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Joanna Miles

 
Actor: Joanna Miles
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  • Born: Mar 06, 1940 in Nice, France
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '70s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama
  • Career Highlights: The Glass Menagerie, Right to Die, Sex and Breakfast
  • First Major Screen Credit: The Way We Live Now (1970)

Biography

Born in France to American parents, Joanna Miles established herself as an actress in the U.S. Joanna's presence graced several soaps opera, most prominently All My Children, in which she was cast as Ann Tyler. She won a 1973 Emmy for the portrayal of Laura in a TV-movie version of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. Since that time, she has racked up more television than theatrical-film credits, appearing in such made-for-TV endeavors as Aloha Means Goodbye (1974), As Is (1985), The American Clock (1993) and Born Innocent (1974), Cooperstown (1993). Joanna Miles' recent film work includes a comic cameo as Queen Gertrude in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1993) and a supporting part in the Sylvester Stallone bomb Judge Dredd (1995). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Joanna Miles
Born March 6, 1940
Nice, France

Joanna Miles (born March 6, 1940) is an American actress.

Miles was born in Nice, France, the daughter of Jeanne Miles, an American painter, and Johannes Schiefer, a French painter art curator.[1][2][3] She immigrated to the United States, and was naturalized a citizen, in 1941.[1] She is a graduate of The Putney School, a progressive independent high school in Putney, Vermont in 1958.

Miles won the two Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Laura Wingfield in the 1973 production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie: Best Supporting Actress in Drama (for a Special - Program, a One-Time Appearance in a Series - or a Continuing Role) and Supporting Actress of the Year.

She has also played supporting roles in various television shows and movies, including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, (1990) and Star Trek: The Next Generation. She is known to Star Trek fans as Perrin, Sarek's wife, from the episodes Sarek and Unification. In 2001, she had a secondary role as the wife of a storekeeper in Tom Selleck's Turner Network Television Western film, Crossfire Trail.

References

  1. ^ a b "Joanna Miles Biography (1940-)". Filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/59/Joanna-Miles.html. Retrieved 2009-09-03. 
  2. ^ "Johannes Schiefer, 83; Painter and L.I. Curator - Free Preview - The New York Times". Select.nytimes.com. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40914FD3C5C12728DDDA90B94D8415B898BF1D3. Retrieved 2009-09-03. 
  3. ^ Cotter, Holland (1999-09-03). "Jeanne Miles, 90, Abstract Artist Inspired by Asian Art and Ideas - The". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E7D6143AF930A3575AC0A96F958260. Retrieved 2009-09-03. 

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series

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