Vera Miles was supposed to star in “Vertigo.” Hitchcock had spotted her in an impressive television performance and was, according to Christopher McKittrick, “positioning Ms. Miles as his favored ...

In her two films for Hitchcock, Ms. Miles delivered performances of rare credibility and subtlety: In “The Wrong Man” (1956), ...

Among the many actresses to have worked with Alfred Hitchcock, Vera Miles lacked the startling beauty of Grace Kelly, the mystique of Ingrid Bergman or the capacity for shrieking of Janet Leigh.