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Sarah Miles 
Born 31 December 1941
Ingatestone, Essex, EnglandOccupation 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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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 RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Shortly after her completion at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Miles debuted in 1962 as Shirley Taylor in Term of Trial (1962), co-starring with Laurence Olivier, with whom she had a brief affair. 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.
Although she has 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". A profile in Women's Wear was titled "The Lady with the Truckdriver's Mouth".[1]
Miles is a practitioner of urine therapy. Citing Gandhi, who was an adherent of it, she has followed the tradition for thirty years, maintaining that it has kept her healthy and vigorous.[2]
In 1973, while filming The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, her manager and associate David Whiting died under mysterious circumstances. During that same time, Miles was reported to be having an affair with Burt Reynolds, with whom she co-starred in the film.[1]
Since 1973, Miles has gone through periods of semi-retirement, only to appear in a film or a TV program. She most recently appeared in Well at the Trafalgar Studios and the Apollo Theatre opposite Natalie Casey.
Family
Miles was married twice to the British playwright Robert Bolt, 1967–1975 and 1988–1995. 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.
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] She is mistaken in this.
Francis Remnant died unmarried in1910. The parents of Sarah Miles were John Miles and Clarice Vera Remnant, who married in Holborn in 1942. The marriage is also registered in the name of Clarice Vera Miles - so the couple may have lived together previously and Clarice Vera changed her name to Miles by Deed Poll.
The parents of Clarice Vera Remnant, born 1916, were Frank Remnant and Doris H Taylor, who married in Edmonton, at the end of 1915. Frank Remnant was born in Richmond, Surrey, in 1894 - perhaps some research was carried out and it was thought that Frank was a diminutive of Francis and it was wrongly assumed that he was Prince Francis of Teck. This is clearly impossible because Clarice Vera Remnamt was definitely the mother of Sarah Miles and she was born over five years after the death of Prince Francis.
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes 1962 Term of Trial Shirley Taylor Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer 1963 The Servant Vera Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best British Actress The Ceremony Catherine 1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Patricia Rawnsley Time Lost and Time Remembered Cass Langdon Also known as I Was Happy Here 1966 Blowup Patricia 1970 Ryan's Daughter Rosy Ryan Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama1972 Lady Caroline Lamb Lady Caroline Lamb 1973 The Hireling Lady Franklin The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing Catherine Crocker 1975 Bride to Be Pepita Jiménez 1976 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Anne Osborne Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama 1978 The Big Sleep Charlotte Sternwood 1981 Priest of Love Film Star Venom Dr. Marion Stowe 1984 Ordeal by Innocence Mary Durant 1985 Steaming Sarah 1987 Hope and Glory Grace Rowan Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role White Mischief Alice de Janzé 1992 The Silent Touch Helena 2001 Days of Grace Sissi, La Madre Jurij Martina, directrice clinica 2003 The Accidental Detective Smeralda Mazzi Tinghi 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 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
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
External links
Categories:- 1941 births
- Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Living people
- English film actors
- English stage actors
- Old Roedeanians
- People from Essex
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