Trivia

She and her family were vacationing in Los Angeles in 1920 when she spotted Alla Nazimova at a party, had herself introduced to the star, and within a short time was offered a screen test. The veteran actress became Miller's mentor.

She became friendly with Lucille Le Seur (the young Joan Crawford) in 1924. According to Miller, Crawford told a lewd joke in mixed company, which made her uncomfortable. The friendship faded, but in a 1989 interview for "Films in Review", Miller said she still remembered the joke although she would not repeat it.

Perhaps best known for her role as Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) with Lon Chaney.

Protege of Alla Nazimova, whom she met during a party in Hollywood and helped the 16-year-old to get cast opposite Rudolph Valentino in Camille (1921).

At one point in 1924 three of her films were playing simultaneously on New York's Broadway.

Emerged from retirement for a single, quick cameo appearance with John Drew Barrymore in Quebec (1951).

Lived with her brother and both her parents during her film career.

After her acting career ended, she became a writer of short stories (for which she won three O Henry Awards), a novel ("That Flanagan Girl", 1939) and a book about Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, "Music in My Heart", which was produced as an original musical at the Adelphi Theatre on Broadway and ran for 124 performances (1947-1948).

WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922.

Interviewed in "Talking to the Piano Player: Silent Film Stars, Writers and Directors Remember" by Stuart Oderman (BearManor Media).

Grandmother of Christine Lee Mahin.

Leading lady in Hollywood silents and a few early talkies who retired in 1931.

Sister of Winston Miller.

Profiled in "Speaking of Silents: First Ladies of the Screen" by William Drew, 1997.

Mother of Timothy Mahin.

A members of the Dominos, a social group that was an auxiliary division of the famed Masquers Club. In 1930, she was a member of the publicity committee (the others were Nancy Smith and Ruth Roland).

In 1926, The Los Angeles Examiner selected him to appear as a member of the 'All American Screen Players Team,' along with Estelle Taylor, Monte Blue, Norma Talmadge, Ricardo Cortez, Eleanor Boardman, Marion Davies, George Beranger, Sydney Chaplin, Ronald Colman, Noah Beery, Alec B. Francis, Julia Faye, William Boyd, Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen.