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Yvette Mimieux(1942-2022)

  • Actress
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Yvette Mimieux
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The Time Machine (2002)
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An intelligent, slender leading lady of the 1960s and 70s, Yvette Carmen Mimieux was born in Hollywood, California, to Maria (Montemayor) and René Mimieux, an occasional movie extra. Her father was born in England, of French and German descent, and her mother was Mexican. While she was first persuaded to go into acting by a Hollywood publicist, her discovery for the screen can be attributed to the director Vincente Minnelli who saw her perform in a play and decided to cast her in his melodrama Home from the Hill (1960). Though Yvette's small role ended up on the cutting room floor, MGM producers were sufficiently impressed with her looks to sign her under a long term contract. Her first role of note, Platinum High School (1960), won her a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. She was then properly 'launched' with the part of Weena, the naive Eloi cave girl, in George Pal's version of The Time Machine (1960). This turned out to be one of the studio's biggest box office winners of 1960. That same year, Mimieux also played a carefree collegian in Where the Boys Are (1960), a teen comedy (with serious undertones) dealing with adolescent sexuality. Both of her performances were well received by critics, but also set the trend for the actress to become typed either as fragile or insecure characters, or as sex kittens.

After a two year hiatus, Mimieux gave a genuinely compelling performance as Clara Johnson, a retarded girl who captures the affections of a young Italian in Light in the Piazza (1962). Though disliking the film, New York Times critic Bosley Crowther described Clara as "played with sunshine radiance and rapturous grace." Having essayed more conventional heroines in Diamond Head (1962) (sister of blustering land baron), The Reward (1965) (a fugitive's girlfriend) and Dark of the Sun (1968) (girl caught up with mercenaries in the Congo), Mimieux began to concentrate on TV movies which gave her the opportunity to further expand her dramatic range. Her contract killer in Hit Lady (1974) and the unhinged stalker in Obsessive Love (1984) were based, respectively, on her own screenplay and story. Probably her last role of note was as the victim of a harrowing chain of events in Jackson County Jail (1976), a downbeat exploitation drama produced by Roger Corman's New World Pictures. In 1985, Mimieux had a recurring role in Berrenger's (1985), a glossy soap opera set in a luxurious department store. The series lasted just one season before being canceled. Though ultimately nominated for three Golden Globes, Mimieux came to bemoan the fact that scriptwriters of the period tended to depict women as 'one-dimensional'.

In 1992, Mimieux left the acting profession to form a partnership with Sara Shane (another ex-MGM contract player) in a Los Angeles-based enterprise called "Partners in Paradise", selling embroidered tapestries, bedspreads and pillows based on Haitian designs. She subsequently went on to find even more lucrative opportunities in real estate. In her spare time, Mimieux traveled extensively, painted and studied archaeology. At the time of her death at the age of 80, she was married to Howard F. Ruby, founder and chairman of Oakwood Worldwide, a large global corporation providing furnished apartments.
BornJanuary 8, 1942
DiedJanuary 17, 2022(80)
BornJanuary 8, 1942
DiedJanuary 17, 2022(80)
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  • Awards
    • 4 nominations

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Yvette Mimieux in The Time Machine (1960)
Yvette Mimieux in The Time Machine (1960)
Yvette Mimieux in The Time Machine (1960)
Yvette Mimieux in Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)
Yvette Mimieux in Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)
Yvette Mimieux in Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)
Yvette Mimieux in Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)
Yvette Mimieux in Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)
Yvette Mimieux in Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)
Yvette Mimieux in Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)
Dean Jones and Yvette Mimieux in Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)
Yvette Mimieux in Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)

Known for:

Roddy McDowall, Slim Pickens, and Yvette Mimieux in The Black Hole (1979)
The Black Hole
5.9
  • Dr. Kate McCrae
  • 1979
Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux in The Time Machine (1960)
The Time Machine
7.5
  • Weena
  • 1960
Jackson County Jail (1976)
Jackson County Jail
6.1
  • Dinah Hunter
  • 1976
Ernest Borgnine, Ben Gazzara, Yvette Mimieux, and Walter Pidgeon in The Neptune Factor (1973)
The Neptune Factor
4.3
  • Dr. Leah Jansen
  • 1973

Credits

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Actress

  • Lady Boss (1992)
    Lady Boss
    • Deena Swanson
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1992
  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)
    Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
    • Danielle Altmann
    • TV Movie
    • 1990
  • Robert Conrad, Sam Waterston, Jonathan Banks, Yvette Mimieux, Richard Roundtree, and David Soul in The Fifth Missile (1986)
    The Fifth Missile
    • Cheryl Leary
    • TV Movie
    • 1986
  • The Fascination
    • 1985
  • Jeff Conaway, Jonelle Allen, Laura Ashton, Claudia Christian, Art Hindle, Leslie Hope, Yvette Mimieux, Anita Morris, Ben Murphy, Robin Strand, Eddie Velez, and Sam Wanamaker in Berrenger's (1985)
    Berrenger's
    • Shane Bradley
    • TV Series
    • 1985
  • Robert Wagner in Lime Street (1985)
    Lime Street
    • Ava Menar
    • TV Series
    • 1985
  • Obsessive Love (1984)
    Obsessive Love
    • Linda Foster
    • TV Movie
    • 1984
  • Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)
    The Love Boat
    • Leni Martek
    • TV Series
    • 1984
  • Night Partners (1983)
    Night Partners
    • Elizabeth McGuire
    • TV Movie
    • 1983
  • Andrew Stevens and Yvette Mimieux in Forbidden Love (1982)
    Forbidden Love
    • Joanna Bittan
    • TV Movie
    • 1982
  • Circle of Power (1981)
    Circle of Power
    • Bianca Ray
    • 1981
  • Roddy McDowall, Slim Pickens, and Yvette Mimieux in The Black Hole (1979)
    The Black Hole
    • Dr. Kate McCrae
    • 1979
  • Disaster on the Coastliner (1979)
    Disaster on the Coastliner
    • Paula Harvey
    • TV Movie
    • 1979
  • Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
    Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
    • Betty Barry
    • TV Movie
    • 1978
  • Outside Chance (1978)
    Outside Chance
    • Dinah Hunter
    • TV Movie
    • 1978

Writer

  • Obsessive Love (1984)
    Obsessive Love
    • story
    • TV Movie
    • 1984
  • Hit Lady (1974)
    Hit Lady
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1974

Producer

  • Obsessive Love (1984)
    Obsessive Love
    • co-producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1984

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Where the Boys Are
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Where the Boys Are
Light in the Piazza
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Light in the Piazza
The Time Machine
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The Time Machine
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
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The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
  • Born
    • January 8, 1942
    • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • January 17, 2022
    • Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA(natural causes)
  • Spouses
      Howard RubyDecember 20, 1986 - January 17, 2022 (her death)
  • Children
    • No Children
  • Parents
      Rene Mimieux
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article
    • 4 Pictorials
    • 9 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    She was also a degreed anthropologist, and a very successful businessperson, particularly in Real Estate.
  • Quotes
    It's not the love affair I have with film, but television can be a playground for interesting ideas.

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