Vera Miles

Vera Miles

1929-08-23 Boise City, Oklahoma, USA 75 Credits

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Vera June Miles (born August 23, 1929) 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 (19...

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Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut

2015

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and pu...

The Psycho Legacy

The Psycho Legacy

2010

as Self (archive footage)

6.9
Acting

The cast and crew of all four Psycho films recall their time working on the influential horror series, and modern masters of horror reminisce on what ...

Separate Lives

Separate Lives

1995

as Dr. Ruth Goldin

4.5
Acting

Tom Beckwith has just quit his job as a police officer in order to study psychology. But his professor, Lauren Porter, is more interested in his crimi...

24 Hour Psycho

24 Hour Psycho

1993

as Lila Crane (archive footage)

4.0
Acting

24 Hour Psycho is the title of an art installation created by artist Douglas Gordon in 1993. The work consists entirely of an appropriation of Alfred ...

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

1989

as Sophie Kubacki

Acting

The story of the hijacking of the Itallian liner Achille Lauro by four militants of the Palestine Liberation Front, in 1985, who demanded the release ...

International Airport

International Airport

1985

as Elaine Corley

5.0
Acting

Manager of a large metropolitan airport tries to deal with the stress of his job, and the various characters that work for him.

Into the Night

Into the Night

1985

as Joan Caper

6.5
Acting

Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.

The Initiation

The Initiation

1984

as Frances Fairchild

5.5
Acting

An amnesiac sorority member who has been plagued by a recurring nightmare is stalked alongside other coeds by a killer in a deserted department store ...

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

1984

as Kate Keller

6.5
Acting
BrainWaves

BrainWaves

1983

as Marian Koonan

4.1
Acting

After a traffic accident Kaylie is in coma for months and her doctors want to try a new procedure on her. To regain her consciousness, they stimulate ...

Psycho II

Psycho II

1983

as Lila Loomis

6.5
Acting

Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most fam...

Travis McGee

Travis McGee

1983

as Julie Lawless

4.5
Acting

Travis McGee is a world-weary private eye trying to help boat skipper friend Van Harder salvage his reputation that sank when his boat ran aground, re...

Mazes and Monsters

Mazes and Monsters

1982

as Cat

4.2
Acting

Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his four college classmates decide to move the board game into the local cavern. R...

Our Family Business

Our Family Business

1981

as Patricia

Acting

A syndicate mob boss doesn't realize that his eldest son, Gep, has been informing to the police on the family's dealings in exchange for protection, w...

Roughnecks

Roughnecks

1980

as Ida McBride

6.0
Acting

Ida McBride decides to drill for oil on her ranch, against her son Tom's wishes. A contentious crew of wildcatters arrives, including a stalwart drill...

The Horror Show

The Horror Show

1979

as (archive footage)

3.8
Acting

A history of horror movies.

And I Alone Survived

And I Alone Survived

1978

as Irene Elder

5.7
Acting

Based on a true story, this tells the story of a young woman who is the only survivor of a plane crash in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and her struggl...

Run for the Roses

Run for the Roses

1977

as Clarissa Stewart

Acting

Juanito, a boy from Puerto Rico, finds himself in Kentucky and drawn to a thoroughbred horse. He believes the horse can win the Derby and eventually o...

Fire!

Fire!

1977

as Martha Wagner

7.0
Acting

The sheer terror and unearthly beauty of a raging forest fire is breathlessly captured in this compelling Irwin Allen production boasting a big-name c...

State Fair

1976

as Melissa Bryant

Acting

Melissa and Jim Bryant live on an Iowa farm with their adult son Chuck, their adult daughter Karen, and their teenage son Wayne, who is a high school ...

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

1976

as Mrs. Horton

6.0
Acting

In 1930s Alabama, nine young black men are accused of raping two white women. The judge in the case, unlike the rest of the town, comes to believe tha...

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

1976

as Erica

5.4
Acting

In this made-for-TV disaster movie, the lives of a group of motorists are chronicled retrospectively after they're involved in a 39-car pile-up on Cal...

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

1974

as Christine Rhodes

6.1
Acting

A family moves into a new home in an isolated area, and soon realizes that someone--or something--doesn't want them there.

The Castaway Cowboy

The Castaway Cowboy

1974

as Henrietta MacAvoy

6.6
Acting

A Wayward Texas cowboy washes up on the beaches of Hawaii and is taken home by an fatherless boy. He saves the family's business while romancing the s...

