Meg Myles(bornBillie Jean Jones;November 14, 1934 – November 12, 2019) was an Americanpin-up model,singer, and actress on stage and screen, active mostly in the 1950s and 1960s.[1]
Meg Myles | |
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| Born | Billie Jean Jones November 14, 1934 Seattle,Washington,U.S. |
| Died | November 12, 2019(aged 84) |
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| Years active | c.1955–1995 |
Biography
editMyles was born inSeattle.She was a popular model in men's magazines, having purported measurements of 42-24-36.[citation needed]Her best known major film role is as the lead inSatan in High Heels.[1]Meg had a short but important role in thefilm noirThe Phenix City Story(1955). She also had a featured role in the musical filmCalypso Heat Wave.She had an uncredited role as the singer at the talent agency in the theatrical release ofDragnetoppositeJack Webb.Her last film role was inDelinquent(1995).
In 1966, she played possessive mother Harriett Wilson on the daytime soap operaThe Doctors,and in 1970 appeared on another soap,Where the Heart Is.In the 1980s she was regular on the daytime television mystery serialThe Edge of Nightas restaurant owner Sid Brennan, and had a year-long role onAll My Childrenas Joanna Yeager, Stuart Chandler's secret wife.
After a year onSearch For Tomorrowas the kindly Maevis Stone (mother of heroine Evie Stone), she returned toAll My Childrenfor a stint as Joanna, coming back to Pine Valley in the spring of 1987 to try to extort money from Adam Chandler and hold Erica Kane hostage.[citation needed]
According toIMDb,Myles died at the age of 84 on November 12, 2019, and was featured on theTony Awards' "In Memoriam 2020" list.[2]
References
edit- ^abBruce Eder (2015)."Meg Myles – Biography – Movies & TV".Movies & TV Dept.The New York Times.Baseline&All Movie Guide.Archived fromthe originalon August 28, 2015.RetrievedMay 30,2020.
- ^"In Memoriam 2020".Tony Award.May 18, 2020.RetrievedMay 30,2020.
External links
edit- Meg MylesatIMDb
- "Ex-Pinup Girl Now Into Feathers",wsj.com; accessed October 31, 2015.