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Sylvia Miles

Acting

Born September 9, 1932 · New York City, New York, USA

Died June 12, 2019

Also known as Silvia Miles · Sylvia Scheinwald · Сильвия Майлз

Biography

Sylvia Miles (September 9, 1924 – June 12, 2019) was an American actress. She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sylvia Miles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1976 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1970 · nominated

Filmography33 titles

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991as Self (archive footage)

Miami Vice

1984as Muriel Goldman

Midnight Cowboy

1969as Cass

Sex and the City

1998as Joan

Sleeping Beauty

1987as Red Fairy

Wall Street

1987as Dolores the Realtor

Andy Warhol

1972as Self

Evil Under the Sun

1982as Myra Gardener

Con Artist

2010as Self

The Cockettes

2002as Self

Route 66

1960

Farewell, My Lovely

1975as Mrs. Florian

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020as Self

Life on Mars

2008as Mrs. Salvaggio

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

2010as Realtor

Shalimar

1978as Countess Rasmussen

The Sentinel

1977as Gerde Engstrom

She-Devil

1989as Mrs. Fisher

Crossing Delancey

1988as Hannah Mandelbaum

The Funhouse

1981as Madame Zena

92 in the Shade

1975as Bella

The Last Movie

1971as Script Clerk

Naked City

1958as Jenny Barr

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

2018

Critical Condition

1987as Nurse Maggie Lesser

Parrish

1961as Eileen

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

1976as Mike

Violent Midnight

1963as Silvia

High Times Potluck

2002as Ma

Zero to Sixty

1978as Flo Ames

Japanese Borscht

2019as Mary Tess

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

2004as Self

Nelson Sullivan's World Of Wonder

1994as Self