Sarah Miles
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| Born | December 31, 1941 Ingatestone, Essex, England |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Bolt (1967-1975, 1988-1995) 1 child |
Sarah Miles (b. 31 December 1941, Ingatestone, Essex, England) is an English theatre and film actress. 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 theatre 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".[1]
Sarah Miles is also widely known for her practice of drinking her own urine. Citing famous practitioners of urine therapy such as Gandhi and Nero, she has for thirty years been indulging herself in this tradition to keep herself healthy and vigorous.[2]
In 1973, while filming The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, her manager and associate David Whiting died under mysterious circumstances. She was having an affair with Burt Reynolds at the time.[1]
She 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 married twice to the British playwright Robert Bolt, (1967 - 1975) and (1988-1995). He wrote and directed the film Lady Caroline Lamb (1972), in which she starred.
From her mother Clarice Remnant's father Francis Remnant, Sarah Miles claims to be the great-granddaughter of Prince Francis of Teck and thus a second cousin once removed of Elizabeth II of Great Britain.[3]
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[edit] Filmography
- Term of Trial (1962)
- The Servant (1963)
- The Ceremony (1963)
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
- Time Lost and Time Remembered (1965)
- Blowup (1966)
- Ryan's Daughter (1970)
- Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
- The Hireling (1973)
- The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
- Bride to Be (1975)
- The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)
- The Big Sleep (1978)
- Priest of Love (1981)
- Venom (1982)
- Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
- Steaming (1985)
- Hope and Glory (1987)
- White Mischief (1987)
- The Touch (1993)
- Days of Grace (2001)
- Jurij (2001)
- The Accidental Detective (2003)
[edit] Television
- Great Expectations (1974)
- Dynasty (1976)
- Walter and June (1983)
- Harem (1986)
- Queenie (1987)
- A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990)
- Dandelion Dead (1994) TV mini-series
- Poirot: The Hollow (2004)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ron Rosenbaum, "The Corpse as Big as the Ritz", The Secret Parts of Fortune (reprinted from Esquire)
- ^ 'I can't wait to get off this planet' Interview with Sarah Miles in The Independent, September 2007
- ^ Worldroots.com
