Colleen Miller
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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- 1972 ยทStand Up and Be Countedas Nun
- 1963 ยทGunfight at Comanche Creekas Abbie Stevens
- 1958 ยทStep Down to Terroras Helen Walters
- 1957 ยทMan in the Shadowas Skippy Renchler
- 1957 ยทThe Night Runneras Susan Mayes
- 1957 ยทHot Summer Nightas Irene Partain
- 1956 ยทThe Rawhide Yearsas Zoe Fontaine
- 1955 ยทThe Purple Maskas Laurette de Latour
- 1954 ยทFour Guns to the Borderas Lolly Bhumer
- 1954 ยทPlaygirlas Phyllis Matthews
- 1953 ยทMan Crazyas Judy Bassett
- 1952 ยทFour Star Playhouseas Girl in Bar
- 1952 ยทThe Las Vegas Storyas Mary