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Kathleen Miller (July 1, 1945 – October 7, 2016) 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 television series Sirota's Court from 1976 to 1977.

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Kathleen Miller
Miller in 1976
Born	July 1, 1945 (1945-07-01) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	October 7, 2016(2016-10-07) (aged 71) Lynwood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress

Biography

Miller was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Aaron Miller, an executive at Paramount Pictures, and Carolyn, an actress.[1] She was a childhood friend of Candice Bergen.[1] After appearing in stage productions in New York City (including a 1969 Broadway production of Butterflies Are Free)[2] and an episode of Kojak, she was cast in The Last Detail (1973) by director Hal Ashby, playing a prostitute.[1] Ashby subsequently cast her in Shampoo (1975), in which she portrayed a client of George Roundy (Warren Beatty).[3] From 1976 to 1977, she starred as Gail Goodman on the short-lived series Sirota's Court.[2]

In 1975, she had a large guest-starring role in the Starsky & Hutch episode "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 (1978), a Vietnam-based war drama starring Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, and Bruce Dern.[4]

Death

Miller died in Lynwood, California after a protracted illness.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref.
1969	Franchette: Les Intrigues	Kathy	Don Walters		[5]
1973	The Last Detail	Annette	Hal Ashby		[1]
1974	The Chinese Prime Minister	Roxane	Brian Murray; George Turpin
1975	Shampoo	Anjanette	Hal Ashby		[3]
1975	Strange New World	Dr. Allison Crowley	Robert Butler
1976	Stay Hungry	Dorothy Stephens	Bob Rafelson
1976	Fighting Mad	Carolee Hunter	Jonathan Demme
1978	Coming Home	Kathy Delise	Hal Ashby		[4]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1973	Kojak	Fern	Episode: "Girl in the River"	[6]
1974	Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers	Sally	Episode: "Getting to First Bass"
1975	Starsky & Hutch	Joanne Mello / Linda Williams	Episode: "Death Ride"	[5]
1976–1977	Sirota's Court	Gail Goodman	13 episodes	[5]

Stage credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1969	Butterflies Are Free	Jill Tanner	Booth Theatre	[7]
1972	The Little Black Book	Woman	Helen Hayes Theater	[7]

References

Sources

• Dawson, Nick (2009). Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-813-17334-4.

External links

• Kathleen Miller at IMDb

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