Vera Miles

Vera Miles

Age
83
Birthday
Aug. 23rd, 1929
Born in
Boise City, Oklahoma, USA
Height
162 cm

Vera Miles' Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
How the West Was Won TV Show
How the West Was Won
Medical Center TV Show
Medical Center
Movin' On TV Show
Movin' On
You Bet Your Life (1950) TV Show
You Bet Your Life (1950)
A History Of Horror With Mark Gatiss (UK) TV Show
A History Of Horror With Mark Gatiss (UK)
Frontier Circus TV Show
Frontier Circus
Insight TV Show
Insight
Journey to the Unknown (UK) TV Show
Journey to the Unknown (UK)
Colgate Theatre TV Show
Colgate Theatre
Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson TV Show
Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson
Kraft Suspense Theatre TV Show
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Mr. Novak TV Show
Mr. Novak
The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor TV Show
The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor
The Movie Game TV Show
The Movie Game
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse TV Show
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
 

Main Movie Roles

1983 - Psycho II
1968 - The Green Berets
1968 - Hellfighters
1967 - The Spirit Is Willing
1965 - Those Calloways
1962 - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1961 - Back Street
1960 - Psycho
1956 - The Searchers
1956 - The Wrong Man
1956 - Autumn Leaves
1953 - The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms

Guest TV Roles

Show Name
Characters Played
Ep Count
Liddy Calloway
12
Teresa Clayborne
4
Barbara Jones
3
Miss Wallace
3
Janice Stuart
3
Nancy Landon
3
Arlène Kunper
3
Janet Reese
3
Marisa Cummings
3
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BIOGRAPHY:

Born in Oklahoma, Vera Miles (born Vera Ralston, she had to change her name, as Republic Pictures' resident leading lady Vera Ralston got to Hollywood first) attended school in Pratt and Wichita, Kansas. Entering the beauty pageant circuit, she became "Miss Kansas" in 1948, and went to Hollywood soon soon after. She began landing small roles in minor films and in television. After a few such parts she was cast by John Ford (I) as the spunky ingenue in the Western classic The Searchers (1956). More leading roles quickly followed, and for a brief period she shone in a number of major films. However much of her subsequent work, both in feature films and in television movies, has been in material considerably below her abilities.


TRIVIA:
  • In _The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)_ (qv), 'John Wayne (I)' (qv) pursued Miss Miles, but lost her to 'James Stewart (I)' (qv). Six years later, his luck improved. Miles played Wayne's wife in _Hellfighters (1968)_ (qv) and _The Green Berets (1968)_ (qv), though her scenes in the latter were left on the cutting room floor.
  • Mother of 'Eric Larsen (I)' (qv), who was born on 30 April 1961 in Burbank, California.
  • Son Michael Scott born 1957
  • Many people, for years, have argued over what Miles' middle name is. Some people say June, while others say May.
  • Placed third in the Miss America contest in 1948.
  • In the late 1940s, made a television commercial for Lustre Creme shampoo.
  • Appeared in the trailer for _The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)_ (qv).
  • By sheer coincidence, all three of Vera's handsome, strapping ex-husbands died within a short time span. Her third husband, 'Keith Larsen' (qv) died on December 13, 2006; first husband/stuntman and small part actor 'Bob Miles (II)' (qv) died on April 12, 2007; and bodybuilder second husband actor 'Gordon Scott (I)' (qv), who played Tarzan in films, died on April 30, 2007.


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