 sarah miles (born 31 december 1941) is an english theatre and film actress. her best known films include the servant (1963), blowup (1966), ryan's daughter (1970) and hope and glory (1987). ==life and career== sarah miles was born in the small town of ingatestone, essex, in south east england; her brother is film director, producer and screenwriter christopher miles. miles's parents were clarice vera remnant and frank remnant. through her maternal grandfather francis remnant, miles claims to be the great-granddaughter of prince francis of teck (1870â1910) and thus a second cousin once removed of elizabeth ii.sarah miles, a right royal bastard (1993), p. 20: "clarice ... the eldest child of francis (frank) remnant, bastard son of prince francis of teck, queen mary's brother. sexy old frank, as he was known, came over when mary married prince george, who became george v, and had a cuddle with the seamstress in the white lodge at richmond."rhoda koenig, book review confessions of a wilful pusscat: 'a right royal bastard' dated sunday 12 december 1993 at independent.co.uk, accessed 2 december 2011 unable to speak until the age of nine because of a stammerbarry egan "i can't wait to get off this planet", the independent (ireland), 16 september 2007 and dyslexia,lynn barber "interview: out to lunch with sarah", the independent, 12 july 1992 she attended roedean, and three other schools, but was expelled from all of them. miles enrolled at the royal academy of dramatic art (rada) at the age of 15. shortly after finishing at rada, miles debuted as shirley taylor, a "husky wide-eyed nymphet"david thomson a new biographical dictionary of film, london: little brown, 2002, p.594 in term of trial (1962),
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