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 (70)
Psycho
Lila Crane
Wichita
Laurie McCoy
The Searchers
Laurie Jorgensen
The Wrong Man
Rose Balestrero
Mazes and Monsters
Cat
Into the Night
Joan Caper
Psycho II
Lila Loomis
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Hallie Stoddard
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Jill Hardy
The FBI Story
Lucy Ann Hardesty
Hellfighters
Madelyn Buckman
BrainWaves
Marian Koonan
A Tiger Walks
Dorothy Williams
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Christine Rhodes
Those Calloways
Lydia (Liddy) Calloway
The Spirit Is Willing
Kate Powell
Sergeant Ryker
Ann Ryker
Molly and Lawless John
Molly Parker
Live Again, Die Again
Marcia Carmichael
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)
So Big
Girl (uncredited)
One of Our Spies Is Missing
Madame Raine De Sala
The Charge at Feather River
Jennie McKeever
Follow Me, Boys!
Vida Downey
For Men Only
Kathy
The Lawbreakers
Angela Walsh
A Touch of Larceny
Virginia Killain
Travis McGee
Julie Lawless
The Castaway Cowboy
Henrietta MacAvoy
Runaway!
Ellen Staffo
Five Branded Women
Daniza
The Unknown
Kassia Paine
A Howling in the Woods
Rose Staines
Cannon
Diana Langston
Two Tickets to Broadway
Showgirl (uncredited)
Separate Lives
Dr. Ruth Goldin
And I Alone Survived
Irene Elder
It Takes All Kinds
Laura Ring
23 Paces to Baker Street
Jean Lennox
One Little Indian
Doris
Run for the Roses
Clarissa Stewart
Pride of the Blue Grass
Linda
Fire!
Martha Wagner
Back Street
Liz Saxon
Roughnecks
Ida McBride
In Search of America
Jenny Olson
The Rose Bowl Story
Denny Burke
The House Without a Name
Vera
Autumn Leaves
Virginia Hanson
The Initiation
Frances Fairchild
Man on the Ledge
Virginia
The Hanged Man
Lois Seeger
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Mrs. Horton
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
Sophie Kubacki
The Wild Country
Kate Tanner
Recoil
Lucy
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Erica
Gentle Giant
Ellen Wedloe
Web of Evidence
Lena Anderson
Mission Batangas
Joan Barnes
Our Family Business
Patricia
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Jigsaw
Lilah Beth Cummings
International Airport
Elaine Corley
A Great American Tragedy
Gloria Wilkes
Journey to the Unknown
June Wiley
The Underground Man
Eleanor Strom
Beau James
Betty Compton
Baffled!
Andrea Glenn
Kona Coast
Melissa Hyde
TV Shows (96)
Columbo
Viveca Scott · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Elizabeth Gates · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Charmaine Calloway Thompson · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Nancy Landon · 1 eps
Mannix
Jean McBride · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Bess Hensinger · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Eve Springer · 2 eps
Bonanza
Sarah Lowell · 1 eps
Bonanza
April Christopher · 1 eps
Ironside
Barbara Richards · 1 eps
Ironside
Barbara Jones · 1 eps
Ironside
Gloria Campbell · 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Joan Gibson · 1 eps
Little House on the Prairie
Ruthy Leland · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Monica Welles · 1 eps
The Virginian
Miss Wallace · 1 eps
The Virginian
Maggie Menken · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Flora Whiting · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Sister Rita · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Janice Stuart · 1 eps
Wagon Train
1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Daphne · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Nicky Revere · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Millicent Barnes · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Kate Burke · 1 eps
My Three Sons
Ernestine Coulter · 3 eps
Climax!
Sally Jordan · 1 eps
Climax!
Jan Michaels · 1 eps
Climax!
Janet Reese · 1 eps
Hotel
2 eps
Hotel
Teresa Clayborne · 1 eps
Hotel
Millie Broom · 1 eps
Cannon
1 eps
Cannon
Vivian Cabe · 1 eps
Fantasy Island
Martha Tate · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Julie Tolin · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Maggie · 1 eps
Route 66
Ellen Barnes · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jenny Breckenridge · 1 eps
Rawhide
1959
Rawhide
Helen Walsh · 1 eps
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Helen Wagner · 1 eps
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Janet Devaney · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Claudia Sutton · 1 eps
Medical Center
1 eps
Medical Center
Dr. Gloria Hall · 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
Matt Houston
1 eps
Gunsmoke
Dr. Sam · 1 eps
Run for Your Life
Rachel Pike · 1 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Elsa Spann · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Kassia Paine · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Nancy Carr · 1 eps
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Tora · 2 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Ann Ryker · 2 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Madame Raine De Sala · 2 eps
The Detectives
Lucy · 1 eps
Studio 57
The Little Girl's Mother · 1 eps
Crazy like a Fox
Georgina Burton · 1 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Virginia · 1 eps
Judd, for the Defense
1 eps
The Millionaire
Merle Roberts · 1 eps
Mr. Novak
Sister Gervaise · 1 eps
Ellery Queen
Celeste Wakefield · 1 eps
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Nancy Hodges · 1 eps
How the West Was Won
Beth · 1 eps
Startime
Jean Medwick · 1 eps
I Spy
Rachel
Arrest and Trial
Jean Forbes · 1 eps
Riverboat
Jeanette Mowbray · 1 eps
Sam Benedict
1 eps
Screen Director's Playhouse
Ruth Dahlberg · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Maureen O'Reilly · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Christine Carroll Kimberly · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Jenny · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Audrey O'Connor · 1 eps
Journey to the Unknown
June Wiley · 1 eps
The Dick Powell Show
Stella Calman · 1 eps
ABC Stage 67
Adele · 1 eps
Finder of Lost Loves
Joanna Shaw · 1 eps
Movin' On
1 eps
Dan August
Carla · 1 eps
City Detective
1 eps
The Asphalt Jungle
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
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Julie · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Sarah Larkin · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
2 eps
McNaughton's Daughter
Grace Coventry · 3 eps
