Biography for
Sylvia Miles More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

9 September 1932, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name

Sylvia Reuben Lee

Height

5' 5½" (1.66 m)

Spouse

Ted Brown	(4 September 1963 - 1970) (divorced)
Gerald Price	(1952 - 1958) (divorced)
William Miles	(1948 - 1950) (divorced)

Trivia

Portrayed Sally Rogers in the Carl Reiner television pilot "Head of the Family" (1959), which eventually became the basis for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961).

As a revue comedy performer, she made her first TV appearance on a Bob Hope NBC show in 1950.

Second husband Gerald Price was a NY stage actor and was instrumental in prompting Sylvia to take an avid interest in developing a stage career in the mid-50s.

Married for the first time at age 16.

Infamous for dumping a plate of pasta on the head of dyspeptic theater critic John Simon of New York magazine in The Ginger Man, a New York City restaurant, after he gave her a nasty, scathing review in a 1973 play.

Has one sister living in Las Vegas. Parents were divorced. Father Reuben Lee was a New York City furniture maker. Mother was Belle Fellman-Lee.

A fixture on NYC's party scene, she took over colleague Andy Warhol's mantle (after his death) of appearing at seemingly every movie or gallery opening in Manhattan.

Personal Quotes

People will come and go, but theatrical memorabilia will never let you down as long as you keep it in clear plastic.

I don't have all the answers. My life's been a mystery to me and I don't have all my history yet. I'm not departing this planet until I get an Oscar.