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Sarah Miles
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Actor Born: December 31, 1941 in Ingatestone, Essex, England Biography:The daughter of a British merchant, "Sarah Miles" enrolled at RADA at the age of 15. Before her formal stage debut at the Old Vic, Miles made her film bow opposite "Laurence Olivier" in "Term of Trial" (1962). A marked contrast to the "English Rose" heroines once in vogue, she brought a smouldering sensuality to her roles in "Joseph Losey"'s "The Servant" (1963) and "The Ceremony" (1964) and "Antonioni"'s "Blow Up" (1966). So well established was Miles as a "sex symbol" (though she'd be the first to put down that demeaning term) by 1965 that she was able to spoof her screen image in "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines", playing an outwardly proper lass who gets a subtly erotic thrill out of flying in rickety vintage airplanes -- and who frequently finds herself being accidentally undressed in public. In 1969, Miles was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of the title role in... Full Biography
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