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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... See full bio »

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1995 Separate Lives
Dr. Ruth Goldin
 
1985-1991 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Charmaine Calloway Thompson / Nancy Landon / Warden Elizabeth Gates
Thursday's Child (1991) … Nancy Landon
See You in Court, Baby (1990) … Charmaine Calloway Thompson
Jessica Behind Bars (1985) … Warden Elizabeth Gates
 
1989 The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro (TV movie)
Sophie Kubacki
 
1988 Simon & Simon (TV series)
Catherine Van Alder-Vicente
The Richer They Are the Harder They Fall (1988) … Catherine Van Alder-Vicente
 
1984-1987 Hotel (TV series)
Grace Harlan / Millie Broom / Ruth / …
All the King's Horses (1987) … Ruth
Imperfect Union (1985) … Grace Harlan
New Beginnings (1985) … Millie Broom
Wedding (1984) … Teresa Clayborne
 
1985 Crazy Like a Fox (TV series)
Requiem for a Fox (1985)
 
1985 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Revenge (1985) (credit only)
 
1985 International Airport (TV movie)
Elaine Corley
 
1985 Into the Night
Joan Caper
 
1985 Finder of Lost Loves (TV series)
Joanna Shaw
Deadly Silence (1985) … Joanna Shaw
 
1985 Canteen Ladies (TV movie)
 
1984 The Initiation
Frances Fairchild
 
1982-1984 The Love Boat (TV series)
Arlène Kunper / Bess Hensinger / Eve Springer
Paying the Piper/Baby Sister/Help Wanted (1984) … Eve Springer
Bricker's Boy/Lotions of Love/The Hustlers (1983) … Arlène Kunper
 
1984 Matt Houston (TV series)
Mary Haywood
The High Fashion Murders (1984) … Mary Haywood
 
1983 BrainWaves
Marian Koonan
 
1983 Travis McGee (TV movie)
Julie Lawless
 
1983 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Liz Waleska
Blue Genes (1983) … Liz Waleska
 
1983 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Ruthy Leland
The Last Summer (1983) … Ruthy Leland
 
1982 Mazes and Monsters (TV movie)
Cat
 
1981 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
Joan Gibson
Mad Buck Gibson (1981) … Joan Gibson
 
1981 Our Family Business (TV movie)
Patricia
 
1980 Roughnecks (TV movie)
Ida McBride
 
1980 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)
Tora
Flight of the War Witch (1980) … Tora
 
1978 And I Alone Survived (TV movie)
Irene Elder
 
1978 The Runaways (TV series)
Lies We Live With (1978)
 
1978 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Martha Tate
Superstar/Salem (1978) … Martha Tate
 
1978 How the West Was Won (TV mini-series)
Beth
 
1977 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Diane Magnus
The Reincarnation (1977) … Diane Magnus
 
1977 Run for the Roses
Clarissa Stewart
 
1977 Fire! (TV movie)
Martha Wagner
 
1976 Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (TV movie)
Erica
 
1976 Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (TV movie)
Mrs. Horton
 
1976 McNaughton's Daughter (TV movie)
Grace Coventry
 
1976 Movin' On (TV series)
Sheila Powers
Sing It Again, Sonny (1976) … Sheila Powers
 
1976 Ellery Queen (TV series)
Celeste Wakefield
The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman (1976) … Celeste Wakefield
 
1976 State Fair (TV movie)
 
1971-1975 Cannon (TV series)
Diana Langston / Dr. Adams / Vivian Kaid
Fall Guy (1975) … Vivian Kaid
To Kill a Guinea Pig (1972) … Dr. Adams
Pilot (1971) … Diana Langston
 
1975 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Catherine Wyatt
Men Will Die (1975) … Catherine Wyatt
 
1975 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Kate Tannen
Wild Country: Part 2 (1975) … Kate Tannen
 
1970-1974 Medical Center (TV series)
Nora Crayton / Dr. Gloria Howell / Eva
The Bribe (1974) … Eva
Shock!: Part 2 (1972) … Nora Crayton
Shock!: Part 1 (1971) … Nora Crayton
The Clash (1970) … Dr. Gloria Howell
 
1974 The Strange and Deadly Occurrence (TV movie)
Christine Rhodes
 
1974 The Castaway Cowboy
Henrietta MacAvoy
 
1974 The Underground Man (TV movie)
Eleanor Strom
 
1974 Live Again, Die Again (TV movie)
Marcia Carmichael
 
1971-1973 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV series)
Joan Baldwin / Nancy Hodges
N Is for Nightmare (1973) … Nancy Hodges
Pilot (1971) … Joan Baldwin
 
