Yvette Mimieux was an actor known for starring in the films “The Time Machine” and “Where the Boys Are.”
- Died: Monday, January 17, 2022. (Who else died on January 17?)
- Details of death: Died at the age of 80 of natural causes.
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Hollywood star
Yvette Mimieux was an actor who had her breakout role playing Weena in a 1960 film adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel “The Time Machine.” That same year she was one of the stars in the pioneering spring break movie “Where the Boys Are” with Connie Francis and George Hamilton. Other 1960s movies included “Light in the Piazza” and “Toys in the Attic.” Mimieux wrote and played the lead on the 1974 TV-Movie “Hit Lady” and appeared with Tommy Lee Jones in the 1976 box office hit “Jackson County Jail.” She also starred as a scientist in the 1979 Disney science fiction film “The Black Hole.” She retired from the screen in 1992.
Notable Quote
“Bardot, Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor are the three biggest stars and the three unhappiest.” “They might have had happiness if their private lives hadn’t been spread before the public for it to gossip and speculate.” – interview with columnist Earl Wilson in 1962
Tributes to Yvette Mimieux
Full Obituary: The Hollywood Reporter
