Editing Sarah Miles (section)

===Early career===
Shortly after finishing at RADA, Miles performed in an episode of the TV series ''[[Deadline Midnight (TV series)|Deadline Midnight]]'' titled "Manhunt". Her film debut was as Shirley Taylor, a "husky, wide-eyed nymphet"<ref name="Thomson">David Thomson ''A New Biographical Dictionary of Film'', London: Little Brown, 2002, p.594</ref> in ''[[Term of Trial]]'' (1962), which featured [[Laurence Olivier]]; she was nominated for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer]].

Miles appeared in ''The Rehearsal'' (1963) for TV, and then played Vera from Manchester in [[Joseph Losey]]'s ''[[The Servant (1963 film)|The Servant]]'' (1963), and "thrust sexual appetite into British films" according to [[David Thomson (film critic)|David Thomson]].<ref name="Thomson"/>

Miles was in a short film directed by her brother, "The Six-Sided Triangle" (1963), and a feature film directed by and starring [[Laurence Harvey]], ''[[The Ceremony (1963 film)|The Ceremony]]'' (1963). She did ''[[Ring Round the Moon]]'' (1964) for TV.

On 16 June 1965, [[Ken Annakin]]'s ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]],'' a [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British]] [[Period film|period]] [[comedy film]] revolving around the craze of early aviation ''circa'' 1910, was released. A pompous newspaper magnate ([[Robert Morley]]) is convinced, by his daughter (Miles) and her fiancé ([[James Fox]]), to organise an air race from London to Paris. A large sum of money is offered to the winner, hence it attracts a variety of characters to participate. The film received positive reviews, described as funny, colourful, and clever, capturing the early enthusiasm for aviation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0DEEDF173BE13ABC4F52DFB066838E679EDE|title=Movie Review: Those Magnificent Men In their Flying Machines (1965)|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|date=17 June 1965|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1964/film/reviews/those-magnificent-men-in-their-flying-machines-or-how-i-flew-from-london-to-paris-in-25-hours-11-minutes-1200420712/|title=Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines – Or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes|date=1965-01-01|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/magnificent-men-flying/review/120398|title=Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines{{spaced ndash}}Or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes: TV Guide Review|website=TV Guide.com|access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref>

She was in ''[[Time Lost and Time Remembered]]'' (1966), directed by [[Desmond Davis]].

In 1966, Miles gained another BAFTA nomination, this time as [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress]]. She had a "peripheral" part in [[Michelangelo Antonioni]]'s ''[[Blowup]]''.<ref name="Thomson" /> At Antonioni's death in 2007, she referred to him as "a rogue and a tyrant and a brilliant man".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6923785.stm "Blow-Up director Antonioni dies"], BBC News, 31 July 2007</ref>