Sylvia Miles

Sylvia Miles, born Sylvia Scheinwald, was an American actress from New York City. She earned two Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress, for Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975). Sylvia Miles has nude scenes in both Heat and The Funhouse. She was born on September 9 in New York City and stayed there her whole life. She became a well-known figure in the city's social scene and worked often in Off-Broadway theater. In 1981 she starred in It's Me, Sylvia!, a one-woman musical based on her own life. Her story was later told in the documentary I Was Always Sylvia, shown on WNET. Miles died on June 12, 2019, after a long career on stage and screen.