Actor
Lillian Miles
Born August 1, 1907 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA
Died February 27, 197216 films
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Lillian Miles, (1907 - 1972) was an American actress in several films in the 1930s. Aside from singing and performing in the celebrated 'Continental' musical number in The Gay Divorcee (1934), starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Ms. Miles film career was brief, unremarkable and confined to low-budget 'B' pictures. But she has something of a cult following nowadays for her performance in the infamous anti-dope exploitation movie Reefer Madness, made in 1936. It is she who appears in the film's most remembered sequence, playing an increasingly frenzied piano solo while Dave O'Brien shouts "play it faster, faster!".
After a role in an Edgar Kennedy short in 1939 (Baby Daze), she retired from the screen.
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First watchThe Gay Divorcee19346.9as GuestSeeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent…View filmEssential films
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16 films as actor- 1939Baby DazeEmma
- 1938A Clean SweepMabel
- 1938The Mad Miss MantonUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- 1938Tell Your ChildrenBlanche
- 1935The Old HomesteadPeggy
- 1935Get That ManFay Prescott, John Jr.'s Wife
- 1935Code of the MountedJean
- 1935Dizzy DamesGloria Weston
- 1935The Headline WomanTrini
- 1935Calling All CarsKay Larson
- 1934The Gay DivorceeGuest
- 1934Roamin' VandalsLa Belle Lillian
- 1934Apples to You!Blonde Burlesque Queen
- 1934The Knife of the PartyDonna
- 1933Moonlight and PretzelsElsie Warren
- 1932Man Against WomanLola Parker