The Underground Man

The Underground Man

1974

as Eleanor Strom

5.0
Acting

A private detective goes after the kidnappers of his ex-girlfriend's son and becomes involved in a series of murders.

Live Again, Die Again

Live Again, Die Again

1974

as Marcia Carmichael

8.0
Acting

After being cryogenically frozen for more than 30 years, a woman wakes to find her husband an old man and her children older than she is. Her daughter...

Runaway!

Runaway!

1973

as Ellen Staffo

5.3
Acting

A group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.

One Little Indian

One Little Indian

1973

as Doris

6.3
Acting

An Army deserter flees by camel across the desert with a caucasian boy raised by Indians.

Baffled!

Baffled!

1973

as Andrea Glenn

5.0
Acting

Tom Kovack is a hard-nosed race car driver until a sudden supernatural vision causes a near-fatal crash while he's hurtling down the backstretch at 14...

Molly and Lawless John

Molly and Lawless John

1972

as Molly Parker

3.0
Acting

Molly, the shy, romance-starved wife of an arrogant frontier sheriff, finds herself drawn to a prisoner in her husband's jail. This prisoner, a handso...

A Great American Tragedy

1972

as Gloria Wilkes

6.7
Acting

A middle-aged aerospace engineer has his whole life changed when he is suddenly laid off from his job. Unable to find work because of his age and a ba...

Jigsaw

Jigsaw

1972

as Lilah Beth Cummings

Acting

In this pilot for the 1972-73 series, a detective specializing in missing persons cases finds himself accused of murder after being found unconscious ...

A Howling in the Woods

A Howling in the Woods

1971

as Rose Staines

4.9
Acting

A disillusioned housewife on a vacation in the woods is disturbed by her husband continually trying to get her to come home and, more ominously, a mys...

Cannon

Cannon

1971

as Diana Langston

3.5
Acting

In this pilot film to the TV series, Cannon investigates the murder of a war buddy to clear the man's wife of suspicion in his death.

In Search of America

In Search of America

1971

as Jenny Olson

3.0
Acting

Michael (Jeff Bridges) drops out of college with the intention of finding himself. When his parents (Carl Betz and Vera Miles) balk, he talks them int...

The Wild Country

The Wild Country

1970

as Kate Tanner

6.0
Acting

Uprooted from their comfortable home in Pennsylvania, James and Kate Tanner, along with their sons, Virgil and Andy, journey to the wild country of 18...

Journey to the Unknown

Journey to the Unknown

1969

as June Wiley

Acting

TV Movie consisting of two episodes of the UK TV series "Journey to the Unknown" (1968): 'Matakitas is Coming' (episode 1.3) and 'The Last Visitor' (e...

It Takes All Kinds

It Takes All Kinds

1969

as Laura Ring

Acting

After possibly killing a man in a brawl at a farewell party Tony Gunther, an American merchant seaman, is knocked out and wakes up in the apartment of...

Hellfighters

Hellfighters

1968

as Madelyn Buckman

6.3
Acting

The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the worl...

Mission Batangas

Mission Batangas

1968

as Joan Barnes

Acting

Dennis Weaver is a mercenary pilot in the Pacific during WW2. He agrees to help Vera Miles steal the Phillipine treasury of gold away from the conquer...

Kona Coast

Kona Coast

1968

as Melissa Hyde

3.1
Acting

Sam Moran is a Honolulu charter-boat captain who leads fishing expeditions in the tropical paradise. When his daughter is found murdered at the party ...

Sergeant Ryker

Sergeant Ryker

1968

as Ann Ryker

6.0
Acting

During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy. He's court-martialed and...

Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant

1967

as Ellen Wedloe

Acting

The Story of a boy and his bear.

The Spirit Is Willing

The Spirit Is Willing

1967

as Kate Powell

5.4
Acting

When Ben and Kate Powell rent a haunted New England house by the sea, their son Steve gets blamed for the destruction caused by three unruly ghosts.

Follow Me, Boys!

Follow Me, Boys!

1966

as Vida Downey

6.6
Acting

Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle down, he finds a job as a stockboy in the general sto...

