Vera Miles
Acting
Born: August 23, 1930 (age 96) · Boise City, Oklahoma, USA
Highest Rated
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
Psycho
1960
The Searchers
1956
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
The Twilight Zone
1959
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Columbo
1971
Psycho II
1983
The Wrong Man
1956
Bonanza
1959
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Into the Night
1985
Photos (2)
Movies (71)
Psycho
Lila Crane
The Searchers
Laurie Jorgensen
Psycho II
Lila Loomis
Into the Night
Joan Caper
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Hallie Stoddard
The Wrong Man
Rose Balestrero
Jigsaw
Lilah Beth Cummings
The Castaway Cowboy
Henrietta MacAvoy
Hellfighters
Madelyn Buckman
Wichita
Laurie McCoy
Back Street
Liz Saxon
The Initiation
Frances Fairchild
Follow Me, Boys!
Vida Downey
Those Calloways
Lydia (Liddy) Calloway
Web of Evidence
Lena Anderson
Mazes and Monsters
Cat
One Little Indian
Doris
The Unknown
Kassia Paine
23 Paces to Baker Street
Jean Lennox
The FBI Story
Lucy Ann Hardesty
The Charge at Feather River
Jennie McKeever
Sergeant Ryker
Ann Ryker
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Jill Hardy
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)
A Tiger Walks
Dorothy Williams
A Touch of Larceny
Virginia Killain
Baffled!
Andrea Glenn
The Spirit Is Willing
Kate Powell
Separate Lives
Dr. Ruth Goldin
Five Branded Women
Daniza
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
Sophie Kubacki
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Gentle Giant
Ellen Wedloe
Autumn Leaves
Virginia Hanson
The Hanged Man
Lois Seeger
For Men Only
Kathy
A Howling in the Woods
Rose Staines
Recoil
Lucy
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Travis McGee
Julie Lawless
Live Again, Die Again
Marcia Carmichael
The Wild Country
Kate Tanner
One of Our Spies Is Missing
Madame Raine De Sala
Two Tickets to Broadway
Showgirl (uncredited)
BrainWaves
Marian Koonan
In Search of America
Jenny Olson
So Big
Girl (uncredited)
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Christine Rhodes
Man on the Ledge
Virginia
It Takes All Kinds
Laura Ring
Cannon
Diana Langston
Fire!
Martha Wagner
Our Family Business
Patricia
A Great American Tragedy
Gloria Wilkes
Beau James
Betty Compton
Kona Coast
Melissa Hyde
The Lawbreakers
Angela Walsh
International Airport
Elaine Corley
The Underground Man
Eleanor Strom
The Rose Bowl Story
Denny Burke
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Mrs. Horton
Molly and Lawless John
Molly Parker
Journey to the Unknown
June Wiley
Run for the Roses
Clarissa Stewart
Runaway!
Ellen Staffo
And I Alone Survived
Irene Elder
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Erica
Roughnecks
Ida McBride
Pride of the Blue Grass
Linda
Mission Batangas
Joan Barnes
The House Without a Name
Vera
TV Shows (91)
Columbo
Viveca Scott · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Bess Hensinger · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Eve Springer · 2 eps
Ironside
Barbara Richards · 1 eps
Ironside
Barbara Jones · 1 eps
Ironside
Gloria Campbell · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Elizabeth Gates · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Charmaine Calloway Thompson · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Nancy Landon · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Flora Whiting · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Daphne · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Nicky Revere · 1 eps
Bonanza
April Christopher · 1 eps
Bonanza
Sarah Lowell · 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Joan Gibson · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Monica Welles · 1 eps
Little House on the Prairie
Ruthy Leland · 1 eps
Mannix
Jean McBride · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Sister Rita · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Janice Stuart · 1 eps
Wagon Train
1 eps
The Virginian
Miss Wallace · 1 eps
The Virginian
Maggie Menken · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Millicent Barnes · 1 eps
Fantasy Island
Martha Tate · 1 eps
My Three Sons
Ernestine Coulter · 3 eps
Hotel
2 eps
Hotel
Teresa Clayborne · 1 eps
Hotel
Millie Broom · 1 eps
Climax!
Sally Jordan · 1 eps
Climax!
Jan Michaels · 1 eps
Climax!
Janet Reese · 1 eps
Rawhide
1959
Rawhide
Helen Walsh · 1 eps
Cannon
1 eps
Cannon
Vivian Cabe · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Maggie · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Julie Tolin · 1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
1 eps
The Name of the Game
Marisa Cummings · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Tracy Cannon · 1 eps
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Helen Wagner · 1 eps
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Janet Devaney · 1 eps
Route 66
Ellen Barnes · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Kate Burke · 1 eps
Run for Your Life
Rachel Pike · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Kassia Paine · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Dr. Sam · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Claudia Sutton · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Elsa Spann · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jenny Breckenridge · 1 eps
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Tora · 2 eps
Medical Center
1 eps
Medical Center
Dr. Gloria Hall · 1 eps
Matt Houston
1 eps
The Millionaire
Merle Roberts · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Madame Raine De Sala · 2 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Virginia · 1 eps
Judd, for the Defense
1 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Ann Ryker · 2 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Nancy Carr · 1 eps
The Detectives
Lucy · 1 eps
Crazy like a Fox
Georgina Burton · 1 eps
I Spy
Rachel
Ellery Queen
Celeste Wakefield · 1 eps
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Nancy Hodges · 1 eps
Studio 57
The Little Girl's Mother · 1 eps
How the West Was Won
Beth · 1 eps
City Detective
1 eps
Startime
Jean Medwick · 1 eps
Mr. Novak
Sister Gervaise · 1 eps
Arrest and Trial
Jean Forbes · 1 eps
Finder of Lost Loves
Joanna Shaw · 1 eps
The Dick Powell Show
Stella Calman · 1 eps
Sam Benedict
1 eps
Riverboat
Jeanette Mowbray · 1 eps
ABC Stage 67
Adele · 1 eps
Screen Director's Playhouse
Ruth Dahlberg · 1 eps
Dan August
Carla · 1 eps
Movin' On
1 eps
Journey to the Unknown
June Wiley · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Terry · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Mrs. Eaton · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
1 eps
General Electric Theater
Nora Douglas · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Debra Stone · 1 eps
The Asphalt Jungle
1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Julie · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Sarah Larkin · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
2 eps