1973 Runaway! (TV movie)
Ellen
 
1973 Columbo (TV series)
Viveca Scott
Lovely But Lethal (1973) … Viveca Scott
 
1970-1973 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Helen Wagner / Janet Devaney
The Panic Path (1973) … Janet Devaney
The "Merely" Syndrome (1970) … Helen Wagner
 
1973 One Little Indian
Doris
 
1973 Baffled! (TV movie)
Andrea Glenn
 
1972 Molly and Lawless John
Molly Parker
 
1972 A Great American Tragedy (TV movie)
Gloria Wilkes
 
1972 Jigsaw (TV movie)
Lilah Beth Cummings
 
1971 A Howling in the Woods (TV movie)
Rose Staines
 
1968-1971 Ironside (TV series)
Barbara Jones / Barbara Richards / Gloria Campbell / …
In the Line of Duty (1971) … Gloria Campbell
Goodbye to Yesterday (1969) … Barbara Richards
Barbara Who (1968) … Barbara Jones/Lois Richards
 
1971 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Belle Jordan
The Posse That Wouldn't Quit (1971) … Belle Jordan
 
1971 In Search of America (TV movie)
Jenny Olson
 
1966-1971 Bonanza (TV series)
Mrs. April Christopher / Sarah Lowell
A Time to Die (1971) … Mrs. April Christopher
Four Sisters from Boston (1966) … Sarah Lowell
 
1971 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Flora Whiting
Dear Enemy (1971) … Flora Whiting
 
1970 The Wild Country
Kate Tanner
 
1970 Dan August (TV series)
Carla
When the Shouting Dies (1970) … Carla
 
1963-1970 The Virginian (TV series)
Amelia Ballard / Maggie Menken / Miss Wallace
Experiment at New Life (1970) … Amelia Ballard
Portrait of a Widow (1964) … Maggie Menken
The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1963) … Miss Wallace
 
1970 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Dr. Sam McTavish
Sam McTavish, M.D. (1970) … Dr. Sam McTavish
 
1963-1970 Insight (TV series)
Lucy / Maria / Marion / …
Prometheus Bound (1970) … Lucy
Madam (1967) … Mme Bernice
Why Sparrows Fall (1966) … Marion
The Conspirator (1963) … Maria
 
1968-1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Hilary Vanderman / Marisa Cummings / Tracy Cannon
Man of the People (1970) … Hilary Vanderman
Keep the Doctor Away (1969) … Tracy Cannon
The Revolutionary (1968) … Marisa Cummings
 
1969 Mannix (TV series)
Jean McBride
Return to Summer Grove (1969) … Jean McBride
 
1969 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Kate Burke
The Swindler (1969) … Kate Burke
 
1969 It Takes All Kinds
Laura Ring
 
1969 Journey to the Unknown (TV movie)
June Wiley (episode 'Matakitas Is Coming')
 
1968 Mission Batangas
Joan Barnes
 
1968 Journey to the Unknown (TV series)
June Wiley
Matakitas Is Coming (1968) … June Wiley
 
1968 Hellfighters
Madelyn Buckman
 
1968 The Green Berets
Mrs. Lee Kirby (scenes deleted)
 
1968 Kona Coast
Melissa Hyde
 
1968 Sergeant Ryker
Ann Ryker
 
1967 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
Lydia Gray
Everybody Loved Harlan Except His Wife (1967) … Lydia Gray
 
1967 Gentle Giant
Ellen Wedloe
 
1967 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Rachel Pike
The Inhuman Predicament (1967) … Rachel Pike
 
1967 The Spirit Is Willing
Kate Powell
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
Adele
The People Trap (1966) … Adele
 
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Madame Raine De Sala
The Bridge of Lions Affair: Part II (1966) … Madame Raine De Sala
The Bridge of Lions Affair: Part 1 (1966) … Madame Raine De Sala
 
1965 I Spy (TV series)
Rachel
Affair in T'Sien Cha (1965) … Rachel
 
1965 My Three Sons (TV series)
Ernestine Coulter
Brother, Ernie (1965) … Ernestine Coulter
Red Tape Romance (1965) … Ernestine Coulter
The First Marriage (1965) … Ernestine Coulter
 
1959-1965 Wagon Train (TV series)
Anne Reed / Janice Stuart / Sister Rita
The Silver Lady (1965) … Anne Reed
The Bob Stuart Story (1964) … Janice Stuart
The Sister Rita Story (1959) … Sister Rita
 
1965 Mr. Novak (TV series)
Sister Gervaise
There's a Penguin in My Garden (1965) … Sister Gervaise
 
1962-1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Daphne / Nicky Revere
Death Scene (1965) … Nicky Revere
Don't Look Behind You (1962) … Daphne
 
