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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.
Acted in 138
1990s
- 1995
Separate Lives
Dr. Ruth Goldin
1980s
- 1989
- 1985
International Airport
Elaine Corley
- 1984
- 1983
BrainWaves
Marian Koonan
Travis McGee
Julie Lawless
- 1982
- 1981
Our Family Business
Patricia
- 1980
Roughnecks
Ida McBride
1970s
- 1979
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
- 1978
And I Alone Survived
Irene Elder
- 1977
Fire!
Martha Wagner
- 1976
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Mrs. Horton
McNaughton's Daughter
Grace Coventry · 3 episodes
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Erica
- 1975
- 1974
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Christine Rhodes
Movin' On
TV
The Underground Man
Eleanor Strom
Live Again, Die Again
Marcia Carmichael
- 1973
Runaway!
Ellen Staffo
One Little Indian
Doris
Baffled!
Andrea Glenn
- 1972
A Great American Tragedy
Gloria Wilkes
Jigsaw
Lilah Beth Cummings
- 1971
A Howling in the Woods
Rose Staines
Cannon
Diana Langston
In Search of America
Jenny Olson
- 1970
The Wild Country
Kate Tanner
1960s
- 1969
Journey to the Unknown
June Wiley
It Takes All Kinds
Laura Ring
- 1968
Mission Batangas
Joan Barnes
Kona Coast
Melissa Hyde
Sergeant Ryker
Ann Ryker
- 1967
Gentle Giant
Ellen Wedloe
The Spirit Is Willing
Kate Powell
- 1966
Follow Me, Boys!
Vida Downey
One of Our Spies Is Missing
Madame Raine De Sala
- 1965
- 1964
The Hanged Man
Lois Seeger
The Unknown
Kassia Paine
A Tiger Walks
Dorothy Williams
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
Back Street
Liz Saxon
The Lawbreakers
Angela Walsh
The Asphalt Jungle
TV
- 1960
Five Branded Women
Daniza
A Touch of Larceny
Virginia Killain
1950s
- 1959
Web of Evidence
Lena Anderson
- 1957
Beau James
Betty Compton
- 1956
Autumn Leaves
Virginia Hanson
23 Paces to Baker Street
Jean Lennox
The House Without a Name
Vera
- 1955
Rookie of the Year
Ruth Dahlberg
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Jill Hardy
- 1954
Pride of the Blue Grass
Linda
- 1953
So Big
Girl (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
Terry, Mrs. Eaton, Nora Douglas, Debra Stone · 1 episode
- 1952
The Rose Bowl Story
Denny Burke
For Men Only
Kathy
- 1951
Two Tickets to Broadway
Showgirl (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Julie, Sarah Larkin · 1 episode
- 1950
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)
Appearances3
1980s
- 1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Self
1950s
- 1950
