Biography
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Sarah Miles (born 31 December, 1941) is an English theater and film actress. She was born in Ingatestone, Essex, England, the daughter of actor John Miles. She first attended Roedean but at the age of 15 she enrolled at RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Shortly after her drama studies, Miles had her film debut in 1962 as a precocious schoolgirl in Term of Trial (1962), opposite Laurence Olivier. The following years she became a popular actress of British New Wave with her roles in Joseph Losey's The Servant (1963) and in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup (1966). After having been out of sight for several years acting in a variety of theater plays, she made in 1970 an outstanding performance in the lead role of David Lean's Ryan's Daughter, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Although she has sometimes denied it, Miles is known for her frequent use of profanity. A November 1971 Cosmopolitan profile was subtitled "She uses words that would make a construction worker blush, but from her they sound refined" while a Women's Wear profile was titled "The Lady with the Truckdriver's Mouth".Ron Rosenbaum, "The Corpse as Big as the Ritz", The Secret Parts of Fortune (reprinted from Esquire)
In 1973, while filming The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, her manager and associate David Whiting died under mysterious circumstances.
Miles has been acting since then in movies and also in TV films. From time to time she retired for a few years, but was always available for roles on stage, where she is acclaimed for her performances.
Sarah Miles was twice married to the British playwright Robert Bolt, (1967-1975) and (1988-1995). He wrote the screenplay for the film Lady Caroline Lamb (1972), in which she starred.
Filmography
- Poirot: The Hollow (2003)
- The Accidental Detective (2003)
- Jurij (2001)
- Days of Grace (2001)
- The Touch (1993)
- A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990)
- White Mischief (1987)
- Hope and Glory (1987)
- Steaming (1985)
- Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
- Venom (1982)
- Priest of Love (1981)
- The Big Sleep (1978)
- The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)
- Bride to Be (1975)
- The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
- The Hireling (1973)
- Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
- Ryan's Daughter (1970)
- Blowup (1966)
- Time Lost and Time Remembered (1965)
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
- The Ceremony (1963)
- The Servant (1963)
- Term of Trial (1962)
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