Colleen Miller

Born: 1932-11-10

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.


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The Rawhide Years

as Zoe Fontaine
Released: 1956-07-01

Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena...

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Man in the Shadow

as Skippy Renchler
Released: 1957-12-12

In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the...

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The Las Vegas Story

as Mary
Released: 1952-01-30

When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.

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Gunfight at Comanche Creek

as Abbie Stevens
Released: 1963-11-06

Comanche Creek, Colorado, 1875: Prisoner Jack Mason is broken out of jail by a gang of...

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Four Guns to the Border

as Lolly Bhumer
Released: 1954-11-05

A group of outlaws plan and execute a robbery in a small town. However, things go awry as the...

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The Purple Mask

as Laurette de Latour
Released: 1955-06-15

France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet...

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Playgirl

as Phyllis Matthews
Released: 1954-04-21

If you remember Shelley Winters from "The Poseidon Adventure" or "Bloody Mama," you might tend...

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Step Down to Terror

as Helen Walters
Released: 1958-09-01

Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California...

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The Night Runner

as Susan Mayes
Released: 1957-04-02

A mental patient with a violent past is released from the institution, against the advice of his...

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Stand Up and Be Counted

as Nun
Released: 1972-05-01

Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about...

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Man Crazy

as Judy Bassett
Released: 1953-12-02

Three women come to Hollywood to break into the movies.

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Hot Summer Night

as Irene Partain
Released: 1957-02-15

An out-of-work reporter (Leslie Nielsen) seeks out a bank robber, and his bride (Colleen Miller)...

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