Sarah Miles
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Sarah Miles (born 31 December, 1941 in Ingatestone, Essex) 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 completion at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Miles debuted in 1962 as Shirley Taylor in Term of Trial (1962), co-staring with Sir 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 1966-1969, 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" while a Women's Wear profile was titled "The Lady with the Truckdriver's Mouth".
Sarah Miles is also widely known for 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.
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 .
After 1973, Miles has gone through semi-retirement in bursts of several years, only to come out of said retirement 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.
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, in which Miles played the heroine, Lady Caroline Lamb.
Her brother is film director, producer and screenwriter Christopher Miles.
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 (1981)
- Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
- Steaming (1985)
- Hope and Glory (1987)
- White Mischief (1987)
- The Silent Touch (1992)
- Days of Grace (2001)
- Jurij (2001)
- The Accidental Detective (2003)
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)