Meg Myles
Born
Billie Jean Jones

(1934-11-14)November 14, 1934
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
DiedNovember 12, 2019(2019-11-12) (aged 84)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • pin-up model
Years activec. 1955–1995

Meg Myles (born Billie Jean Jones; November 14, 1934 – November 12, 2019) was an American pin-up model, singer, and actress on stage and screen, active mostly in the 1950s and 1960s.[1]

Biography

Myles was born in Seattle. She was a popular model in men's magazines, having purported measurements of 42-24-36. Her best known major film role is as the lead in Satan in High Heels.[1] Meg had a short, but important role in the film noir The Phenix City Story (1955). She also had a featured role in the musical film Calypso Heat Wave. She had an uncredited role as the singer at the talent agency in the theatrical release of Dragnet (1954 film) opposite Jack Webb. Her last film role was in Delinquent (1995).

In 1966, she played possessive mother Harriett Wilson on the daytime soap opera The Doctors, and in 1970 appeared on another soap, Where the Heart Is. In the 1980s she was regular on the daytime television mystery serial The Edge of Night as restaurant owner Sid Brennan, and had a year-long role on All My Children as Joanna Yeager, Stuart Chandler's secret wife.

After a year on Search For Tomorrow as the kindly Maevis Stone (mother of heroine Evie Stone), she returned to All My Children for a stint as Joanna, coming back to Pine Valley in the spring of 1987 to try to extort money from Adam Chandler and hold Erica Kane hostage.

According to IMDb, Myles died at the age of 84 on November 12, 2019, and was featured on the Tony Awards' "In Memoriam 2020" list.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Bruce Eder (2015). "Meg Myles – Biography – Movies & TV". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on August 28, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ "In Memoriam 2020". Tony Award. May 18, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
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