- 1984Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (Kate Keller)
- 1983BrainWaves (Marian Koonan)
- 1983Psycho II (Lila Loomis)
- 1983Travis McGee (Julie Lawless)
- 1982Mazes and Monsters (Cat)
- 1982Matt Houston
- 1982Hotel
- 1982Hotel (Teresa Clayborne)
- 1982Hotel (Millie Broom)
- 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
- 1981Our Family Business (Patricia)
- 1980Magnum, P.I. (Joan Gibson)
- 1980Roughnecks (Ida McBride)
- 1979Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Tora)
- 1979The Horror Show ((archive footage))
- 1978And I Alone Survived (Irene Elder)
- 1978Fantasy Island (Martha Tate)
- 1977The Love Boat (Bess Hensinger)
- 1977The Love Boat (Eve Springer)
- 1977Run for the Roses (Clarissa Stewart)
- 1977Fire! (Martha Wagner)
- 1977How the West Was Won (Beth)
- 1976State Fair (Melissa Bryant)
- 1976Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (Mrs. Horton)
- 1976McNaughton's Daughter (Grace Coventry)
- 1976Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (Erica)
- 1975Ellery Queen (Celeste Wakefield)
- 1974The Strange and Deadly Occurrence (Christine Rhodes)
- 1974Movin' On
- 1974Väike maja preerias (Ruthy Leland)
- 1974The Castaway Cowboy (Henrietta MacAvoy)
- 1974The Underground Man (Eleanor Strom)
- 1974Live Again, Die Again (Marcia Carmichael)
- 1973Runaway! (Ellen Staffo)
- 1973One Little Indian (Doris)
- 1973Baffled! (Andrea Glenn)
- 1972Molly and Lawless John (Molly Parker)
- 1972A Great American Tragedy (Gloria Wilkes)
- 1972The Streets of San Francisco
- 1972Jigsaw (Lilah Beth Cummings)
- 1971A Howling in the Woods (Rose Staines)
- 1971Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (Nancy Hodges)
- 1971Columbo (Viveca Scott)
- 1971Cannon
- 1971Cannon (Vivian Cabe)
- 1971Cannon (Diana Langston)
- 1971In Search of America (Jenny Olson)
- 1971Alias Smith and Jones
- 1970The Wild Country (Kate Tanner)
- 1970Dan August (Carla)
- 1969Medical Center
- 1969Medical Center (Dr. Gloria Hall)
- 1969Marcus Welby, M.D. (Helen Wagner)
- 1969Marcus Welby, M.D. (Janet Devaney)
- 1969Journey to the Unknown (June Wiley)
- 1969It Takes All Kinds (Laura Ring)
- 1968Hellfighters (Madelyn Buckman)
- 1968Mission Batangas (Joan Barnes)
- 1968Journey to the Unknown (June Wiley)
- 1968Hawaii Five-O (Flora Whiting)
- 1968The Name of the Game (Marisa Cummings)
- 1968The Name of the Game (Tracy Cannon)
- 1968Kona Coast (Melissa Hyde)
- 1968Sergeant Ryker (Ann Ryker)
- 1967Gentle Giant (Ellen Wedloe)
- 1967Mannix (Jean McBride)
- 1967Judd, for the Defense
- 1967The Spirit Is Willing (Kate Powell)
- 1967Ironside (Barbara Richards)
- 1967Ironside (Barbara Jones)
- 1967Ironside (Gloria Campbell)
- 1966Follow Me, Boys! (Vida Downey)
- 1966One of Our Spies Is Missing (Madame Raine De Sala)
- 1966Hollywood Squares (Self)
- 1966Hollywood Squares (Self - Center Square)
- 1966ABC Stage 67 (Adele)
- 1965The F.B.I. (Kate Burke)
- 1965I Spy (Rachel)
- 1965Run for Your Life (Rachel Pike)
- 1964The Hanged Man (Lois Seeger)
- 1964Those Calloways (Lydia (Liddy) Calloway)
- 1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Madame Raine De Sala)
- 1964The Unknown (Kassia Paine)
- 1964A Tiger Walks (Dorothy Williams)
- 1963Recoil (Lucy)
