NEWSFLASH: Happy Birthday – Vera Miles

by Cleaver Patterson

August 23, 2020

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Vera Miles was the first choice for the part of Marion Crane in Psycho (1960), with Janet Leigh taking on that of her sister Lila. After tests both actresses, and Hitchcock, agreed it would be better for them, and their characters, if they reversed the roles.

Happy 91st birthday, Vera Miles. Born August 23rd, 1929 in Boise City, Oklahoma, USA.

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Cleaver Patterson

Cleaver loves movies and watches most things, though he favours films with a darker air. A contributor to various books, magazines and websites, he has written for The Sunday Times Magazine, L.A. Review of Books and We Belong Dead Magazine amongst others. His book - Don't Go Upstairs! A Room-by-Room Tour of the House in Horror Movies - which studies the role of the house in horror cinema, was recently published by McFarland.