Vera Miles

Vera Miles

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Vera Miles

  • Birthday:

    1929-08-23

  • Place of Birth: Boise City, Oklahoma, USA
  • Gender:

    Female

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 1.2548
  • Also Known As

    Vera June Ralston

    Vera June Miles

    ورا مایلز

Vera Miles

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.

Top Movie Cast

Man on the Ledge
Man on the Ledgetrue- Virginia

1955-12-28

0.0
Psycho
Psychotrue- Lila Crane

1960-06-22

8.4
The Searchers
The Searcherstrue- Laurie Jorgensen

1956-05-16

7.7
Psycho II
Psycho IItrue- Lila Loomis

1983-06-03

6.5
Roughnecks
Roughneckstrue- Ida McBride

1980-07-15

6.0
Into the Night
Into the Nighttrue- Joan Caper

1985-02-22

6.5
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valancetrue- Hallie Stoddard

1962-04-13

7.8
The Wrong Man
The Wrong Mantrue- Rose Balestrero

1956-12-22

7.1
Hellfighters
Hellfighterstrue- Madelyn Buckman

1968-11-27

6.3
Mazes and Monsters
Mazes and Monsterstrue- Cat

1982-12-27

4.3
The Horror Show
The Horror Showtrue- (archive footage)

1979-02-06

6.0
Follow Me, Boys!
Follow Me, Boys!true- Vida Downey

1966-12-01

6.6
The Spirit Is Willing
The Spirit Is Willingtrue- Kate Powell

1967-07-07

5.3
Those Calloways
Those Callowaystrue- Lydia (Liddy) Calloway

1965-01-28

6.2
Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leavestrue- Virginia Hanson

1956-08-01

7.0
Back Street
Back Streettrue- Liz Saxon

1961-10-11

5.8
The Initiation
The Initiationtrue- Frances Fairchild

1984-12-07

5.6
One Little Indian
One Little Indiantrue- Doris

1973-06-20

6.3
A Tiger Walks
A Tiger Walkstrue- Dorothy Williams

1964-04-12

5.7
23 Paces to Baker Street
23 Paces to Baker Streettrue- Jean Lennox

1956-05-18

6.7
The Castaway Cowboy
The Castaway Cowboytrue- Henrietta MacAvoy

1974-08-01

6.5
24 Hour Psycho
24 Hour Psychotrue- Lila Crane (archive footage)

1993-01-01

4.0
The FBI Story
The FBI Storytrue- Lucy Ann Hardesty

1959-10-01

6.1
In Search of America
In Search of Americatrue- Jenny Olson

1971-03-23

5.0
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
The Strange and Deadly Occurrencetrue- Christine Rhodes

1974-09-24

6.1
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Tarzan's Hidden Jungletrue- Jill Hardy

1955-02-16

4.9
Fire!
Fire!true- Martha Wagner

1977-05-08

6.7
A Touch of Larceny
A Touch of Larcenytrue- Virginia Killain

1960-02-04

5.8
The Hanged Man
The Hanged Mantrue- Lois Seeger

1964-11-18

4.6
Beau James
Beau Jamestrue- Betty Compton

1957-06-07

5.7
Separate Lives
Separate Livestrue- Dr. Ruth Goldin

1995-09-08

4.5
Five Branded Women
Five Branded Womentrue- Daniza

1960-03-15

6.0
Pride of the Blue Grass
Pride of the Blue Grasstrue- Linda

1954-04-04

0.0
Kona Coast
Kona Coasttrue- Melissa Hyde

1968-05-01

3.5
Web of Evidence
Web of Evidencetrue- Lena Anderson

1959-04-28

4.8
Wichita
Wichitatrue- Laurie McCoy

1955-07-03

6.3
Journey to the Unknown
Journey to the Unknowntrue- June Wiley

1969-06-15

0.0
One of Our Spies Is Missing
One of Our Spies Is Missingtrue- Madame Raine De Sala

1966-12-01

5.5
Baffled!
Baffled!true- Andrea Glenn

1973-04-11

5.0
The Charge at Feather River
The Charge at Feather Rivertrue- Jennie McKeever

1953-07-11

5.6
And I Alone Survived
And I Alone Survivedtrue- Irene Elder

1978-11-27

5.7
The Wild Country
The Wild Countrytrue- Kate Tanner

1970-12-16

6.0
For Men Only
For Men Onlytrue- Kathy

1952-01-11

5.6
Jigsaw
Jigsawtrue- Lilah Beth Cummings

1972-03-26

0.0
Our Family Business
Our Family Businesstrue- Patricia

1981-09-20

0.0
The Unknown
The Unknowntrue- Kassia Paine

1964-05-04

6.0
When Willie Comes Marching Home
When Willie Comes Marching Hometrue- Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)

1950-02-17

6.8
Two Tickets to Broadway
Two Tickets to Broadwaytrue- Showgirl (uncredited)

1951-11-20

4.3
So Big
So Bigtrue- Girl (uncredited)

1953-10-31

5.6
Gentle Giant
Gentle Gianttrue- Ellen Wedloe

1967-10-25

0.0
Cannon
Cannontrue- Diana Langston

1971-03-26

3.5
International Airport
International Airporttrue- Elaine Corley

1985-05-25

5.0
A Howling in the Woods
A Howling in the Woodstrue- Rose Staines

1971-11-05

5.2
BrainWaves
BrainWavestrue- Marian Koonan

1983-08-05

4.4
Molly and Lawless John
Molly and Lawless Johntrue- Molly Parker

1972-12-01

3.0
The Lawbreakers
The Lawbreakerstrue- Angela Walsh

1961-08-15

5.5
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Hitchcock/Truffauttrue- Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015-09-04

7.3
The Rose Bowl Story
The Rose Bowl Storytrue- Denny Burke

1952-08-24

3.5
The Psycho Legacy
The Psycho Legacytrue- Self (archive footage)

2010-10-19

7.0
Sergeant Ryker
Sergeant Rykertrue- Ann Ryker

1968-02-01

6.5
It Takes All Kinds
It Takes All Kindstrue- Laura Ring

1969-06-12

0.0
Run for the Roses
Run for the Rosestrue- Clarissa Stewart

1977-06-01

0.0
Live Again, Die Again
Live Again, Die Againtrue- Marcia Carmichael

1974-02-16

8.0
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Smash-Up on Interstate 5true- Erica

1976-02-02

5.4
The Underground Man
The Underground Mantrue- Eleanor Strom

1974-05-06

0.0
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boystrue- Mrs. Horton

1976-04-22

6.0
Mission Batangas
Mission Batangastrue- Joan Barnes

1968-11-15

0.0
Runaway!
Runaway!true- Ellen Staffo

1973-09-29

5.3
The House Without a Name
The House Without a Nametrue

1956-01-01

0.0
Travis McGee
Travis McGeetrue- Julie Lawless

1983-05-18

4.5

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