Sylvia Miles (September 9, 1924 – June 12, 2019)
She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975). Miles began her career on stage in 1947, and on television and film in 1954. In the early 1960s, she played the role of Sally Rogers in the pilot episode of what would become The Dick Van Dyke Show, which was later taken by Rose Marie for the series. Miles was cast in the film Midnight Cowboy (1969) as an aging Park Avenue kept-woman. The role earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, although she appeared on-screen for about six minutes. She received a second Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her slightly larger role (eight minutes) in Farewell, My Lovely (1975). She appeared in the film version of Agatha Christie's Evil Under the Sun (1982), portraying a Broadway producer, one of her more mainstream film roles. She also played real-estate agent Dolores in the Oliver Stone film Wall Street (1987), a role she reprised in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010). She was featured in films including 92 in the Shade, Critical Condition, The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday, Crossing Delancey, and the 1989 comedy She-Devil, in which she played the mother of Meryl Streep's character. She was married three times, and had no children. Miles died on June 12, 2019 while en route to a hospital in Manhattan at the age of 94. She was in declining health in recent years and was in nursing home care in her final months.