
Acting
Meg Myles
Born — Died
1934-11-14 — 2019-11-19
Place of birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
10 titles
Meg Myles was born Billy Jean Jones on November 14, 1934 in Seattle, Washington, USA. Her best known major film role was as the lead in Satan in High Heels. She had a short, but important role in the film noir The Phenix City Story (1955). She also had a featured role in the musical film Calypso Heat Wave. A popular men's magazine model and pinup girl in the '50s, she had a singing career that included the Mercury LP "At the Living Room" (liner notes by Johnny Carson), one on the Liberty label with jazzman Jimmie Rowles, "Just Meg and Me" (liner notes by Steve Allen), and a post-apocalyptic 45 on Liberty, "13 Men". She died on November 12, 2019.
Known for
6.3Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.
Coogan's Bluff
1968
6.1Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
The Anderson Tapes
1971
4.8A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system. He becomes a bodyguard of a rich recent widow. She is on trial for her husband's murder. He decides to help her clear her name... and get over her husband.
A Lovely Way to Die
1968
7.8Two mental patients in an institution fall in love and plan to escape in the search of a normal life.
Touched
1983
6.5A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.
The Phenix City Story
1955
6.0Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
New York Confidential
1955
Film credits
1980s · 1 titles
1960s · 3 titles
6.3Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.
Coogan's Bluff
1968
4.8A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system. He becomes a bodyguard of a rich recent widow. She is on trial for her husband's murder. He decides to help her clear her name... and get over her husband.
A Lovely Way to Die
1968
5.6A married stripper flees to New York and has an affair with her boss and his son.
Satan in High Heels
1962
1950s · 4 titles
6.5A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.
The Phenix City Story
1955
6.0Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
New York Confidential
1955
6.1Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.
Dragnet
1954
9.0A jukebox operator helps promote a calypso craze.
Calypso Heat Wave
1957
