Sylvia Miles

Sylvia Miles (b. September 9, 1932) Actress with a 40 year career in movies. She is best known for her role in the movie Midnight Cowboy as a hooker on a busman's holiday with Jon Voight, which earned her an Oscar nomination, despite the role's brevity.

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Midnight Cowboy - Jon Voight

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She played the role of "Sally" in the pilot episode of what would become The Dick Van Dyke Show, which was later taken by Rose Marie for the series. She also appeared in an episode of Naked City as a lovely barfly attempting to communicate with a psychotic Jack Warden.

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The Dick Van Dyke Show - Rose Marie - Naked City - Jack Warden

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Miles has become over the years a cult actress known for her increasingly bizarre appearance over the years, for example, she played the old woman who explains to Sarah Jessica Parker that she takes her lithium in her ice cream, on an episode of Sex and the City.

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Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City

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She is extremely reluctant to release personal details about her early life, but her clippings file at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center do reveal a great affection for her father, whom she calls "Daddy", but there are no mentions of a mother or other relatives.

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