1. Sylvia Miles was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Midnight Cowboy and Farewell, My Lovely.
16 Facts About Sylvia Miles
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Sylvia Miles was born and raised in Greenwich Village, New York City.
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Sylvia Miles was the second daughter of Jewish parents, Belle and Reuben Scheinwald, a furniture maker.
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Sylvia Miles was educated at Washington Irving High School and the Actors Studio.
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Sylvia Miles began her career on stage in 1947, and on television and film in 1954.
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Sylvia Miles appeared on Broadway in two productions, most notably the 1976 revival of The Night of the Iguana.
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Sylvia Miles received a second Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her slightly larger role in Farewell, My Lovely.
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Sylvia Miles starred in Andy Warhol's underground feature film Heat, appearing in a lingering nude scene with Joe Dallesandro.
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Sylvia Miles had a role in the Indian suspense film Shalimar.
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Sylvia Miles appeared in Evil Under the Sun, the film version of Agatha Christie's novel of the same name, portraying a Broadway producer.
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Sylvia Miles played real-estate agent Dolores in the Oliver Stone film Wall Street, a role she reprised in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
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In 1975, Sylvia Miles complained about being typecast as a prostitute in almost all of her then 14 movies and 26 off-Broadway plays to date.
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In 1948, Sylvia Miles married William Myers, but the couple divorced two years later.
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Sylvia Miles dated Rudolf Martinus, a model more than 20 years her junior, in the 1970s.
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Sylvia Miles died on June 12,2019, while en route to Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan at the age of 94.
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Sylvia Miles had been in declining health in recent years and was in nursing home care in her final months.