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ACTOR

Sarah Miles

Known for
Blow-Up (1966), Hope and Glory (1987), Ryan's Daughter (1970), Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes (1965)

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Sarah Miles is an actor best known for Blow-Up, Hope and Glory and Ryan's Daughter.

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    Her first marriage to Robert Bolt broke down following her relationships with Robert Mitchum, her co-star in Ryan's Daughter (1970), and the writer David Whiting.

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    On 20 October 1968, she gave birth to her only child, Thomas Bolt, at the age of 26. The child's father was her late husband, Robert Bolt.

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    She was a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985.

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    In the early 1960s she had a relationship with the actor James Fox.

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    She married the British playwright and screenwriter Robert Bolt, who died in 1995, twice.

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    Ryan's Daughter (1970), a variation on "Madame Bovary", was written especially for Miles by her husband Robert Bolt so that David Lean would direct the screenplay.

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    She won the Variety Club of Great Britain best actress award for Hope and Glory.

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    If she and her husband, the director Robert Bolt, could not agree on a scene in Lady Caroline Lamb, they would shoot both versions and decide in the editing room.

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    She became an Associate Member of RADA.

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    At the age of 18 she became pregnant by her boyfriend James Fox, but had an abortion.

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    She is the sister of the director, producer and screenwriter Christopher Miles.

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    She graduated from RADA.

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    She is the daughter of John (1893-1974) and Clarice (née Remnant) Miles (1916-1986).

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    She is the grandmother of William Moses Bolt (born December 2000).

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    She was spotted by the director Peter Glenville in the Worthing Repertory production of The Moon is Blue, which led to her casting in the film Term of Trial.

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    Sarah Miles's son Thomas was born in 1969.

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    Before she trained as an actress, Sarah Miles had grown up in ballet.

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    Sarah Miles is a maternal granddaughter of Frank Remnant (1894-1957) and Doris Remnant (née Taylor, 1896-1952).

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    Sarah Miles's son Thomas was delivered with forceps.

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