FLIXREC
Vera Miles

Vera Miles

Acting August 23, 1930 (96 years old) Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

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.

Movies 77

Psycho 8.4

Psycho

as Lila Crane

1960
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 7.8

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Hallie Stoddard

1962
The Searchers 7.7

The Searchers

as Laurie Jorgensen

1956
Into the Night 6.5

Into the Night

as Joan Caper

1985
Psycho II 6.5

Psycho II

as Lila Loomis

1983
The Wrong Man 7.1

The Wrong Man

as Rose Balestrero

1956
Wichita 6.4

Wichita

as Laurie McCoy

1955
23 Paces to Baker Street 6.7

23 Paces to Baker Street

as Jean Lennox

1956
Hellfighters 6.3

Hellfighters

as Madelyn Buckman

1968
Mazes and Monsters 4.2

Mazes and Monsters

as Cat

1982
Autumn Leaves 7.0

Autumn Leaves

as Virginia Hanson

1956
The Castaway Cowboy 6.7

The Castaway Cowboy

as Henrietta MacAvoy

1974
The FBI Story 6.2

The FBI Story

as Lucy Ann Hardesty

1959
The Wild Country 6.0

The Wild Country

as Kate Tanner

1970
One of Our Spies Is Missing 5.5

One of Our Spies Is Missing

as Madame Raine De Sala

1966
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle 5.2

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

as Jill Hardy

1955
The Charge at Feather River 5.9

The Charge at Feather River

as Jennie McKeever

1953
A Howling in the Woods 5.2

A Howling in the Woods

as Rose Staines

1971
It Takes All Kinds 8.0

It Takes All Kinds

as Laura Ring

1969
Back Street 5.7

Back Street

as Liz Saxon

1961
Run for the Roses 7.0

Run for the Roses

as Clarissa Stewart

1977
Fire! 7.1

Fire!

as Martha Wagner

1977
Sergeant Ryker 6.3

Sergeant Ryker

as Ann Ryker

1968
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro 9.0

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

as Sophie Kubacki

1989
Smash-Up on Interstate 5 5.5

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

as Erica

1976
The Initiation 5.5

The Initiation

as Frances Fairchild

1984
A Great American Tragedy 7.5

A Great American Tragedy

as Gloria Wilkes

1972
Follow Me, Boys! 6.7

Follow Me, Boys!

as Vida Downey

1966
Pride of the Blue Grass 8.0

Pride of the Blue Grass

as Linda

1954
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence 5.8

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

as Christine Rhodes

1974
Five Branded Women 6.1

Five Branded Women

as Daniza

1960
Two Tickets to Broadway 4.6

Two Tickets to Broadway

as Showgirl (uncredited)

1951
A Tiger Walks 5.8

A Tiger Walks

as Dorothy Williams

1964
BrainWaves 4.3

BrainWaves

as Marian Koonan

1983
A Touch of Larceny 6.0

A Touch of Larceny

as Virginia Killain

1960
When Willie Comes Marching Home 6.7

When Willie Comes Marching Home

as Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)

1950
Cannon 5.0

Cannon

as Diana Langston

1971
One Little Indian 6.3

One Little Indian

as Doris

1973
Travis McGee 5.7

Travis McGee

as Julie Lawless

1983
The Horror Show 3.4

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1979
Man on the Ledge 7.0

Man on the Ledge

as Virginia

1955
Baffled! 5.6

Baffled!

as Andrea Glenn

1973
Jigsaw 7.0

Jigsaw

as Lilah Beth Cummings

1972
The Spirit Is Willing 5.4

The Spirit Is Willing

as Kate Powell

1967
So Big 5.5

So Big

as Girl (uncredited)

