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Vera Miles

Vera Miles

Known For Acting
Birthday Aug 23, 1930 (95)
Birthplace Boise City, Oklahoma, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 23, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Vera June Miles 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.

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Separate Lives

Separate Lives

1995

as Dr. Ruth Goldin

24 Hour Psycho

24 Hour Psycho

1993

as Lila Crane (archive footage)

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

1989

as Sophie Kubacki

International Airport

International Airport

1985

as Elaine Corley

Into the Night

Into the Night

1985

as Joan Caper

The Initiation

The Initiation

1984

as Frances Fairchild

Psycho II

Psycho II

1983

as Lila Loomis

BrainWaves

BrainWaves

1983

as Marian Koonan

Travis McGee

Travis McGee

1983

as Julie Lawless

Mazes and Monsters

Mazes and Monsters

1982

as Cat

Our Family Business

Our Family Business

1981

as Patricia

Roughnecks

Roughnecks

1980

as Ida McBride

The Horror Show

The Horror Show

1979

as (archive footage)

And I Alone Survived

And I Alone Survived

1978

as Irene Elder

Run for the Roses

Run for the Roses

1977

as Clarissa Stewart

Fire!

Fire!

1977

as Martha Wagner

State Fair

State Fair

1976

as Melissa Bryant

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

1976

as Erica

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

1974

as Christine Rhodes

The Castaway Cowboy

The Castaway Cowboy

1974

as Henrietta MacAvoy

Live Again, Die Again

Live Again, Die Again

1974

as Marcia Carmichael

The Underground Man

The Underground Man

1974

as Eleanor Strom

One Little Indian

One Little Indian

1973

as Doris

Runaway!

Runaway!

1973

as Ellen Staffo

Molly and Lawless John

Molly and Lawless John

1972

as Molly Parker

Jigsaw

Jigsaw

1972

as Lilah Beth Cummings

A Great American Tragedy

A Great American Tragedy

1972

as Gloria Wilkes

Baffled!

Baffled!

1972

as Andrea Glenn

In Search of America

In Search of America

1971

as Jenny Olson

A Howling in the Woods

A Howling in the Woods

1971

as Rose Staines

Cannon

Cannon

1971

as Diana Langston

The Wild Country

The Wild Country

1970

as Kate Tanner

It Takes All Kinds

It Takes All Kinds

1969

as Laura Ring

Mission Batangas

Mission Batangas

1968

as Joan Barnes

Kona Coast

Kona Coast

1968

as Melissa Hyde

Hellfighters

Hellfighters

1968

as Madelyn Buckman

Sergeant Ryker

Sergeant Ryker

1968

as Ann Ryker

Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant

1967

as Ellen Wedloe

The Spirit Is Willing

The Spirit Is Willing

1967

as Kate Powell

Follow Me, Boys!

Follow Me, Boys!

1966

as Vida Downey

One of Our Spies Is Missing

One of Our Spies Is Missing

1966

as Madame Raine De Sala

Those Calloways

Those Calloways

1965

as Lydia (Liddy) Calloway

The Unknown

The Unknown

1964

as Kassia Paine

A Tiger Walks

A Tiger Walks

1964

as Dorothy Williams

The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man

1964

as Lois Seeger

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

as Hallie Stoddard

The Lawbreakers

The Lawbreakers

1961

as Angela Walsh

Back Street

Back Street

1961

as Liz Saxon

Five Branded Women

Five Branded Women

1960

as Daniza

Psycho

Psycho

1960

as Lila Crane

A Touch of Larceny

A Touch of Larceny

1960

as Virginia Killain

Web of Evidence

Web of Evidence

1959

as Lena Anderson

The FBI Story

The FBI Story

1959

as Lucy Ann Hardesty

Beau James

Beau James

1957

as Betty Compton

The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man

1956

as Rose Balestrero

23 Paces to Baker Street

23 Paces to Baker Street

1956

as Jean Lennox

Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves

1956

as Virginia Hanson

The Searchers

The Searchers

1956

as Laurie Jorgensen

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

1955

as Jill Hardy

Wichita

Wichita

1955

as Laurie McCoy

Man on the Ledge

Man on the Ledge

1955

as Virginia

Pride of the Blue Grass

Pride of the Blue Grass

1954

as Linda

The Charge at Feather River

The Charge at Feather River

1953

as Jennie McKeever

So Big

So Big

1953

as Girl (uncredited)

The Rose Bowl Story

The Rose Bowl Story

1952

as Denny Burke

For Men Only

For Men Only

1952

as Kathy

Two Tickets to Broadway

Two Tickets to Broadway

1951

as Showgirl (uncredited)

