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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Character:Self - (archive footage)
Release Date:21/11/2025
Separate Lives
Character:Dr. Ruth Goldin
Release Date:08/09/1995
24 Hour Psycho
Character:Lila Crane (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1993
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
Character:Sophie Kubacki
Release Date:13/02/1989
International Airport
Character:Elaine Corley
Release Date:25/05/1985
Into the Night
Character:Joan Caper
Release Date:22/02/1985
The Initiation
Character:Frances Fairchild
Release Date:07/12/1984
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
Character:Kate Keller
Release Date:23/04/1984
BrainWaves
Character:Marian Koonan
Release Date:05/08/1983
Psycho II
Character:Lila Loomis
Release Date:03/06/1983
Travis McGee
Character:Julie Lawless
Release Date:18/05/1983
Mazes and Monsters
Character:Cat
Release Date:27/12/1982
Our Family Business
Character:Patricia
Release Date:20/09/1981
Roughnecks
Character:Ida McBride
Release Date:15/07/1980
The Horror Show
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:06/02/1979
And I Alone Survived
Character:Irene Elder
Release Date:27/11/1978
Run for the Roses
Character:Clarissa Stewart
Release Date:01/06/1977
Fire!
Character:Martha Wagner
Release Date:08/05/1977
State Fair
Character:Melissa Bryant
Release Date:14/05/1976
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Character:Mrs. Horton
Release Date:22/04/1976
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Character:Erica
Release Date:02/02/1976
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Character:Christine Rhodes
Release Date:24/09/1974
The Castaway Cowboy
Character:Henrietta MacAvoy
Release Date:01/08/1974
The Underground Man
Character:Eleanor Strom
Release Date:06/05/1974
Live Again, Die Again
Character:Marcia Carmichael
Release Date:16/02/1974
Runaway!
Character:Ellen Staffo
Release Date:29/09/1973
One Little Indian
Character:Doris
Release Date:20/06/1973
Baffled!
Character:Andrea Glenn
Release Date:11/04/1973
Molly and Lawless John
Character:Molly Parker
Release Date:01/12/1972
A Great American Tragedy
Character:Gloria Wilkes
Release Date:18/10/1972
Jigsaw
Character:Lilah Beth Cummings
Release Date:26/03/1972
A Howling in the Woods
Character:Rose Staines
Release Date:05/11/1971
Cannon
Character:Diana Langston
Release Date:26/03/1971
In Search of America
Character:Jenny Olson
Release Date:23/03/1971
The Wild Country
Character:Kate Tanner
Release Date:16/12/1970
Journey to the Unknown
Character:June Wiley
Release Date:15/06/1969
It Takes All Kinds
Character:Laura Ring
Release Date:12/06/1969
Hellfighters
Character:Madelyn Buckman
Release Date:27/11/1968
Mission Batangas
Character:Joan Barnes
Release Date:15/11/1968
Kona Coast
Character:Melissa Hyde
Release Date:01/05/1968
Sergeant Ryker
Character:Ann Ryker
Release Date:01/02/1968
Gentle Giant
Character:Ellen Wedloe
Release Date:25/10/1967
The Spirit Is Willing
Character:Kate Powell
Release Date:07/07/1967
Follow Me, Boys!
Character:Vida Downey
Release Date:01/12/1966
One of Our Spies Is Missing
Character:Madame Raine De Sala
Release Date:01/12/1966
The Hanged Man
Character:Lois Seeger
Release Date:18/11/1964
Those Calloways
Character:Lydia (Liddy) Calloway
Release Date:10/11/1964
The Unknown
Character:Kassia Paine
Release Date:04/05/1964
A Tiger Walks
Character:Dorothy Williams
Release Date:12/04/1964
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Character:Hallie Stoddard
Release Date:13/04/1962
Back Street
Character:Liz Saxon
Release Date:11/10/1961
The Lawbreakers
Character:Angela Walsh
Release Date:15/08/1961
Psycho
Character:Lila Crane
Release Date:22/06/1960
Incident at a Corner
Character:Jean Medwick
Release Date:05/04/1960
Five Branded Women
Character:Daniza
Release Date:15/03/1960
A Touch of Larceny
Character:Virginia Killain
Release Date:04/02/1960
The FBI Story
Character:Lucy Ann Hardesty
Release Date:01/10/1959
Web of Evidence
Character:Lena Anderson
Release Date:28/04/1959
Beau James
Character:Betty Compton
Release Date:07/06/1957
The Wrong Man
Character:Rose Balestrero
Release Date:22/12/1956
Autumn Leaves
Character:Virginia Hanson
Release Date:01/08/1956
23 Paces to Baker Street
Character:Jean Lennox
Release Date:18/05/1956
The Searchers
Character:Laurie Jorgensen
Release Date:16/05/1956
The House Without a Name
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1956
Man on the Ledge
Character:Virginia
Release Date:28/12/1955
Wichita
Character:Laurie McCoy
Release Date:03/07/1955
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Character:Jill Hardy
Release Date:16/02/1955
Pride of the Blue Grass
Character:Linda
Release Date:04/04/1954
So Big
Character:Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:31/10/1953
The Charge at Feather River
Character:Jennie McKeever
Release Date:11/07/1953
The Rose Bowl Story
Character:Denny Burke
Release Date:24/08/1952
For Men Only
Character:Kathy
Release Date:11/01/1952
Two Tickets to Broadway
Character:Showgirl (uncredited)
Release Date:20/11/1951
The Screen Writer
Character:Young Actress (uncredited)
Release Date:13/09/1950
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Character:Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)
Release Date:17/02/1950
Television Appearances
Crazy like a Fox
Character:Georgina Burton
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Elizabeth Gates
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Charmaine Calloway Thompson
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Nancy Landon
Finder of Lost Loves
Character:Joanna Shaw
Matt Houston
Character:
Hotel
Character:
Hotel
Character:Teresa Clayborne
Hotel
Character:Millie Broom
Magnum, P.I.