1953
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady 6.0

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

as Self

1982
Separate Lives 4.8

Separate Lives

as Dr. Ruth Goldin

1995
And I Alone Survived 6.2

And I Alone Survived

as Irene Elder

1978
Those Calloways 6.5

Those Calloways

as Lydia (Liddy) Calloway

1964
Molly and Lawless John 3.3

Molly and Lawless John

as Molly Parker

1972
The Rose Bowl Story 4.2

The Rose Bowl Story

as Denny Burke

1952
Live Again, Die Again 7.8

Live Again, Die Again

as Marcia Carmichael

1974
Beau James 5.4

Beau James

as Betty Compton

1957
The Underground Man 6.3

The Underground Man

as Eleanor Strom

1974
Mission Batangas 8.0

Mission Batangas

as Joan Barnes

1968
Web of Evidence 4.7

Web of Evidence

as Lena Anderson

1959
The Hanged Man 5.1

The Hanged Man

as Lois Seeger

1964
International Airport 6.0

International Airport

as Elaine Corley

1985
Journey to the Unknown

Journey to the Unknown

as June Wiley

1969
The Unknown 7.0

The Unknown

as Kassia Paine

1964
Our Family Business 9.0

Our Family Business

as Patricia

1981
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues 7.0

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

as Kate Keller

1984
The Lawbreakers 6.4

The Lawbreakers

as Angela Walsh

1961
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys 7.0

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

as Mrs. Horton

1976
State Fair 7.0

State Fair

as Melissa Bryant

1976
Recoil

Recoil

as Lucy

1963
Runaway! 5.7

Runaway!

as Ellen Staffo

1973
Roughnecks 7.0

Roughnecks

as Ida McBride

1980
For Men Only 6.3

For Men Only

as Kathy

1952
The Screen Writer 10.0

The Screen Writer

as Young Actress (uncredited)

1950
Gentle Giant 8.5

Gentle Giant

as Ellen Wedloe

1967
Rookie of the Year

Rookie of the Year

as Ruth Dahlberg

1955
Panic Button

Panic Button

as Carolyn Cook

1957
Kona Coast 3.3

Kona Coast

as Melissa Hyde

1968
In Search of America 5.3

In Search of America

as Jenny Olson

1971
The House Without a Name 7.0

The House Without a Name

as Vera

1956
Dinosaur Drive-In

Dinosaur Drive-In

as Self - (archive footage)

2026

TV Shows 100

Columbo 8.1

Columbo

as Viveca Scott

1971
Bonanza 7.5

Bonanza

as April Christopher

1959
Bonanza 7.5

Bonanza

as Sarah Lowell

1959
Hawaii Five-O 7.2

Hawaii Five-O

as Flora Whiting

1969
Murder, She Wrote 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

as Elizabeth Gates

1984
Murder, She Wrote 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

as Charmaine Calloway Thompson

1984
Murder, She Wrote 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

as Nancy Landon

1984
Ironside 6.8

Ironside

as Barbara Richards

1967
Ironside 6.8

Ironside

as Barbara Jones

1967
Ironside 6.8

Ironside

as Gloria Campbell

1967
The Love Boat 6.3

The Love Boat

as Bess Hensinger

1977
The Love Boat 6.3

The Love Boat

as Eve Springer

1977
Little House on the Prairie 8.0

Little House on the Prairie

as Ruthy Leland

1974
Wagon Train 6.6

Wagon Train

as Sister Rita

1957
Wagon Train 6.6

Wagon Train

as Janice Stuart

1957
Wagon Train 6.6

Wagon Train

1957
Magnum, P.I. 7.3

Magnum, P.I.

as Joan Gibson

1980
Mannix 6.9

Mannix

as Jean McBride

1967
The Fugitive 7.3

The Fugitive

as Monica Welles

1963
The Twilight Zone 8.5

The Twilight Zone

as Millicent Barnes

1959
My Three Sons 6.6

My Three Sons

as Ernestine Coulter

1960
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 7.9

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Daphne

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 7.9

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Nicky Revere

1962
The Virginian 6.5

The Virginian

as Miss Wallace

1962
The Virginian 6.5

The Virginian

as Maggie Menken

1962
Climax! 3.8

Climax!

as Sally Jordan

1954
Climax! 3.8

Climax!

as Jan Michaels

1954
Climax! 3.8

Climax!

as Janet Reese

1954
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 6.2

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Jenny Breckenridge

1956
Fantasy Island 6.5

Fantasy Island

as Martha Tate

1978
Cannon 6.8

Cannon

1971
Cannon 6.8

Cannon

as Vivian Cabe

1971
Hotel 6.7

Hotel

1982
Hotel 6.7

Hotel

as Teresa Clayborne

1982
Hotel 6.7

Hotel

as Millie Broom

1982
Rawhide 7.3

Rawhide

1959
Rawhide 7.3

Rawhide

as Helen Walsh

1959
Marcus Welby, M.D. 6.7

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Helen Wagner

1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. 6.7

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Janet Devaney

1969
Medical Center 6.4

Medical Center

1969
Medical Center 6.4

Medical Center

as Dr. Gloria Hall

1969
The F.B.I. 5.6

The F.B.I.

