Sarah Miles
| Sarah Miles | |
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 Miles in the 1966 film Blowup |
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| Born | 31 December 1941 Ingatestone, Essex, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1961-2004 |
| Spouse | Robert Bolt (1967–1975 (divorced), 1988–1995 (remarried until his death; 1 child)) |
Sarah Miles (born 31 December 1941) is an English theatre and film actress.
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[edit] Early life and career
Sarah Miles was born in the small town of Ingatestone, Essex, in South East England. She first attended Roedean but at the age of 15 she enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Shortly after her completion RADA, Miles debuted in 1962 as Shirley Taylor in Term of Trial (1962), co-starring with Laurence Olivier. The following year, Miles became a well-reputed actress of British New Wave with her roles in Joseph Losey's The Servant (1963) and in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup (1966).
After acting in a variety of plays from 1966 to 1969, Miles was cast as Rosy Ryan, the daughter of Tom Ryan in David Lean's 1970 film, Ryan's Daughter. Her performance earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Since 1973, Miles has gone through periods of semi-retirement.[citation needed] She most recently appeared in Well at the Trafalgar Studios and the Apollo Theatre opposite Natalie Casey.[citation needed]
[edit] Personal life
Miles is a practitioner of urine therapy. Citing Gandhi, who was an adherent of it, she has followed the tradition for thirty years, saying that it has kept her healthy and vigorous.[1]
[edit] Family
Miles was married twice to the British playwright Robert Bolt, 1967–1975 and 1988–1995.[2] He wrote and directed the film Lady Caroline Lamb, in which Miles played the eponymous heroine.
Her brother is film director, producer and screenwriter Christopher Miles.
Through her maternal grandfather Francis Remnant, Miles claims to be the great-granddaughter of Prince Francis of Teck (1870–1910) and thus a second cousin once removed of Elizabeth II of Great Britain.[3] Miles's mother was Clarice Vera Remnant (born 1916), whose parents were Frank Remnant and Doris H. Taylor, married in Edmonton at the end of 1915. Frank Remnant had been born in Richmond, Surrey, in 1894, and is claimed as the illegitimate son of Prince Francis of Teck,[4] who was born in 1870 and died unmarried in 1910, by a seamstress at White Lodge, Richmond Park. Frank's daughter Clarice Vera Remnant married John Miles at Holborn in 1942, shortly after the birth their daughter Sarah Miles on 31 December 1941. The marriage is also registered in the name of Clarice Vera Miles.
[edit] Death of David Whiting
On 11 February 1973, while filming The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, one of her associates was found dead in her motel room. She was charged and acquitted of his death.[5][1] Miles later commented: "It went on for six months. Murder? Suicide? Murder! Suicide! Murder! Suicide! And, gradually, the truth came out, which I'm not going to speak about, but it certainly wasn't me. I had actually saved the man from three suicide attempts so why would I want to murder him? I really can't imagine."[1]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Great Expectations | Estella | |
| 1976 | Dynasty | Jennifer Blackwood | |
| 1987 | Queenie | Lady Sybil | |
| 1990 | A Ghost in Monte Carlo | Emilie/Mme. Bluet | |
| 1994 | Dandelion Dead | Catherine Armstrong | TV mini-series |
| 2004 | Poirot: The Hollow | Lady Angkatell |
[edit] Books
Sarah Miles has written the following books:
- A Right Royal Bastard, ISBN 0-330-33142-6
- Beautiful Mourning, ISBN 0-7528-0140-6
- Bolt from the Blue, ISBN 0-7538-0229-5
- Serves Me Right, ISBN 0-333-60141-6
[edit] References
- ^ a b c I can't wait to get off this planet, Interview with Sarah Miles in The Independent dated 16 September 2007
- ^ Calder, John (23 February 1995). "Obituary: Robert Bolt". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary--robert-bolt-1574410.html. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ Sarah Miles, A right royal bastard (1993), p. 20: "Clarice... the eldest child of Francis (Frank) Remnant, bastard son of Prince Francis of Teck, Queen Mary's brother. Sexy old Frank, as he was known, came over when Mary married Prince George, who became George V, and had a cuddle with the seamstress in the White Lodge at Richmond."
- ^ Rhoda Koenig, BOOK REVIEW Confessions of a wilful Pusscat: 'A Right Royal Bastard' dated Sunday 12 December 1993 at independent.co.uk, accessed 2 December 2011
- ^ Ron Rosenbaum, "The Corpse as Big as the Ritz", The Secret Parts of Fortune (reprinted from Esquire)
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