Elaine Miles Native American Actress, visits the Native Guy Broadcast

Elaine Miles--From Pendleton, Oregon, USA. She is an actress, known for Northern Exposure (1990), Smoke Signals (1998) and Mad Love (1995).

She is a Cayuse-Nez Perce Indian

She got the role of Marilyn on Northern Exposure (1990) by accident - she had originally brought her mother in to audition, but the producers decided they wanted someone younger for the part and cast Elaine instead.

Accompanied her mother, Armenia Miles, to an audition for Northern Exposure (1990). Armenia went in to read for the part of "Marilyn." The show's casting agents saw Elaine in the waiting room and asked her to audition. From that reading, they gave her the part and cast her mother in the role of "Mrs. Anku." Subsequently, Armenia Miles was recast as "Mrs. Whirlwind" (Marilyn's mother).

Her mother in Northern Exposure (1990) was played by her real-life mother Armenia Miles.

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