Vera Miles

Also known as Vera June Ralston

American actress (born 1929)

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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…

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Separate Lives — Dr. Ruth Goldin1995
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro — Sophie Kubacki1989
Into the Night — Joan Caper1985
International Airport — Elaine Corley1985
The Initiation — Frances Fairchild1984
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues — Kate Keller1984
Murder, She Wrote — Elizabeth Gates1984
Crazy like a Fox — Georgina Burton1984

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Vera June Miles (née Ralston; born August 23, 1930) is a retired American actress. She is known for appearing in John Ford's Western films The Searchers (1956) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and for playing Lila Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and Richard Franklin's sequel Psycho II (1983).

Miles's other film credits include Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955), The Wrong Man (1956), A Touch of Larceny (1959), Follow Me, Boys! (1966), Hellfighters (1968), Sergeant Ryker (1968), and Molly and Lawless John (1972).