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Laurie Mitchell(1928-2018)

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Laurie Mitchell
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A prime pin up attraction ("Miss Body Beautiful", "Miss Bronx"), auburn-haired Mickey Koren was raised in the East Bronx and began her career as a juvenile model. She moved with her family to California while still in her teens. After attending classes at the Ben Bard Drama academy in Hollywood, Laurie appeared in stage productions in southern California (then using the name Barbara White, following a marriage to trumpet player and magician Larry White). Having segued into motion pictures -- beginning with a bit part as a good time girl in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)] -- she languished for several years near the bottom of the bill in second features, alternating with marginally better guest spots on TV in anthology dramas and westerns. Though usually typecast as 'saloon girls' in often stilted fare, she later recalled "... they were crappy pictures, but I loved it. It was a great, great experience." A co-starring role in a minor musical comedy aimed at the youth market (Calypso Joe (1957)) began to raise her profile. Taking her sister's advice, Laurie then changed her hair colour to blond and adopted her new moniker. Thus transformed, she went on to join the circle of cult favorites, commencing her foray into mini-budget schlock sci-fi with Attack of the Puppet People (1958). This was followed with two back-to-back roles in the same genre: first, as a man-hating Venusian despot in the (frankly dreadful) Queen of Outer Space (1958) (in which she goes toe-to-toe with a heavily accented Zsa Zsa Gabor); her second, as a 'moon girl' fated to be munched up by a lunar cave spider in (the equally vapid) Missile to the Moon (1958), an inferior re-make of the earlier Cat-Women of the Moon (1953). On a brighter note, there also were small parts in the Billy Wilder classic Some Like It Hot (1959) (as one of Sweet Sue's band members) and as a showgirl in the Cary Grant-Doris Day rom-com That Touch of Mink (1962).

Laurie retired from the screen in 1971. She divorced White in 1976 and subsequently married a medical salesman, re-emerging from relative obscurity in later years after being "rediscovered" by fans to making the rounds of celebrity expos.
BornJuly 14, 1928
DiedSeptember 20, 2018(90)
BornJuly 14, 1928
DiedSeptember 20, 2018(90)
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Queen of Outer Space (1958)
Queen of Outer Space
4.6
  • Queen Yllana
  • 1958
Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
Attack of the Puppet People
5.2
  • Georgia Lane
  • 1958
Doris Day and Cary Grant in That Touch of Mink (1962)
That Touch of Mink
6.6
  • Showgirl
  • 1962
Stanley Clements, Huntz Hall, Adele Jergens, Laurie Mitchell, and Queenie Smith in Fighting Trouble (1956)
Fighting Trouble
5.1
  • Dolly Tate
  • 1956

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  • The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969)
    The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Lita Resnick
    • 1971
  • The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969)
    The Girl Who Knew Too Much
    5.3
    • Trudell
    • 1969
  • James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The Virginian (1962)
    The Virginian
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Waitress
    • Louise
    • Ellen ...
    • 1966–1969
  • John Banner, Robert Clary, Bob Crane, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dixon, Larry Hovis, and Werner Klemperer in Hogan's Heroes (1965)
    Hogan's Heroes
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Honey Hornburg (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • Raymond Burr and Barbara Sigel in Ironside (1967)
    Ironside
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Carol Phillips
    • 1967
  • Lord Love a Duck (1966)
    Lord Love a Duck
    6.3
    • Jack's Wife (scenes deleted)
    • 1966
  • Laredo (1965)
    Laredo
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Waitress
    • 1966
  • My Three Sons (1960)
    My Three Sons
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Gala Girl
    • 1965
  • Jackie Coogan, John Astin, Marie Blake, Ted Cassidy, Carolyn Jones, Lisa Loring, and Ken Weatherwax in The Addams Family (1964)
    The Addams Family
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Gladys
    • 1965
  • Jock Mahoney and Lili St. Cyr in Runaway Girl (1965)
    Runaway Girl
    4.9
    • Winnie Bernay
    • 1965
  • Alfred Hitchcock in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Pinky
    • 1965
  • The Littlest Hobo (1963)
    The Littlest Hobo
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Tony
    • 1964
  • Jim Nabors and Frank Sutton in Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964)
    Gomer Pyle: USMC
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Bernice
    • 1964
  • John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)
    Wagon Train
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Annie Tolleson
    • June
    • Princess Fatima
    • 1960–1964
  • Glenn Ford and Suzanne Pleshette in Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
    Fate Is the Hunter
    6.8
    • Bar Hostess (uncredited)
    • 1964

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  • Born
    • July 14, 1928
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • September 20, 2018
    • Perris, California, USA(natural causes)
  • Spouses
      Ronald Raymond RobertsFebruary 26, 1978 - September 20, 2018 (her death)
  • Other works
    DVD commentary: She and author Tom Weaver provide the audio commentary on Warner Home Video's 2007 DVD of her film Queen of Outer Space (1958).
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    • 5 Interviews

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  • Trivia
    Her parents, Adele (Milman) and Samuel Koren, were Russian Jewish immigrants.

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  • When did Laurie Mitchell die?
    September 20, 2018
  • How did Laurie Mitchell die?
    Natural causes
  • How old was Laurie Mitchell when she died?
    90 years old
  • Where did Laurie Mitchell die?
    Perris, California, USA
  • When was Laurie Mitchell born?
    July 14, 1928

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