Lillian Miles Biography

A graduate of Drake University, blonde torch singer Lillian Miles is best remembered for playing Blanche, one of the young innocents lured into a life of depravity by marijuana-peddling Thelma White in the notorious Reefer Madness (1938). Back in 1932, Miles had been submitted by Columbia Pictures for the WAMPAS Baby Star honors, but apparently left the studio before the final selection was made. Columbia's second choice, Toshia Mori, was awarded the spot instead, becoming the first and only non-white winner. Miles' own screen career may have suffered as a consequence and apart from Blanche in Reefer Madness, none of her screen assignments were memorable. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi