Blonde Hollywood beauty Yvette Mimieux – who was a film staple in the 1960s and 1970s for playing wide-eyed roles – has died at the age of 80.
shifts The native passed away ‘peacefully’ in his sleep of natural causes on Monday, shared family campaigner Michelle Bega People on Tuesday.
The actress had a title role in several hits including The Time Machine, The Black Hole and The Light in the Piazza.
Big loss for Tinseltown: Blonde Hollywood beauty Yvette Mimieux – who was a film staple in the 1960s and 1970s for playing wide-eyed roles – has died at the age of 80. The Los Angeles native passed away ‘peacefully’ in her sleep on Monday from natural causes, family publicist Michelle Bega shared with PEOPLE on Tuesday
She also received several Golden Globe nominations: her first nomination was in 1960 when she was named Most Promising Female Newcomer for her work at Platinum High School.
The star’s personal life was also high profile: she was married to Hollywood director Stanley Donnan, who was at the helm of the hits Singin’ in the Rain and Charade. They were married from 1972 to 1985.
Yvette grew up in Los Angeles to parents René Mimieux, who were French, and María Montemayor, who was Mexican.
As a teenager she was told by a talent agent that she had the looks to make her an actress.
Knockout, who had a model figure and long shiny hair with big blue eyes and a charming smile, began his career in the late 1950s with the television shows Yancy Derringer and One Step Beyond.
Newcomer in 1961: Model figure and long hair with big blue eyes and charming smile, this look began her career in the late 1950s
Her first film role was as Veena in the 1960 film The Time Machine, a science fiction story based on the H.G. Wells novel about an inventor in Victorian England who builds a machine that takes her to the distant future. enables travel.
Rod Taylor and Alan Young also starred in the project.
In the same year he lit the comedy film Where the Boys Are. She played college student Melanie, who travels to Florida to have fun during her spring break with her beautiful girlfriends Angie (Connie Francis), Tugal (Paula Prentiss) and Merritt (Dolores Hart).
Big Hit: Her first hit part was as Veena in the 1960 film The Time Machine, a science fiction film based on the H.G. Wells novel.
A Favourite: The film is about an inventor in Victorian England who builds a machine that enables him to travel into the distant future
College Masti: In the same year he acted in the comedy film ‘Where the Boys Are’. She played Melanie, a college student who travels to Florida to have fun during her spring break with her beautiful girlfriends Angie (Connie Francis), Tugal (Paula Prentiss) and Merritt (Dolores Hart).
They seek love and flirt with several men, but the journey is fraught with complications as they run into cads. In one scene, Yvette’s character is sexually assaulted and is later seen roaming the streets.
This was followed by the 1962 drama Light in the Piazza, which took a more serious tone, playing a mentally challenged young woman whose mother (Olivia de Havilland) doesn’t know what to do with her when she meets Fabrizio, a wealthy Italian man. Nacarelli (George Hamilton) during his visit to Florence.
During that time she said of her work: ‘I felt I had a soulful quality. I was often cast as a wounded, “sensitive” role.’
In 1963 he had a small role in the high-profile film The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, but it did not do very well at the box office.
Dean Martin followed in the films Diamond Head (1963) with Charlton Heston and Toys in the Attic (also 1963).
In 1964 Yvette starred in the TV show Dr. Kildare, which earned her her second Golden Globe nomination. Richard Chamberlain was her co-star.
A Triumph: This was followed by the 1962 drama Light in the Piazza, which took a more serious tone, playing a mentally challenged young woman whose mother (Olivia de Havilland – seen at left) doesn’t know what to do with her Is
Simple but sweet: her mother is upset when she falls for a wealthy Italian man, Fabrizio Nacarelli (George Hamilton – seen left), during a trip to Florence
In the late 1960s he starred in The Reward (1965), Monkeys, Go Home! (1967); and The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967).
His career also flourished in the 1970s.
She played the role as Vanessa Smith in the 1970 film Beverly Hills, 90210 by producer Aaron Spelling. The part earned him a third Globe nomination.
And she stood out for her work in the 1973 film The Neptune Factor, where she shared the screen with Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon and Ernest Borgnine.
After that film she turned to screenwriting and her screenplay for Hit Lady was adapted into a film she starred in in 1974. (Ten years later he would write Obsessive Love).
They had fun on the sets of their films: The handsome star was seen in slacks, a cap and Gucci shoes in 1967
She got props for it: She played Vanessa Smith in the 1970 film The Most Deadly Game. The part earned him a third Globe nomination. Well, Mimex appearing in 1974 ABC TV movie Hit Lady
Her famous husband: The star also had a high-profile personal life: she was married to Hollywood director Stanley Donnan, who was at the helm of the hits Singin’ in the Rain and Charade. They were married from 1972 to 1985. Seen in 1979
Mimieux made a pilot in 1976 for a TV sitcom based on Bell, Book and Candle, the 1958 film starring Kim Novak and James Stewart, but it did not make it to the small screen.
1979’s Black Hole was another successful film for Mimix. She starred as scientist Kate McCrae in the Disney science fiction film alongside Anthony Perkins and Maximilian Schell.
Later in her career she appeared as a guest star on the TV shows The Love Boat and Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception.
Her last film was 1992’s Lady Boss.
That same year she retired from Hollywood to travel and try other careers.
The star – whose full name was Yvette Carmen Mimieux – opened a business selling Haitian products and also became a real estate agent, time limit Reported.
Mimieux was married three times, the first time before divorcing Evan Harland Angber in 1959. She married director Donan from 1972 to 1985.
A year later, the 5ft4in actress married Howard F Ruby, who is alive thereafter.
He is survived by siblings douard Mimieux and Gloria Montemayor as well as stepchildren Steven Ruby, Michael Ruby, Donna Hill, Josh Donan and Mark Donnan.
She had turned 80 on January 8, 2022.
Later in life: husband Howard Ruby and Yvette at The Carousel of Hope in 2002, the world’s premiere gala benefiting childhood diabetes, hosted by Marvin and Barbara Davis at Merv Griffin’s Beverly Hilton.
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