Age: 95
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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.
Vera Miles
Barbara MacHenry
for Barbara MacHenry in Black Christmas (1976)
Suggested by chris83
A masked killer stalks a sorority house during winter break, transforming a holiday celebration into a nightmare of terror. When girls begin disappearing one by one, the remaining residents—intelligent, vulnerable, and increasingly desperate—must confront an unseen predator lurking in their home's darkest corners. Phone calls grow more sinister, threats more personal, and paranoia spreads like wildfire as they struggle to identify the killer among them or lurking outside. With police skeptical and help impossibly far away, the young women must rely on their wits and each other to survive. This visceral horror film strips away comfort and safety, trapping its characters in an intimate battle against an unknowable evil. Tension mounts relentlessly as the body count rises and the killer's true nature becomes increasingly disturbing, creating a chilling meditation on vulnerability, survival, and the darkness that can invade even the most cherished spaces.
