Trivia

She and her former sister-in-law Marilyn Monroe were both born on June 1: in 1922 and 1926 respectively.

Daughter of Augusta Miller and Isidore Miller. Younger sister of Kermit Miller and Arthur Miller. Sister-in-law of Inge Morath. Aunt of Jane Miller, Rebecca Miller, and Robert A. Miller. Former sister-in-law of Mary Slattery and Marilyn Monroe.

The recipient of numerous stage awards in her later career, she won the Drama Desk Award for her stage work in "The American Clock" (1980) (which was written by her brother); the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (1983), and the Obie Award for "The American Plan" (1990).

Graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, New York.

Served as Katharine Hepburn's standby as Coco Chanel in the musical Coco, which ran for more than 320 performances from 1969-70.

Has graced a number of daytime soap operas over time, including Search for Tomorrow (1951), Love of Life (1951) (in which she played twins), The Edge of Night (1956), On ne vit qu'une fois (1968), How to Survive a Marriage (1974) and As the World Turns (1956).

Her father was a woman's clothes manufacturer and her mother was a schoolteacher/housewife. Her father and his family immigrated from Radomysl Wielki, Galicia (then part of Austria-Hungary; now Poland). Her mother's family immigrated from Austria.

Prominent actress of the Broadway stage for over six decades. She made her debut in "Romeo and Juliet" in 1945 and played Desdemona in "Othello" the following year.

Replaced Polly Bergen in the musical stage production of "Camille Claudel" at the Goodspeed. (July 2007)

One of the first members of The Actors Studio.

Youngest of 3 siblings: Brother Authur Miller, prolific playwright, (1915-2005), & Kermit Miller (1912-2003).

Her husband George Kupchik was a bacteriologist.

Niece (Rebecca Miller, author & filmmaker) is married to Daniel Day-Lewis.

First role was as Juliet in the 1945 run of "Romeo & Juliet" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, when she was 18 years old, a full three years before she made her Broadway debut.