Eve Miller
| Eve Miller | |
|---|---|
|
Eve Miller in Kansas Pacific | |
| Born |
Eve Turner August 8, 1923 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died |
August 17, 1973 (aged 50) Van Nuys, California, U.S. |
| 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.
Early life
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.[1] 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.[2]
Movie career
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.[3] 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.[4]
Personal life
In 1954 Miller met Glase Lohman, an actor who had a brief television and movie career in the mid-1950s,[5] and they became engaged. On July 21, 1955, after an argument between the two, Miller attempted suicide by stabbing herself in the abdomen.[6] According to newspapers at the time, she was discovered by police on her kitchen floor, surrounded by letters she had written to Lohman.[7] Eventually, after 4 hours of surgery, she recovered.
On August 17, 1973, nine days after her 50th birthday, Miller committed suicide in Van Nuys, California.[8][7] She was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery (Hollywood Hills).[9]
References
- ↑ Eve Miller timeline at Glamor Girls of the Silver Screen site
- ↑ Diamond Horseshoe cast, imdb.com; accessed November 7, 2016.
- ↑ Kansas Pacific, archive.org; accessed November 6, 2016.
- ↑ Eve Miller at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Glase Lohman profile, IMDb.com; accessed November 7, 2016.
- ↑ Article on HistoryofMentalHealth.com
- 1 2 Profile, glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com; accessed November 7, 2016.
- ↑ Miler's final attempt at suicide, historyofmentalhealth.com; accessed November 7, 2016.
- ↑ Eve Miller's gravesite, findagrave.com; accessed November 7, 2016.
External links
- New York Times account of Miller's 1955 suicide attempt, nytimes.com (subscription required)