Character:Joan Gibson
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Character:Tora
Fantasy Island
Character:Martha Tate
The Love Boat
Character:Bess Hensinger
The Love Boat
Character:Eve Springer
How the West Was Won
Character:Beth
McNaughton's Daughter
Character:Grace Coventry
Ellery Queen
Character:Celeste Wakefield
Movin' On
Character:
Little House on the Prairie
Character:Ruthy Leland
The Streets of San Francisco
Character:
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Character:Nancy Hodges
Columbo
Character:Viveca Scott
Cannon
Character:
Cannon
Character:Vivian Cabe
Alias Smith and Jones
Character:
Dan August
Character:Carla
Medical Center
Character:
Medical Center
Character:Dr. Gloria Hall
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character:Helen Wagner
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character:Janet Devaney
Journey to the Unknown
Character:June Wiley
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Flora Whiting
The Name of the Game
Character:Marisa Cummings
The Name of the Game
Character:Tracy Cannon
Mannix
Character:Jean McBride
Judd for the Defense
Character:
Ironside
Character:Barbara Richards
Ironside
Character:Barbara Jones
Ironside
Character:Gloria Campbell
ABC Stage 67
Character:Adele
The F.B.I.
Character:Kate Burke
I Spy
Character:Rachel
Run for Your Life
Character:Rachel Pike
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:Madame Raine De Sala
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Character:Ann Ryker
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:Beth
Mr. Novak
Character:Sister Gervaise
Burke's Law
Character:Claudia Sutton
The Fugitive
Character:Monica Welles
The Outer Limits
Character:Kassia Paine
Arrest and Trial
Character:Jean Forbes
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character:Daphne
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character:Nicky Revere
The Virginian
Character:Miss Wallace
The Virginian
Character:Maggie Menken
Sam Benedict
Character:
The Dick Powell Show
Character:Stella Calman
The Asphalt Jungle
Character:
Route 66
Character:Ellen Barnes
My Three Sons
Character:Ernestine Coulter
The Detectives
Character:Lucy
Startime
Character:Jean Medwick
The Twilight Zone
Character:Millicent Barnes
Riverboat
Character:Jeanette Mowbray
Bonanza
Character:Sarah Lowell
Bonanza
Character:April Christopher
Rawhide
Character:
Rawhide
Character:Helen Walsh
Wagon Train
Character:Sister Rita
Wagon Train
Character:Janice Stuart
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Jenny Breckenridge
Screen Director's Playhouse
Character:Ruth Dahlberg
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:Virginia
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Elsa Spann
Gunsmoke
Character:Dr. Sam
The Millionaire
Character:Merle Roberts
Climax!
Character:Sally Jordan
Climax!
Character:Jan Michaels
Climax!
Character:Janet Reese
Studio 57
Character:The Little Girl's Mother
City Detective
Character:
General Electric Theater
Character:Terry
General Electric Theater
Character:Mrs. Eaton
General Electric Theater
Character:
General Electric Theater
Character:Nora Douglas
General Electric Theater
Character:Debra Stone
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:Nancy Carr
Four Star Playhouse
Character:Julie Tolin
Four Star Playhouse
Character:Maggie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Julie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Sarah Larkin
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Maureen O'Reilly
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Christine Carroll Kimberly
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Jenny
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Audrey O'Connor
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
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