Kristine Miller's father was vice-president of Standard Oil of Argentina, headquartered in Buenos Aires, where Miller and her older sister, Dorothea, were born.
38 Facts About Kristine Miller
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In one version of how she was discovered by Hollywood, in 1944 the 18-year-old Kristine Miller saw an opportunity when a Warner Brothers talent scout was to attend one of her school's performances.
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At Paramount, Kristine Miller made her debut, an uncredited bit part, opposite fellow newcomer Lizabeth Scott in You Came Along.
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Kristine Miller played a model in the 1946 film noir, Suspense, where she appears as a party guest.
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Around this time, Kristine Miller moved into the old Wallace Reid mansion in Coldwater Canyon, then converted into a boarding house for aspiring actresses known as "The House of the Seven Garbos".
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Kristine Miller had balance, she would check some of our madder impulses, kept us calm when that was necessary.
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Kristine Miller's manner was quiet and refined, and she had a way of touching a grubby coffeepot as if it were the tiara of the Empress Josephine.
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In spite of her reserve, we all knew that Kristine Miller had a fine future for her somewhere, and we felt that she was an excellent actress.
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Kristine Miller was to play a torch singer, Kay Lawrence, who befriends a convict, Frankie Madison, who returns to New York after 14 years in prison.
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Kristine Miller played the priggish Claire Lindquist, daughter of a corrupt judge.
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Unusual for such a small role, Wallis ensured Kristine Miller received 6th billing, after Wendall Corey, despite her role being little more than walk-on.
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Again Kristine Miller would be cast with Desert Furys Burt Lancaster and Wendell Corey.
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Kristine Miller was afraid that playing a "meanie" role might typecast her.
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Kristine Miller was forced to cut her 22-inch hair into a shorter chignon.
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Kristine Miller played Jean Gillis, a Broadway actress and former anti-war activist, who joined the USO after her husband's death at Dunkirk.
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The resulting film was released as Jungle Patrol, the sole film that Kristine Miller had 1st-place billing.
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Kristine Miller's prospects began to look a little better when she met journalist and film producer Mark Hellinger, who felt sure that she could become a star.
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Kristine Miller ended up playing a bridesmaid at Nancy's wedding, dropping from 3rd to 10th place in billing.
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Undaunted by career setbacks, Kristine Miller tried her hand with smaller studios such as Monogram and Republic Pictures, though she would still work for the occasional big studio.
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Kristine Miller made further incursions in the then-new medium of television, which she began before her contract with Paramount was dropped.
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Kristine Miller recalled the weather on the range being cold, not hot as the film depicted.
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Kristine Miller played Marlina, a young woman who hides a student protester from the communists.
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In 1952, Kristine Miller appeared in her second femme fatale role.
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Kristine Miller was cast as Georgette, Donna Reed's roommate in From Here to Eternity.
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On July 27,1953, Kristine Miller finally married William Schuyler in Santa Barbara.
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In 1954, Kristine Miller appeared as the second leading lady in three films.
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Kristine Miller is a fellow officer of Leslie, involved in a romantic triangle with two pilots.
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In one episode, Kristine Miller played an adulterous wife reminiscent of The Shadow on the Wall, but is shot by her cuckolded husband instead.
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Kristine Miller made a guest appearance as Mrs Manning on Republic's first television series, Stories of the Century, starring Mary Castle and Miller's old Hell's Outpost costar, Jim Davis.
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Originally Kristine Miller was to star in the series, but was unable due to her first pregnancy.
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Kristine Miller is married to a mild-mannered, bespectacled Davis, who is accused by the Chicago police of being a jewel thief.
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Kristine Miller's last film role was in The Heart Is a Rebel, a religious drama starring Ethel Waters.
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In "The Gunfighter," Kristine Miller is a single mother with a rebellious teenage son, who challenges Longley to a gunfight.
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Kristine Miller rejoined Donna Reed in "Lucky Girl" and "Character Building" on the ABC sitcom, The Donna Reed Show.
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Seven of Kristine Miller's roles were walk-ons or deleted from the final film.
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Kristine Miller lectured on her experience in film and television in Monterey as well as participating in local charitable activities.
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On February 4,2016, a family spokesperson announced that Kristine Miller had died at the age of 90 in late 2015 at a hospital in Monterey, California.
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Kristine Miller's remains were cremated and her ashes scattered over the Pacific Ocean.