Colleen Miller
Born: 1932-11-10 in Yakima, Washington, U.S.
Known For: Acting
Biography
Colleen Joy Miller is an American former actress. She starred in several films, such as the Westerns Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963) and Four Guns to the Border (1954). The daughter of Elias and Lillian Miller, she was born in Yakima, Washington, and raised in Portland, Oregon. Miller attended Lincoln High School in Portland and graduated at age fifteen. In 1949, she was chosen "Miss Portland". Her mother named her after actress Colleen Moore. As a child, Miller studied ballet, but when she was older she changed to popular dancing. After graduating, she worked as a professional dancer in a San Francisco ballet company, and relocated to Las Vegas after three seasons to work at the Flamingo. While dancing in Las Vegas, Miller was spotted by a talent agent who signed her to a contract with Howard Hughes for his RKO Pictures company. She was 19 when she made her first film appearance in The Las Vegas Story, starring Jane Russell.
Filmography
1972
- Stand Up and Be Counted as Nun
1963
- Gunfight at Comanche Creek as Abbie Stevens
1958
- Step Down to Terror as Helen Walters
1957
- Man in the Shadow as Skippy Renchler
- The Night Runner as Susan Mayes
- Hot Summer Night as Irene Partain
1956
- The Rawhide Years as Zoe Fontaine
1955
- The Purple Mask as Laurette de Latour
1954
- Four Guns to the Border as Lolly Bhumer
- Playgirl as Phyllis Matthews
1953
- Man Crazy as Judy Bassett
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Girl in Bar
- The Las Vegas Story as Mary