1965 Those Calloways
Lydia (Liddy) Calloway
 
1965 Slattery's People (TV series)
Lucy Hampton
Question: How Long Is the Shadow of a Man? (1965) … Lucy Hampton
 
1964 The Hanged Man (TV movie)
Lois Seeger
 
1964 Burke's Law (TV series)
Claudia Sutton
Who Killed the Horne of Plenty? (1964) … Claudia Sutton
 
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Beth
The Sojourner (1964) … Beth
 
1964 The Unknown (TV movie)
Kassia Paine
 
1964 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Kasha Paine
The Forms of Things Unknown (1964) … Kasha Paine
 
1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Ann Ryker
The Case Against Paul Ryker: Part 2 (1963) … Ann Ryker
The Case Against Paul Ryker: Part 1 (1963) … Ann Ryker
 
1963 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Jean Forbes
Isn't It a Lovely View (1963) … Jean Forbes
 
1963 The Fugitive (TV series)
Monica Welles
Fear in a Desert City (1963) … Monica Welles
 
1962-1963 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Ann Costigan / Kate Sommers
Ann Costigan: A Duel on a Field of White (1962) … Ann Costigan
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Stella Calman
Crazy Sunday (1962) … Stella Calman
 
1962 Route 66 (TV series)
Ellen Barnes
Where Is Chick Lorimer, Where Has She Gone? (1962) … Ellen Barnes
 
1962 Sam Benedict (TV series)
Midge Maddon
Maddon's Folly (1962) … Midge Maddon
 
1962 The Detectives (TV series)
Lucy Forrest
Three Blind Mice: Part 2 (1962) … Lucy Forrest
Three Blind Mice: Part 1 (1962) … Lucy Forrest
 
1961 The Lawbreakers
Angela Walsh
 
1961 Checkmate (TV series)
Zoe Kamens
The Crimson Pool (1961) … Zoe Kamens
 
1961 Frontier Circus (TV series)
Maureen McBride
Lippizan (1961) … Maureen McBride
 
1961 Back Street
Liz Saxon
 
1961 The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)
Angela Walsh
The Lady and the Lawyer (1961) … Angela Walsh
 
1954-1960 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Debra Stone / Mrs. Eaton / Nora Douglas / …
The Camel's Foot (1960) … Debra Stone
Nora (1959) … Nora Douglas
Emergency Call (1956) … Mrs. Eaton
Walking John Stopped Here (1954) … Terry
 
1960 Laramie (TV series)
Anne Andrews
Three Rode West (1960) … Anne Andrews
 
1960 Psycho
Lila Crane
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Jean Medwick
Incident at a Corner (1960) … Jean Medwick
 
1960 5 Branded Women
Daniza
 
1960 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Millicent Barnes
Mirror Image (1960) … Millicent Barnes
 
1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Jenny Breckenridge
Miss Jenny (1960) … Jenny Breckenridge
 
1959 A Touch of Larceny
Virginia Killain
 
1959 Rawhide (TV series)
Helen Walsh
Incident at the Buffalo Smokehouse (1959) … Helen Walsh
 
1959 Riverboat (TV series)
Jeanette Mowbray
About Roger Mowbray (1959) … Jeanette Mowbray
 
1959 Web of Evidence
Lena Anderson
 
1958 Colgate Theatre (TV series)
Judy Gregory
Mr. Tutt (1958) … Judy Gregory
 
1954-1958 Climax! (TV series)
Jan Michaels / Janet Reese / Sally Jordan
House of Doubt (1958) … Janet Reese
Sound of the Moon (1958) … Jan Michaels
The Hand of Evil (1957) … Sally Jordan
 
1953-1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Sarah Larkin
Penny Wise (1958)
The Letter (1956)
The Great Lady (1954) … Sarah Larkin
The Sail (1953)
 
1958 Studio 57 (TV series)
Emergency Call (1958)
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Carolyn Cook
Panic Button (1957) … Carolyn Cook
 
1957 Beau James
Betty Compton
 
1954-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Audrey O'Connor / Christine Carroll Kimberly / Intermission Guest / …
The Taggart Light (1957) … Jenny
Because of You (1956) … Christine Carroll Kimberly
The Inside Story (1955) … Audrey O'Connor
The Exposure of Michael O'Reilly (1954) … Maureen O'Reilly
Shall Not Perish (1954) … Intermission Guest
 
