Kathleen Miller (actress)


Kathleen Miller was an American actress who gained fame for her appearances in several films directed by Hal Ashby. She also had a lead role on the NBC television series Sirota's Court from 1976 to 1977.

Biography

Miller was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Aaron Miller, an executive at Paramount Pictures, and Carolyn, an actress. She was a childhood friend of Candice Bergen. After appearing in stage productions in New York City and an episode of Kojak, she was cast in The Last Detail by director Hal Ashby, playing a prostitute. Ashby subsequently cast her in Shampoo, in which she portrayed a client of George Roundy. From 1976–1977, she starred as Gail Goodman on the short-lived series Sirota's Court.
In 1975 she had a large guest starring role in a Starsky and Hutch episode called "Death Ride" as an undercover police woman named Joanne pretending to be the daughter of a mobster.
In 1976, she also starred as the daughter of Peter Fonda's character in Fighting Mad, a drama about an Arkansas farmer waging war on land developers. Her last film with Ashby was Coming Home, a Vietnam-based war drama starring Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, and Bruce Dern.

Death

Miller died in Lynwood, California after a protracted illness.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage credits