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Yvette Vickers(1928-2010)

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Yvette Vickers
A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.
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Born on August 26, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, Yvette Vickers majored in picture and theatre arts at UCLA for three years. On a trip to New York in the mid-1950s, she was cast as the White Rain Girl in commercials. She returned to the West Coast, working in various television series until she debuted in her first movie, Short Cut to Hell (1957), James Cagney's first directing effort. She played Allison Hayes' slatternly rival in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) and Bruno VeSota's slatternly wife in Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959). After doing a half dozen more movies through the end of the 1950s, the blonde, blue-eyed actress appeared once in 1963 in Hud (1963), in What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), and in the television movie The Dead Don't Die (1975).
BornAugust 26, 1928
Died2010
BornAugust 26, 1928
Died2010
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Yvette Vickers
Luana Anders and Yvette Vickers in Reform School Girl (1957)
Sally Kellerman, Luana Anders, Edd Byrnes, Gloria Castillo, Diana Darrin, Ross Ford, and Yvette Vickers in Reform School Girl (1957)
Rory Calhoun and Yvette Vickers in The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958)

Known for

Allison Hayes in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
5.0
  • Honey Parker
  • 1958
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Attack of the Giant Leeches
3.7
  • Liz Walker
  • 1959
One Step Beyond (1959)
One Step Beyond
7.8
TV Series
  • Carlotta Patruzzio
Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters in What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
What's the Matter with Helen?
6.3
  • Mrs. Barker
  • 1971

Credits

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Actress

  • Evil Spirits (1991)
    Evil Spirits
    • Neighbor
    • 1991
  • Eddie Albert, Robert Wagner, and Sharon Gless in Switch (1975)
    Switch
    • Selena
    • TV Series
    • 1976
  • Reggie Nalder in The Dead Don't Die (1975)
    The Dead Don't Die
    • Miss Adrian
    • TV Movie
    • 1975
  • Emergency! (1972)
    Emergency!
    • Harold's Stepmother (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 1974
  • Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters in What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
    What's the Matter with Helen?
    • Mrs. Barker
    • 1971
  • Tim Considine, William Frawley, Don Grady, Stanley Livingston, and Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons (1960)
    My Three Sons
    • First Model
    • TV Series
    • 1970
  • Beach Party (1963)
    Beach Party
    • Blonde Yoga Girl (uncredited)
    • 1963
  • Paul Newman in Hud (1963)
    Hud
    • Lily Peters
    • 1963
  • Sidney Poitier and Bobby Darin in Pressure Point (1962)
    Pressure Point
    • Drunken Woman (uncredited)
    • 1962
  • Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)
    Tales of Wells Fargo
    • Agnes Jenkins
    • Carol Armstrong
    • TV Series
    • 1961–1962
  • Robert Cummings and Murvyn Vye in The Bob Cummings Show (1961)
    The Bob Cummings Show
    • TV Series
    • 1961–1962
  • Shotgun Slade (1959)
    Shotgun Slade
    • Francesca Roberts
    • TV Series
    • 1961
  • King of Diamonds (1961)
    King of Diamonds
    • Concha
    • TV Series
    • 1961
  • The Asphalt Jungle (1961)
    The Asphalt Jungle
    • Vera
    • TV Series
    • 1961
  • The Rebel (1959)
    The Rebel
    • Catherine Jewel
    • Nancy
    • TV Series
    • 1961

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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
Mike Hammer: A Mugging Evening
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Mike Hammer: A Mugging Evening

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
  • Born
    • August 26, 1928
    • Kansas City, Missouri, USA
  • Died
    • 2010
    • Benedict Canyon, Beverly Crest, Los Angeles, California, USA(heart failure)
  • Spouses
      Tom Howland1967 - April 1969 (divorced)
  • Parents
      Charles Vedder
  • Other works
    Album: "A Tribute to Charlie and Maria".
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 6 Interviews
    • 2 Articles
    • 11 Pictorials
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Her body was discovered in her home by neighbor Susan Savage in April 2011. Its condition suggested that she had been dead for close to a year.
  • Quotes
    I always knew I wanted to try for a career in pictures, so I studied drama and worked in little theaters. But I was impatient for a talent scout to discover me. When I was 16 I bleached my hair as a bid for attention. I didn't know how to go about this and made many mistakes. Instead of taking weeks, I applied peroxide and ammonia three times in seven days and my hair got just like straw. My scalp had sore places all over. Even the color was horrid--an artificial orange that was unbecoming. It is interesting to me how much hair influences your personality. Men expect a blonde to be more frivolous and less intelligent.
  • Trademarks
      Blonde hair and blue eyes

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