1956 General Electric Summer Originals (TV series)
Great Lady (1956)
 
1956 Autumn Leaves
Virginia Hanson
 
1956 23 Paces to Baker Street
Jean Lennox
 
1956 Strange Stories (TV series)
Susan Harris
Such a Nice Little Girl (1956) … Susan Harris
 
1955 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Virginia
Man on the Ledge (1955) … Virginia
 
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Ruth Dahlberg
Rookie of the Year (1955) … Ruth Dahlberg
 
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Elsa Spann
Revenge (1955) … Elsa Spann
 
1955 Wichita
Laurie McCoy
 
1954-1955 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Angela / Nancy Carr
P.J. and the Lady (1955) … Angela
The Tryst (1954) … Nancy Carr
 
1955 The Millionaire (TV series)
Merle Roberts
The Merle Roberts Story (1955) … Merle Roberts
 
1955 Science Fiction Theatre (TV series)
Dr. Jan Corey
No Food for Thought (1955) … Dr. Jan Corey
 
1954-1955 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV series)
Nancy
The Grey and Gold Dress (1954) … Nancy
 
1955 City Detective (TV series)
Carol Martin
Goodbye Old Paint (1955) … Carol Martin
 
1955 Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Jill Hardy
 
1954 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Julie Tolin / Maggie Bernard
A Championship Affair (1954) … Julie Tolin
My Own Dear Dragon (1954) … Maggie Bernard
 
1954 Medic (TV series)
Janie
The Wild Intruder (1954) … Janie
 
1954 Immortal Oath (TV movie)
 
1954 Pride of the Blue Grass
Linda
 
1954 Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (TV series)
Lois Wheeler
This Day Is Yours (1954) … Lois Wheeler
 
1953 So Big
Girl (uncredited)
 
1953 The Charge at Feather River
Jennie McKeever
 
1953 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Woman in Trailer (uncredited)
 
1952 The Rose Bowl Story
Denny Burke
 
1952 For Men Only
Kathy
 
1951 Two Tickets to Broadway
Showgirl (uncredited)
 
1950 When Willie Comes Marching Home
Girl Next to Laughing Sergeant (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1966 Follow Me, Boys! (performer: "Happy Birthday" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (25 titles)
1999-2004 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Herself
Scream Queens (2004) … Herself
Alfred Hitchcock (1999) … Herself
 
2002 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1989 America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1979 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1974 All-Star Baffle (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 11 March 1974 (1974) … Herself
 
1971 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 19 November 1971 (1971) … Herself
Episode dated 18 November 1971 (1971) … Herself
Episode dated 17 November 1971 (1971) … Herself
Episode dated 16 November 1971 (1971) … Herself
Episode dated 15 November 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1971 The Movie Game (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 4 July 1971 (1971) … Herself
Episode dated 28 June 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1965-1967 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Center Square
Show No. 168 (1967) … Herself
Episode #1.167 (1967) … Herself
Show No.166 (1967) … Herself
Episode #1.165 (1967) … Herself
Episode #1.164 (1967) … Herself
 
1967 Dream Girl of '67 (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 5 June 1967 (1967) … Herself
Episode dated 8 May 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1967 P.D.Q. (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 January 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1966 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 28 September 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1966 You Don't Say (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 22 September 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1966 Chain Letter (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 8 August 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1966 Hollywood Deb Star Ball (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1965 I'll Bet (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 15 September 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1964 What's This Song? (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 28 December 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1960 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.6 (1960) … Herself
 
1958 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 22 January 1958 (1958) … Herself
 
1958 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.15 (1958) … Herself
 
1956 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.2 (1956) … Herself
 
1956 The House Without a Name (documentary short)
 
1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself - Actress
Episode #5.11 (1954) … Herself - Actress
 
1954 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Herself - Intermission Guest
All Dressed in White (1954) … Herself - Intermission Guest
 
1951 You Bet Your Life (TV series)
Herself - Contestant
Episode #1.27 (1951) … Herself - Contestant
 
1950 The Screen Writer (documentary short)
Young Actress (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2010 A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (TV series documentary)
 
2010 The Psycho Legacy (video documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (video documentary)
Lila Crane (Psycho)
 
1966-1981 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1979 The Horror Show (documentary)
 
1966 One of Our Spies Is Missing
Madame Raine De Sala
 

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Other Works:

(1948) TV commercial: Lustre-Creme shampoo

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Height:

5' 3¾" (1.62 m)
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Trivia:

In The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, John Wayne pursued Miss Miles, but lost her to James Stewart. Six years later, his luck improved. Miles played Wayne's wife in Hellfighters and The Green Berets, though her scenes in the latter were left on the cutting room floor. See more »

Trademark:

A unaffected, icy mid-period "Hitchcock blond" See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo