- 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).
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