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Vera Miles
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Actor Born: August 23, 1929 in Boise City, Oklahoma Biography:Beauty contest winner "Vera Ralston" made a smattering of industrial films before beginning her Hollywood career in 1952. While making films at Republic studios, Ralston changed her name to avoid being confused with Republic's reigning queen Vera Hruba Ralston; "Miles" was the last name of her first husband. At first cast as a bland ingenue, she proved herself capable of conveying neurotic hysteria in "The Charge at Feather River" (1953), playing a white girl kidnapped by Indians who was violently resistant to being returned to her real family. She met her second husband, "Gordon Scott", while filming "Tarzan's Hidden Jungle" (1954). With her work in "John Ford"'s "The Searchers" (1955), she graduated to big-budget productions. During the latter half of the 1950s, she was under contract to "Alfred Hitchcock", who was impressed by the "still waters run deep" element of her performances. She played a... Full Biography
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