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Vera Miles

Vera Miles

Acting·1930·71 films

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", pair

Filmography

Psycho
Psycho (1960)Lila Crane
The Searchers
The Searchers (1956)Laurie Jorgensen
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)Hallie Stoddard
Psycho II
Psycho II (1983)Lila Loomis
The Wrong Man
The Wrong Man (1956)Rose Balestrero
Into the Night
Into the Night (1985)Joan Caper
The Initiation
The Initiation (1984)Frances Fairchild
Mazes and Monsters
Mazes and Monsters (1982)Cat
Hellfighters
Hellfighters (1968)Madelyn Buckman
23 Paces to Baker Street
23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)Jean Lennox
Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves (1956)Virginia Hanson
Wichita
Wichita (1955)Laurie McCoy
The FBI Story
The FBI Story (1959)Lucy Ann Hardesty
Separate Lives
Separate Lives (1995)Dr. Ruth Goldin
Follow Me, Boys!
Follow Me, Boys! (1966)Vida Downey
Those Calloways
Those Calloways (1964)Lydia (Liddy) Calloway
The Castaway Cowboy
The Castaway Cowboy (1974)Henrietta MacAvoy
One Little Indian
One Little Indian (1973)Doris
The Spirit Is Willing
The Spirit Is Willing (1967)Kate Powell
Baffled!
Baffled! (1973)Andrea Glenn
Five Branded Women
Five Branded Women (1960)Daniza
Back Street
Back Street (1961)Liz Saxon
A Touch of Larceny
A Touch of Larceny (1960)Virginia Killain
A Howling in the Woods
A Howling in the Woods (1971)Rose Staines
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence (1974)Christine Rhodes
When Willie Comes Marching Home
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)
A Tiger Walks
A Tiger Walks (1964)Dorothy Williams
One of Our Spies Is Missing
One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)Madame Raine De Sala
BrainWaves
BrainWaves (1983)Marian Koonan
Fire!
Fire! (1977)Martha Wagner
So Big
So Big (1953)Girl (uncredited)
Two Tickets to Broadway
Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)Showgirl (uncredited)
Runaway!
Runaway! (1973)Ellen Staffo
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955)Jill Hardy
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)Erica
The Wild Country
The Wild Country (1970)Kate Tanner
Sergeant Ryker
Sergeant Ryker (1968)Ann Ryker
Kona Coast
Kona Coast (1968)Melissa Hyde
The Charge at Feather River
The Charge at Feather River (1953)Jennie McKeever
Molly and Lawless John
Molly and Lawless John (1972)Molly Parker
Web of Evidence
Web of Evidence (1959)Lena Anderson
The Hanged Man
The Hanged Man (1964)Lois Seeger
Cannon
Cannon (1971)Diana Langston
Beau James
Beau James (1957)Betty Compton
For Men Only
For Men Only (1952)Kathy
The Lawbreakers
The Lawbreakers (1961)Angela Walsh
The Horror Show
The Horror Show (1979)(archive footage)
International Airport
International Airport (1985)Elaine Corley
Live Again, Die Again
Live Again, Die Again (1974)Marcia Carmichael
A Great American Tragedy
A Great American Tragedy (1972)Gloria Wilkes
The Rose Bowl Story
The Rose Bowl Story (1952)Denny Burke
And I Alone Survived
And I Alone Survived (1978)Irene Elder
Travis McGee
Travis McGee (1983)Julie Lawless
In Search of America
In Search of America (1971)Jenny Olson
The Underground Man
The Underground Man (1974)Eleanor Strom
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976)Mrs. Horton
Roughnecks
Roughnecks (1980)Ida McBride
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant (1967)Ellen Wedloe
The Unknown
The Unknown (1964)Kassia Paine
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
Man on the Ledge
Man on the Ledge (1955)Virginia
Mission Batangas
Mission Batangas (1968)Joan Barnes
It Takes All Kinds
It Takes All Kinds (1969)Laura Ring
The House Without a Name
The House Without a Name (1956)
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro (1989)Sophie Kubacki
Run for the Roses
Run for the Roses (1977)Clarissa Stewart
Pride of the Blue Grass
Pride of the Blue Grass (1954)Linda
Our Family Business
Our Family Business (1981)Patricia
Jigsaw
Jigsaw (1972)Lilah Beth Cummings
Journey to the Unknown
Journey to the Unknown (1969)June Wiley
Recoil
Recoil (1963)Lucy