- 1963Kraft Suspense Theatre (Ann Ryker)
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (Beth)
- 1963Mr. Novak (Sister Gervaise)
- 1963Burke's Law (Claudia Sutton)
- 1963The Fugitive (Monica Welles)
- 1963The Outer Limits (Kassia Paine)
- 1963Arrest and Trial (Jean Forbes)
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (Daphne)
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (Nicky Revere)
- 1962The Virginian (Miss Wallace)
- 1962The Virginian (Maggie Menken)
- 1962Sam Benedict
- 1962The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Hallie Stoddard)
- 1961Back Street (Liz Saxon)
- 1961The Dick Powell Show (Stella Calman)
- 1961The Lawbreakers (Angela Walsh)
- 1961The Asphalt Jungle
- 1960Route 66 (Ellen Barnes)
- 1960My Three Sons (Ernestine Coulter)
- 1960Psühho (Lila Crane)
- 1960Five Branded Women (Daniza)
- 1960A Touch of Larceny (Virginia Killain)
- 1959The Detectives (Lucy)
- 1959Startime (Jean Medwick)
- 1959The Twilight Zone (Millicent Barnes)
- 1959The FBI Story (Lucy Ann Hardesty)
- 1959Riverboat (Jeanette Mowbray)
- 1959Bonanza (April Christopher)
- 1959Bonanza (Sarah Lowell)
- 1959Beyond This Place (Lena Anderson)
- 1959Rawhide
- 1959Rawhide (Helen Walsh)
- 1957Wagon Train (Sister Rita)
- 1957Wagon Train (Janice Stuart)
- 1957Wagon Train
- 1957Beau James (Betty Compton)
- 1956The Wrong Man (Rose Balestrero)
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (Jenny Breckenridge)
- 1956Autumn Leaves (Virginia Hanson)
- 195623 Paces to Baker Street (Jean Lennox)
- 1956The Searchers (Laurie Jorgensen)
- 1956The House Without a Name
- 1955Man on the Ledge (Virginia)
- 1955Screen Director's Playhouse (Ruth Dahlberg)
- 1955The 20th Century Fox Hour (Virginia)
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Elsa Spann)
- 1955Gunsmoke (Dr. Sam)
- 1955Wichita (Laurie McCoy)
- 1955Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (Jill Hardy)
- 1955The Millionaire (Merle Roberts)
- 1954Climax! (Sally Jordan)
- 1954Climax! (Jan Michaels)
- 1954Climax! (Janet Reese)
- 1954Studio 57 (The Little Girl's Mother)
- 1954Pride of the Blue Grass (Linda)
- 1953So Big (Girl (uncredited))
- 1953City Detective
- 1953The Charge at Feather River (Jennie McKeever)
- 1953General Electric Theater (Terry)
- 1953General Electric Theater (Mrs. Eaton)
- 1953General Electric Theater
- 1953General Electric Theater (Nora Douglas)
- 1953General Electric Theater (Debra Stone)
- 1952The Ford Television Theatre (Nancy Carr)
- 1952Four Star Playhouse (Maggie)
- 1952Four Star Playhouse (Julie Tolin)
- 1952The Rose Bowl Story (Denny Burke)
- 1952For Men Only (Kathy)
- 1951Two Tickets to Broadway (Showgirl (uncredited))
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (Julie)
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (Sarah Larkin)
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- 1950Lux Video Theatre (Maureen O'Reilly)
- 1950Lux Video Theatre (Christine Carroll Kimberly)
- 1950Lux Video Theatre (Jenny)
- 1950Lux Video Theatre (Audrey O'Connor)
- 1950The Screen Writer (Young Actress (uncredited))
- 1950The Colgate Comedy Hour (Self)
- 1950When Willie Comes Marching Home (Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited))