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.
Filmography
Stand Up and Be Counted
as Nun
Stand Up and Be Counted
as Nun
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
as Abbie Stevens
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
as Abbie Stevens
Step Down to Terror
as Helen Walters
Step Down to Terror
as Helen Walters
Man in the Shadow
as Skippy Renchler
Man in the Shadow
as Skippy Renchler
The Night Runner
as Susan Mayes
The Night Runner
as Susan Mayes
Hot Summer Night
as Irene Partain
Hot Summer Night
as Irene Partain
The Rawhide Years
as Zoe Fontaine
The Rawhide Years
as Zoe Fontaine
The Purple Mask
as Laurette de Latour
The Purple Mask
as Laurette de Latour
Four Guns to the Border
as Lolly Bhumer
Four Guns to the Border
as Lolly Bhumer