Meg Myles (born Billie Jean Jones; November 14, 1934 – November 12, 2019) was an American

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, singer, and actress on stage and screen, active mostly in the 1950s and 1960s.

Biography

Myles was born in

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. 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 ''Satan in High Heels'' is a 1962 American sexploitation film directed by Jerald Intrator and starring Meg Myles and Grayson Hall. Plot Stacey Kane (Myles), a cunning and ambitious striptease dancer in a cheap carnival, tricks her heroin-addicte ...

''. Meg had a short, but important role in the film noir ''

The Phenix City Story ''The Phenix City Story'' is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Phil Karlson for Allied Artists, written by Daniel Mainwaring and Crane Wilbur and starring John McIntire, Richard Kiley, and Kathryn Grant. It had an unusual "triple ...

'' (1955). She also had a featured role in the musical film ''

Calypso Heat Wave ''Calypso Heat Wave'' is a 1957 American drama musical film directed by Fred F. Sears and starring Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders and Meg Myles. It was an attempt by producer Sam Katzman to repeat the success of '' Rock Around the Clock'' with ...

''. She had an uncredited role as the singer at the talent agency in the theatrical release of

Dragnet (1954 film) ''Dragnet'' is a 1954 American crime film directed by Jack Webb and written by Richard L. Breen. The film stars Webb, Ben Alexander, Richard Boone, Ann Robinson, Stacy Harris, Virginia Gregg and Vic Perrin. The film was adapted from the radio ...

opposite

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. 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 ''The Edge of Night'' is an American television mystery crime drama series and soap opera, created by Irving Vendig and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that networ ...

'' as restaurant owner Sid Brennan, and had a year-long role on ''

All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...

'' as Joanna Yeager, Stuart Chandler's secret wife. After a year on ''

Search For Tomorrow ''Search for Tomorrow'' is an American television soap opera. It began its run on CBS on September 3, 1951, and concluded on NBC, 35 years later, on December 26, 1986. Set in the fictional town of Henderson in an unspecified state, the show focu ...

'' 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

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, Meg Myles died at the age of 84 on November 12, 2019. Myles died in November 2019, and was featured on the

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s' "In Memoriam 2020" list.

References

External links

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"Ex-Pinup Girl Now Into Feathers"
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