[1][2] Miles began singing in Des Moines, and before she acted in films she was successful as a vocalist in Boston, Hollywood, and Philadelphia.

[1] Aside from singing and performing in the "Continental" musical number in The Gay Divorcee (1934), starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Miles's film career was confined to low-budget 'B' pictures.

An article in The Kansas City Star about her live performance at the Mainstreet Theater said that her singing of torch songs might help to revive vaudeville.

[3] Meanwhile, the review of her on-screen performance in Man Against Woman called her work as a torch singer "more than satisfying".

[3] It added, "Miss Miles can perform a hard-boiled part with sympathy and realism and her voice records beautifully.