Colleen Miller(I)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
The story goes that 19-year-old Colleen Miller was fishing in the
California mountains when a resort photographer recruited her to pose
with a prize trout; a movie scout saw the picture in print, and Colleen
wound up with a small role in
The Las Vegas Story (1952). A
more noticeable role in
Man Crazy (1953) brought the brunette
beauty a contract at Universal, where she quickly became a second-rank
star in westerns and film-noir. Her best notices were for
Playgirl (1954),
Four Guns to the Border (1954)
and
Man in the Shadow (1957),
gaining critical praise for her fine natural talent and carefree
sensuality. She retired in 1958 (except for one B-western in 1963) for
a domestic life with her husband and 2 children. After her 1975 divorce
she reportedly considered resuming her career, but has made no more
films to date. In 1976 she married Walter Ralphs of the Ralphs Grocery chain and remained married to him till his death in 2010.
