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.
Known for
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movieSeparate Lives
1995
Dr. Ruth Goldin
movieThe Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
1989
Sophie Kubacki
movieInternational Airport
1985
Elaine Corley
movieInto the Night
1985
Joan Caper
tvCrazy like a Fox
1984
Georgina Burton
movieThe Initiation
1984
Frances Fairchild
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Elizabeth Gates / Charmaine Calloway Thompson / Nancy Landon
tvFinder of Lost Loves
1984
Joanna Shaw
movieBrainWaves
1983
Marian Koonan
moviePsycho II
1983
Lila Loomis
movieTravis McGee
1983
Julie Lawless
tvHotel
1982
Teresa Clayborne / Millie Broom
movieOur Family Business
1981
Patricia
tvMagnum, P.I.
1980
Joan Gibson
movieRoughnecks
1980
Ida McBride
movieThe Horror Show
1979
(archive footage)
movieAnd I Alone Survived
1978
Irene Elder
tvFantasy Island
1978
Martha Tate
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Bess Hensinger / Eve Springer
movieRun for the Roses
1977
Clarissa Stewart
movieFire!
1977
Martha Wagner
State Fair
1976
Melissa Bryant
McNaughton's Daughter
1976
Grace Coventry
tvEllery Queen
1975
Celeste Wakefield
movieThe Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974
Christine Rhodes
tvLittle House on the Prairie
1974
Ruthy Leland
movieThe Castaway Cowboy
1974
Henrietta MacAvoy
movieThe Underground Man
1974
Eleanor Strom
movieLive Again, Die Again
1974
Marcia Carmichael
movieRunaway!
1973
Ellen Staffo
movieBaffled!
1973
Andrea Glenn
movieMolly and Lawless John
1972
Molly Parker
movieA Great American Tragedy
1972
Gloria Wilkes
movieJigsaw
1972
Lilah Beth Cummings
movieA Howling in the Woods
1971
Rose Staines
tvOwen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
Nancy Hodges
tvColumbo
1971
Viveca Scott
tvCannon
1971
Vivian Cabe
movieCannon
1971
Diana Langston
movieIn Search of America
1971
Jenny Olson
movieThe Wild Country
1970
Kate Tanner
tvDan August
1970
Carla
tvMedical Center
1969
Dr. Gloria Hall
tvMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969
Helen Wagner / Janet Devaney
movieJourney to the Unknown
1969
June Wiley
movieIt Takes All Kinds
1969
Laura Ring
movieHellfighters
1968
Madelyn Buckman
movieMission Batangas
1968
Joan Barnes
tvJourney to the Unknown
1968
June Wiley
tvHawaii Five-O
1968
Flora Whiting
tvThe Name of the Game
1968
Marisa Cummings / Tracy Cannon
movieKona Coast
1968
Melissa Hyde
movieSergeant Ryker
1968
Ann Ryker
movieGentle Giant
1967
Ellen Wedloe
tvMannix
1967
Jean McBride
movieThe Spirit Is Willing
1967
Kate Powell
tvIronside
1967
Barbara Richards / Barbara Jones / Gloria Campbell
movieFollow Me, Boys!
1966
Vida Downey
movieOne of Our Spies Is Missing
1966
Madame Raine De Sala
tvHollywood Squares
1966
Self / Self - Center Square
tvABC Stage 67
1966
Adele
tvThe F.B.I.
1965
Kate Burke
tvI Spy
1965
Rachel
tvRun for Your Life
1965
Rachel Pike
movieThe Hanged Man
1964
Lois Seeger
movieThose Calloways
1964
Lydia (Liddy) Calloway
tvThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Madame Raine De Sala
movieThe Unknown
1964
Kassia Paine
movieA Tiger Walks
1964
Dorothy Williams
movieRecoil
1963
Lucy
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Ann Ryker
tvMr. Novak
1963
Sister Gervaise
tvBurke's Law
1963
Claudia Sutton
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Monica Welles
tvThe Outer Limits
1963
Kassia Paine
tvArrest and Trial
1963
Jean Forbes
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Daphne / Nicky Revere
tvThe Virginian
1962
Miss Wallace / Maggie Menken
movieThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
Hallie Stoddard
movieBack Street
1961
Liz Saxon
tvThe Dick Powell Show
1961
Stella Calman
movieThe Lawbreakers
1961
Angela Walsh
tvRoute 66
1960
Ellen Barnes
tvMy Three Sons
1960
Ernestine Coulter
moviePsycho
1960
Lila Crane
movieA Touch of Larceny
1960
Virginia Killain
tvStartime
1959
Jean Medwick
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Millicent Barnes
movieThe FBI Story
1959
Lucy Ann Hardesty
tvRiverboat
1959
Jeanette Mowbray
tvBonanza
1959
Sarah Lowell / April Christopher
movieWeb of Evidence
1959
Lena Anderson
tvRawhide
1959
Helen Walsh
tvWagon Train
1957
Sister Rita / Janice Stuart
movieBeau James
1957
Betty Compton
movieThe Wrong Man
1956
Rose Balestrero
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Jenny Breckenridge
movieAutumn Leaves
1956
Virginia Hanson
movie23 Paces to Baker Street
1956
Jean Lennox
movieThe Searchers
1956
Laurie Jorgensen
movieMan on the Ledge
1955
Virginia
tvScreen Director's Playhouse
1955
Ruth Dahlberg
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Virginia
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Elsa Spann
tvGunsmoke
1955
Dr. Sam
movieWichita
1955
Laurie McCoy
movieTarzan's Hidden Jungle
1955
Jill Hardy
tvThe Millionaire
1955
Merle Roberts
tvClimax!
1954
Sally Jordan / Jan Michaels / Janet Reese
tvStudio 57
1954
The Little Girl's Mother
movieSo Big
1953
Girl (uncredited)
movieThe Charge at Feather River
1953
Jennie McKeever
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Terry / Mrs. Eaton / Nora Douglas / Debra Stone
tvThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
Nancy Carr
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952
Julie Tolin / Maggie
movieThe Rose Bowl Story
1952
Denny Burke
movieTwo Tickets to Broadway
1951
Showgirl (uncredited)
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Julie / Sarah Larkin
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Maureen O'Reilly / Christine Carroll Kimberly / Jenny / Audrey O'Connor
The Screen Writer
1950
Young Actress (uncredited)
movieWhen Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)