One of Our Spies Is Missing

One of Our Spies Is Missing

1966

as Madame Raine De Sala

5.5
Acting

A biochemist develops a process that reverses ageing but, when he disappears, it's up to Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin to recover or destroy the pro...

The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man

1964

as Lois Seeger

4.6
Acting

A gunman whose best friend has been murdered enacts a plan to blackmail the corrupt labor union leader responsible but finds he isn't the only one aft...

Those Calloways

Those Calloways

1964

as Lydia (Liddy) Calloway

6.2
Acting

Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over...

The Unknown

The Unknown

1964

as Kassia Paine

6.0
Acting

After two women poison the blackmailer who has been tormenting them, they wind up at the house of a blind man whose eccentric guest believes he has bu...

A Tiger Walks

A Tiger Walks

1964

as Dorothy Williams

5.7
Acting

A tiger escapes from a circus truck as it passes by a small town, and hides itself in the surrounding woods. This throws the town into a panic and eve...

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

as Hallie Stoddard

7.8
Acting

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon ...

Back Street

Back Street

1961

as Liz Saxon

5.8
Acting

Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department store chain), as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on ...

The Lawbreakers

The Lawbreakers

1961

as Angela Walsh

5.5
Acting

The story of a scheme to double-cross the syndicate and steal its money, and of a police commissioner '​s efforts to investigate homicides that take p...

Psycho

Psycho

1960

as Lila Crane

8.4
Acting

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates ...

Five Branded Women

Five Branded Women

1960

as Daniza

6.0
Acting

Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms to fe...

A Touch of Larceny

A Touch of Larceny

1960

as Virginia Killain

5.8
Acting

After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that...

The FBI Story

The FBI Story

1959

as Lucy Ann Hardesty

6.1
Acting

A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.

Web of Evidence

Web of Evidence

1959

as Lena Anderson

4.8
Acting

A World War II evacuee returns years later to England and finds his father in prison framed for murder.

Beau James

Beau James

1957

as Betty Compton

5.7
Acting

The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s.

The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man

1956

as Rose Balestrero

7.1
Acting

In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves

1956

as Virginia Hanson

7.0
Acting

A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.

23 Paces to Baker Street

23 Paces to Baker Street

1956

as Jean Lennox

6.8
Acting

Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child...

The Searchers

The Searchers

1956

as Laurie Jorgensen

7.7
Acting

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

The House Without a Name

The House Without a Name

1956

Acting

The House Without a Name is a 1956 short documentary film written and produced by Valentine Davies for the Motion Picture Relief Fund. It was nominate...

Man on the Ledge

Man on the Ledge

1955

as Virginia

Acting

Beat cop Bragan is about to go off duty when he discovers a man standing on the ledge of a hotel more than a dozen stories up. Bragan tries to talk th...

Wichita

Wichita

1955

as Laurie McCoy

6.3
Acting

Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect...

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

1955

as Jill Hardy

4.9
Acting

Hunters trespass into Sukulu country, where animals are sacred, posing as photographers.

Pride of the Blue Grass

Pride of the Blue Grass

1954

as Linda

Acting

A girl owns a horse, and hires a boy as a trainer. The horse enters a race and is injured. The boy takes job at another stable and is semi-seduced by ...

So Big

So Big

1953

as Girl (uncredited)

5.6
Acting

A girl of wealth comes to a Dutch community outside Chicago as a schoolteacher, and while there falls in love with a poor but big-hearted farmer.

The Charge at Feather River

The Charge at Feather River

1953

as Jennie McKeever

5.6
Acting

A frontier scout leads prisoners on a death mission to save a railroad and rescue two women.

The Rose Bowl Story

The Rose Bowl Story

1952

as Denny Burke

3.5
Acting

The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California Rose Bowl is an area for their budding romance.

For Men Only

For Men Only

1952

as Kathy

5.6
Acting

A college professor begins to suspect that a student's accidental death was tied to his refusal to take part in a traditional "hazing" and was no acci...

Two Tickets to Broadway

Two Tickets to Broadway

1951

as Showgirl (uncredited)

4.3
Acting

A young woman (Janet Leigh) leaves her small hometown in Vermont and travels to New York City with hopes of becoming a Broadway star.

The Screen Writer

1950

as Young Actress (uncredited)

Acting

This short film focuses on the job of the Hollywood screenwriter.

When Willie Comes Marching Home

When Willie Comes Marching Home

1950

as Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home ...