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Eve Miller in Kansas Pacific
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Born |
Eve Turner August 8, 1923 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Died | August 17, 1973 Van Nuys, California, U.S. |
(aged 50)
Cause of death | Suicide |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1945-61 |
Eve Miller (August 8, 1923 – August 17, 1973), was an American actress who appeared in 41 films between 1945 and 1961. She was born in Los Angeles, California, and died in Van Nuys, California. She committed suicide at age 50.
Born Eve Turner in Los Angeles, California, she changed her surname when she began her career in movies. She was raised in San Francisco, where her father was a piano salesman. During the early years of World War II Miller worked as a welder in a shipyard. However, before the war ended she had taken a job as a department store clerk, and later as a showgirl, eventually playing at the San Francisco production of The Folies Bergère of 1944. This led to her first role as a showgirl in 1945's Diamond Horseshoe.
In 1951, after several small parts in television and movies such as The Vicious Years (1950), Miller came to the attention of producer-director Ida Lupino and through her influence was cast in Warner Brothers' The Big Trees, starring opposite Kirk Douglas. Several more parts followed such as The Winning Team with Ronald Reagan and Kansas Pacific starring Sterling Hayden. Miller's main work though came in a long string of television roles stretching through the 1950s. She appeared regularly in anthologies such as Fireside Theater, Four Star Playhouse, and Crossroads. The actress also had parts in a number of series including Lassie, Annie Oakley, and Richard Diamond, Private Detective. However Miller never achieved a regular role in a TV series. Miller's final appearance was a 1961 role in the crime drama, COronado 9.