Biography
Sylvia Miles (September 9, 1924 – June 12, 2019) was an American actress. She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sylvia Miles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
as Self
The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that ...
Japanese Borscht
2019
as Mary Tess
Davis Loses his Girl and step daughter to gangster Brother n Law but gets unlikely help from the Phantom of the Opera and his newly found Yakuza famil...
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
as Sally Rogers / Pilot-Head of the Family (archive footage)
Not only did Mary Tyler Moore “turn the world on with her smile,” as her show’s theme song declared, she also influenced a generation of women to beco...
Con Artist
2010
as Self
A docu-comedy feature film about a once-famous millionaire "business artist" forced to confront his own legendarily obnoxious behavior, while trying t...
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
as Realtor
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon ...
Go Go Tales
2007
as Lilian Murray
A financial struggle between owners of a go-go club threatens its future.
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
2006
as Self
Documentary featuring the contentious news surrounding the movie "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), including its Oscar win for feature film.
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
2004
as Self
Andy Warhol described Jackie Curtis as “A pioneer without a frontier.” In this biographical documentary, Curtis’s co-workers and friends speak of her ...
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
2004
Documents the casting process and development of characters for the movie Midnight Cowboy.
High Times Potluck
2003
as Ma
High Times' Pot Luck is an upbeat pot caper that centers around a mobster who discovers the magic of marijuana.
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American cine...
The Cockettes
2002
as Self
Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.
The Boys Behind the Desk
2000
Confession of a Florist
1999
as Ms. P
She loves him. She loves him not.
Denise Calls Up
1995
as Sharon, Gail's Aunt
A group of friends in New York, working away at their PCs and laptops, keep in touch exclusively by phone and fax. They are all too busy to meet face ...
Nelson Sullivan's World Of Wonder
1994
as Self
Tells the story of Nelson Sullivan who was the unofficial video documentary filmmaker of the late 1980s downtown New York nightlife and LGBTQ+ communi...
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self (archive footage)
A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990
as Self
Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject of this documentary, which looks at both his life and his influence on pop culture. Th...
She-Devil
1989
as Mrs. Fisher
A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
Nelson Sullivan
1989
Nelson Sullivan, a videographer in Manhattan circa 1983 to 1989, documented a large chunk of the final six years of his life, capturing his days and n...
Nelson Sullivan's Video Diaries
1989
as Herself
From 1983 to 1989, New Yorker Nelson Sullivan captured more than 1,900 hours of video footage and saved most of it on VHS tapes, making a collection o...
Spike of Bensonhurst
1988
as Congresswoman
Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is thr...
Crossing Delancey
1988
as Hannah Mandelbaum
Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While h...
Wall Street
1987
as Dolores the Realtor
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthles...
Sleeping Beauty
1987
as Red Fairy
Feature-length, live-action musical version of the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault.
Andy Warhol
1987
as Self
The first major profile of the American Pop Art cult leader after his death in 1987 covers the whole of his life and work through interviews, clips fr...
Critical Condition
1987
as Nurse Maggie Lesser
Eddie is a con artist. When he's framed and comes before a judge, he hopes to get off the hook by climbing insanity—but instead ends up in a hospital ...
The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect
1986
The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect uses the interviewer/interviewee format in which Todd Rundgren answers numerous questions about his life, his ...
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
1985
as Sweet Susie
A contemporary remake of "Cinderella"
No Big Deal
1983
as Peincipal Bellows
A school takes on a troublesome boy from juvenile hall, in order to try to help him settle back in to normal life. But everything seems to be mounted ...
Evil Under the Sun
1982
as Myra Gardener
An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangli...
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
as Self / Myra Gardener
Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk you through the making of the film.
The Funhouse
1981
as Madame Zena
Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz ...
Shalimar
1978
as Countess Rasmussen
Kumar, a thief by profession poses as the son of Raja Bahadur Singh to accept an invitation to the island of Sir John Locksley. The guests include K.P...
Zero to Sixty
1978
as Flo Ames
A divorced man hooks up with a street-smart 16-year-old who makes her living by repossessing cars from their owners.
The Sentinel
1977
as Gerde Engstrom
As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a B...
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976
as Mike
Sam Longwood, a frontiersman who has seen better days, spies the gold-mine partner, Jack Colby, who ran off with all the gold from a mine they were pr...
92 in the Shade
1975
as Bella
A young drifter returns to his home in Key West, Florida and attempts to open a fishing charter business, provoking a dangerous feud with a rival fish...
Farewell, My Lovely
1975
as Mrs. Florian
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a cl...
Heat
1972
as Sally Todd
Former child star Joe Davis, reduced to living in a cheap Hollywood motel while struggling for acting jobs, is lusted after by nearly every woman he m...
Andy Warhol
1972
as Self
With a rambling, unstructured style that echoes Andy Warhol’s own approach to filmmaking, this documentary profiles his career, showing him to be a br...
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971
as Christine
A prostitute is murdered on the streets of a tough, low-income neighborhood. A diabetic retired boxer who knew her is appalled by the lack of interest...
The Last Movie
1971
as Script Clerk
After a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind, witnessing how filmmaking affects the locals.
Midnight Cowboy
1969
as Cass
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an aili...
Pie in the Sky
1964
as Rose
Rural runaway finds himself in Manhattan.
Violent Midnight
1963
as Silvia
An axe murderer is loose in a small New England town.
Parrish
1961
as Eileen
Parrish McLean lives with his mother Ellen on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the Connecticut River Valley. His mother winds up marrying Sala's riva...
Murder, Inc.
1960
as Sadie
Chronicles the rise and fall of the organised crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated, focusing on powerful boss Lepke and violent hit man Reles...