as Kate Burke

1965
Route 66 6.7

Route 66

as Ellen Barnes

1960
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 5.9

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Beth

1963
The Colgate Comedy Hour 6.9

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

1950
Four Star Playhouse 6.8

Four Star Playhouse

as Maggie

1952
Four Star Playhouse 6.8

Four Star Playhouse

as Julie Tolin

1952
Burke's Law 6.2

Burke's Law

as Claudia Sutton

1963
Run for Your Life 7.1

Run for Your Life

as Rachel Pike

1965
Gunsmoke 6.7

Gunsmoke

as Dr. Sam

1955
The Name of the Game 7.0

The Name of the Game

as Marisa Cummings

1968
The Name of the Game 7.0

The Name of the Game

as Tracy Cannon

1968
Matt Houston 6.3

Matt Houston

1982
The Outer Limits 7.8

The Outer Limits

as Kassia Paine

1963
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Elsa Spann

1955
The Ford Television Theatre 7.8

The Ford Television Theatre

as Nancy Carr

1952
The Detectives 6.7

The Detectives

as Lucy

1959
The Streets of San Francisco 7.1

The Streets of San Francisco

1972
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 7.1

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Tora

1979
Kraft Suspense Theatre 6.5

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Ann Ryker

1963
Studio 57 7.5

Studio 57

as The Little Girl's Mother

1954
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 7.2

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Madame Raine De Sala

1964
Alias Smith and Jones 6.9

Alias Smith and Jones

1971
Hollywood Squares 7.5

Hollywood Squares

as Self

1966
Hollywood Squares 7.5

Hollywood Squares

as Self - Center Square

1966
The Millionaire 5.8

The Millionaire

as Merle Roberts

1955
Arrest and Trial 8.2

Arrest and Trial

as Jean Forbes

1963
The 20th Century Fox Hour 6.0

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Virginia

1955
Ellery Queen 7.5

Ellery Queen

as Celeste Wakefield

1975
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law 6.5

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

as Nancy Hodges

1971
I Spy 6.5

I Spy

as Rachel

1965
Mr. Novak 7.3

Mr. Novak

as Sister Gervaise

1963
Judd, for the Defense 7.7

Judd, for the Defense

1967
How the West Was Won 7.0

How the West Was Won

as Beth

1977
Crazy like a Fox 7.2

Crazy like a Fox

as Georgina Burton

1984
Lux Video Theatre 6.7

Lux Video Theatre

as Maureen O'Reilly

1950
Lux Video Theatre 6.7

Lux Video Theatre

as Christine Carroll Kimberly

1950
Lux Video Theatre 6.7

Lux Video Theatre

as Jenny

1950
Lux Video Theatre 6.7

Lux Video Theatre

as Audrey O'Connor

1950
Riverboat 6.5

Riverboat

as Jeanette Mowbray

1959
Startime 6.8

Startime

as Jean Medwick

1959
City Detective 7.5

City Detective

1953
ABC Stage 67 6.8

ABC Stage 67

as Adele

1966
The Dick Powell Show 5.7

The Dick Powell Show

as Stella Calman

1961
Sam Benedict 6.7

Sam Benedict

1962
Dan August 7.2

Dan August

as Carla

1970
Screen Director's Playhouse 7.0

Screen Director's Playhouse

as Ruth Dahlberg

1955
Movin' On 6.2

Movin' On

1974
Finder of Lost Loves 6.8

Finder of Lost Loves

as Joanna Shaw

1984
Journey to the Unknown 7.0

Journey to the Unknown

as June Wiley

1968
General Electric Theater 6.8

General Electric Theater

as Terry

1953
General Electric Theater 6.8

General Electric Theater

as Mrs. Eaton

1953
General Electric Theater 6.8

General Electric Theater

1953
General Electric Theater 6.8

General Electric Theater

as Nora Douglas

1953
General Electric Theater 6.8

General Electric Theater

as Debra Stone

1953
The Asphalt Jungle 5.0

The Asphalt Jungle

1961
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Julie

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Sarah Larkin

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951
McNaughton's Daughter 4.5

McNaughton's Daughter

as Grace Coventry

1976

Reviews

Loading reviews...
Reviews from TMDB