Sylvia Miles, Oscar Nominee for Midnight Cowboy and Farewell, My Lovely, Dead at 94
Sylvia Miles, the lively actress in Midnight Cowboy and Farewell, My Lovely, has died.
She was 94.Miles passed away on Wednesday in Manhattan in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, her publicist Mauricio Padilha told The New York Times.She began her career in off-Broadway plays in 1947 and later segued into TV and film.
She played the role of Sally Rogers in the pilot episode of what became The Dick Van Dyke Show, but the role was taken over by Rose Marie.The actress earned her first Oscar nomination for her brief performance as Cass, a hooker,