Known as much for her appearances "on the town" as for her stage and film roles, Sylvia Miles is often connected to brassy, vulgar types, as well as roles that seem eccentric--at least after she's tackled them. She is recalled for dumping a plate of spaghetti on critic John Simon's head in 1973 after he gave her a less than stellar review, as well as for her Oscar-nominated roles in "Midnight Cowboy" (1969) and "Farewell My Lovely," (1975) and her turns in "Wall Street" (1987) and "Crossing Delancey" (1988).Miles was born and raised in New York City, and married for the first time when she was
