Sarah Miles
(1941-), ActressSitter in 14 portraits
Studied at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) and made her screen debut as a student who seduces her school master Laurence Olivier in Term of Trial (1962). Went on to become a leading star in the 1960s and 1970s in films including; The Servant (1963), I Was Happy Here (1966), Blow-Up (1966) and David Lean's Ryan's Daughter (1970) for which she received an Oscar nomination. Miles married writer-director Robert Bolt in 1967. Miles has made numerous appearances on stage, film, and television, including the film The Accidental Detective (2003) and stage play Well (2008).
by Angela Williams (Angela Coombes)
cibachrome print, 1960s
NPG x125455
by Angela Williams (Angela Coombes)
cibachrome print, 1960s
NPG x125456
by Sandra Lousada
gelatin silver print, 1961
NPG x135068
by Sandra Lousada
modern contact sheet of twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, 1961
NPG x135613
by Sandra Lousada
modern bromide print from original negative, 1961
NPG x135715
Sarah Miles as Shirley Taylor in 'Term of Trial'
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1962
NPG x194295
by Michael Ward
selenium-toned bromide print, 26 June 1963
NPG x76661
Sarah Miles; Christopher Miles
by Peter Rand
bromide print, 11 December 1963
NPG x136002
David Lean and Sarah Miles on the set of 'Ryan's Daughter'
by Unknown photographer
bromide press print, June 1970
NPG x184045
David Lean and Sarah Miles on the set of 'Ryan's Daughter'
by Unknown photographer
bromide press print, June 1970
NPG x184046
Sarah Miles as Lady Caroline Lamb in 'Lady Caroline Lamb'
by Terry O'Neill
bromide print, 1972
NPG x34565
by Joanne O'Brien, for Format Photographers
modern bromide print, August 1985
NPG x133128
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