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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 (1956) and Hitchcock, who put her under personal contract and hailed her as his "new Grace Kelly", paired her with the great Henry Fonda in The Wrong Man (1956). Hitchcock cast Miles in the potentially star-making role of Judy Barton in Vertigo (1958), but Miles withdrew from the film when she became pregnant. Hitchcock gave Miles a supporting role in another masterpiece Psycho (1960), as did Ford when he cast her opposite John Wayne and James Stewart in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), She also starred in such films as Beau James (1957) opposite Bob Hope, The FBI Story (1959) opposite Stewart, Back Street (1961) opposite Susan Hayward and John Gavin and Sergeant Ryker (1968) opposite Lee Marvin, as well as showing her consistently remarkable and versatile talent on dozens of popular television movies and series including The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), Twilight Zone (1959), The Outer Limits (1963), The Fugitive (1963), My Three Sons (1960), Bonanza (1959), "Columbo" and Murder, She Wrote (1984). In 1983, she reprised her role as "Lila Crane" in the film sequel Psycho II (1983), starring Anthony Perkins. Although, too often, the stunningly beautiful Miles' gifts were underutilized, before her retirement in 1995, hers was a most intriguing and enduring Hollywood career.

Into the Night ( 1985) | IMDb: 6.4

Action , Comedy , Crime , Drama , Romance , Thriller

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.

Starring:

Jeff Goldblum , Michelle Pfeiffer , Carmen Argenziano , Stacey Pickren , Dan Aykroyd , David Cronenberg

Directed by:

David Sosna , George Folsey Jr. , Maggie Parker

Produced by:

Dan Allingham , George Folsey Jr. , Pam Cornfeld

Psycho II ( 1983) | IMDb: 6.6

Horror , Mystery , Thriller

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 famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?

Starring:

Anthony Perkins , Vera Miles , Meg Tilly , Robert Loggia , Dennis Franz , Hugh Gillin

Directed by:

Don Zepfel , Lisa Marmon , Richard Franklin

Produced by:

Hilton A. Green , Bernard Schwartz , Jackie Burch

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ( 1962) | IMDb: 8.1

Western

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 saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

Starring:

John Wayne , James Stewart , Vera Miles , Lee Marvin , Edmond O'Brien , Andy Devine

Directed by:

Wingate Smith , Bud Brill , John Ford

Produced by:

John Ford , Don Robb , Willis Goldbeck

The Searchers ( 1956) | IMDb: 7.8

Western

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

Starring:

John Wayne , Jeffrey Hunter , Vera Miles , Ward Bond , Natalie Wood , John Qualen

Directed by:

John Ford

Produced by:

Patrick Ford , C.V. Whitney , Merian C. Cooper

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