ACTOR

Sylvia Miles

1924 - 2019

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Sylvia Miles (née Scheinwald; September 9, 1924 – June 12, 2019) was an American actress. She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975). Miles was a fixture in New York City society, having lived there her entire life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sylvia Miles has received more than 1,186,102 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Sylvia Miles is the 3,735th most popular actor (down from 2,176th in 2019), the 5,587th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,577th in 2019) and the 1,687th most popular American Actor.

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  • 49.71

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sylvia Miles ranks 3,735 out of 13,578. Before her are Michael Gothard, Kyeon Mi-ri, Brian Blessed, Vyjayanthimala Bali, David Proval, and Victor Sen Yung. After her are Yu Rongguang, Juan Diego, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Sabu Dastagir, Ruth Leuwerik, and Frances Lee McCain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Sylvia Miles ranks 273. Before her are Eduardo Paolozzi, Raoul Coutard, John Winter, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Ed Koch, and J. D. Tippit. After her are Sabu Dastagir, Ruth Leuwerik, Jean Bartik, Omero Tognon, Budge Patty, and Kenneth Noland. Among people deceased in 2019, Sylvia Miles ranks 268. Before her are Lyndon LaRouche, Sergei Yursky, Piero Tosi, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Kornel Morawiecki, and Elina Bystritskaya. After her are Lee Radziwill, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Rui Jordão, Paweł Adamowicz, Emiliano Sala, and Agustina Bessa-Luís.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sylvia Miles ranks 5,587 out of 20,380. Before her are Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Eric Adams (1960), Paul Butterfield (1942), William H. Prescott (1796), David Proval (1942), and Victor Sen Yung (1914). After her are Bill Vukovich (1918), Charlaine Harris (1951), Eddie Tolan (1908), Joan Feynman (1927), Lou Gramm (1950), and Frances Lee McCain (1943).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sylvia Miles ranks 1,687. Before her are Jude Ciccolella (1947), Thomas H. Ince (1880), Lori Singer (1957), Charles Martin Smith (1953), David Proval (1942), and Victor Sen Yung (1914). After her are Frances Lee McCain (1943), John Dall (1920), Branscombe Richmond (1955), Sally Kellerman (1937), Ron Silver (1946), and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (1973).

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Television and Movie Roles

Midnight Cowboy
Cass
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
May 25th 19697.5 / 10
Evil Under the Sun
Myra Gardener
An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.
Mar 5th 19826.9 / 10
Wall Street
Dolores the Realtor
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Dec 10th 19877.166 / 10