The Screen Writer

The Screen Writer

1950

as Young Actress (uncredited)

When Willie Comes Marching Home

When Willie Comes Marching Home

1950

as Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)

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Organization Category Movie
Golden Globes Best Actress Shane Won
Golden Globes Best Supporting Actress The Rose and The Ring Won
BAFTA Awards Best Supporting Actress The Guns of Navarone Won
Television Credits

My Three Sons

as Ernestine Coulter

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 29, 1960

McNaughton's Daughter

as Grace Coventry

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 24, 1976

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Ann Ryker

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 10, 1963

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Tora

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 20, 1979

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

as Madame Raine De Sala

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 22, 1964

The Love Boat

as Eve Springer

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 24, 1977

Murder, She Wrote

as Elizabeth Gates

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Magnum, P.I.

as Joan Gibson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 11, 1980

Columbo

as Viveca Scott

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1971

Burke's Law

as Claudia Sutton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

Little House on the Prairie

as Ruthy Leland

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1974

The F.B.I.

as Kate Burke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

Hawaii Five-O

as Flora Whiting

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Helen Wagner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1969

Mannix

as Jean McBride

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

Gunsmoke

as Dr. Sam

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

General Electric Theater

as Terry

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

The Twilight Zone

as Millicent Barnes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Elsa Spann

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Crazy like a Fox

as Georgina Burton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 30, 1984

Run for Your Life

as Rachel Pike

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1965

The Fugitive

as Monica Welles

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

The Millionaire

as Merle Roberts

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1955

The Virginian

as Miss Wallace

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Lux Video Theatre

as Maureen O'Reilly

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Julie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Climax!

as Sally Jordan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

ABC Stage 67

as Adele

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1966

Mr. Novak

as Sister Gervaise

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1963

Riverboat

as Jeanette Mowbray

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1959

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Jenny Breckenridge

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

The Outer Limits

as Kassia Paine

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1963

Wagon Train

as Sister Rita

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1957

Murder, She Wrote

as Charmaine Calloway Thompson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Route 66

as Ellen Barnes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1960

The Virginian

as Maggie Menken

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Lux Video Theatre

as Christine Carroll Kimberly

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Lux Video Theatre

as Jenny

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

General Electric Theater

as Mrs. Eaton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

General Electric Theater

as Nora Douglas

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

General Electric Theater

as Debra Stone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Sarah Larkin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Lux Video Theatre

as Audrey O'Connor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Four Star Playhouse

as Julie Tolin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1952

Four Star Playhouse

as Maggie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1952

Arrest and Trial

as Jean Forbes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1963

Bonanza

as Sarah Lowell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

Bonanza

as April Christopher

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

The Name of the Game

as Marisa Cummings

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

The Name of the Game

as Tracy Cannon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Beth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1963

The Dick Powell Show

as Stella Calman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1961

Screen Director's Playhouse

as Ruth Dahlberg

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1955

Murder, She Wrote

as Nancy Landon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Journey to the Unknown

as June Wiley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1968

Startime

as Jean Medwick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1959

Wagon Train

as Janice Stuart

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1957

Climax!

as Jan Michaels

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

Climax!

as Janet Reese

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

The Detectives

as Lucy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 16, 1959

Rawhide

as Helen Walsh

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Medical Center

as Dr. Gloria Hall

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1969

Finder of Lost Loves

as Joanna Shaw

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1984

Ellery Queen

as Celeste Wakefield

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1975

The Love Boat

as Bess Hensinger

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1977

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Janet Devaney

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1969

Ironside

as Barbara Richards

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

How the West Was Won

as Beth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 06, 1977

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Jean Medwick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Dan August

as Carla

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1970

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Daphne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

Studio 57

as The Little Girl's Mother

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1954

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Nicky Revere

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

Ironside

as Barbara Jones

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

Hotel

as Teresa Clayborne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 21, 1982

Hotel

as Millie Broom

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 21, 1982

Fantasy Island

as Martha Tate

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1978

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Virginia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1955

I Spy

as Rachel

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Sep 15, 1965

Hotel

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 21, 1982

Cannon

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 14, 1971

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Movin' On

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1974

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1950

The Streets of San Francisco

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1972

Alias Smith and Jones

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 05, 1971

Medical Center

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1969

Ironside

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

Sam Benedict

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1962

Rawhide

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Matt Houston

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1982

Judd for the Defense

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1967

City Detective

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1953

The Asphalt Jungle

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 02, 1961

General Electric Theater

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

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