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By 1954, Miles had made her Off-Broadway debut in "A Stone for Danny Fisher" and supporting roles began to follow with regularity, such as Margie in the now-legendary 1956 Circle in the Square production of "The Iceman Cometh," starring Jason Robards. Miles finally made her Broadway debut in "The Riot Act" in 1963 and appeared again in "Matty ...
Jun 12, 2019 · The New York Times reports today that Sylvia Miles—Oscar-nominated actress, fearless film performer, and noted fixture of the New York social scene—has died. A prolific actress whose credits ...
Jun 13, 2019 · Miles was a veteran actress but not a widely known name when she appeared onscreen for about six minutes in 1969′s “Midnight Cowboy.” In her sole scene, she plays a brassy Manhattan woman who invites an aspiring male prostitute from Texas, played by Jon Voight, up to her penthouse for sex, but ends up taking money from him instead.
On television, she had guest roles on shows such as "Miami Vice" (NBC, 1984-90) and "The Equalizer" (CBS, 1985-89). Her standing as a noted New York party-goer made her a natural for a cameo on ...
Jun 14, 2019 · Sylvia Miles Image by Getty Images. By Benjamin Ivry June 14, 2019. The American Jewish actress Sylvia Miles, who died on June 12 at age 94, proved that Jewish truth telling can simultaneously ...
Jun 12, 2019 · 1:02. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sylvia Miles, an actress and Manhattan socialite whose brief, scene-stealing appearances in the films "Midnight Cowboy" and "Farewell, My Lovely" earned her two Academy ...
Jun 13, 2019 · Sylvia Miles Played to Win. S ylvia Miles, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of ninety-four, is on-screen for just under six minutes in John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy (1969). Nonetheless, her performance as Cass, described by Anita Gates in the New York Times as “a well-groomed, poodle-owning Upper East Side hooker,” made such ...
