Joanna Miles (born March 6, 1940) is an American actress. She received two

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s for her portrayal of Laura Wingfield in the 1973 film production of

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Early life and education

Miles was born in

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, the daughter of Jeanne Patterson Miles, an American painter, and Johannes Schiefer, a French painter and art curator. She immigrated to the United States, and was naturalized a citizen, in 1941. She graduated from

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, a progressive independent high school in Putney, Vermont, in 1958. She was accepted into the

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, where she studied alongside

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Acting career

Miles won two

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'': the Super Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in Drama, and Supporting Actress of the Year. She has also played supporting roles in various movies, including '' The Way We Live Now'' (1970), '' Bug'' (1975), ''

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'' (1978), '' A Fire in the Sky'' (1978), '' Cross Creek'' (1983), '' Blackout'' (1988), ''

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'' (1990), '' Above Suspicion'' (1995), '' Judge Dredd'' (1995) and ''

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'' (2007). She is known to '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' fans as Perrin,

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's wife, from the episodes "

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''. She was also in an episode of '' The Incredible Hulk'' entitled "The Quiet Room" and in the episode "Murder on the Flip Side" of the NBC crime drama '' The Eddie Capra Mysteries''.

Personal life

Miles married William Burns in May 1970; they divorced in 1977. She remarried to film producer Michael Brandman in 1978; they have one son, Miles Brandman.

Filmography

References

External links

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