Yvette Mimieux























Yvette Mimieux

Yvette Mimieux - still.jpg

c. 1975

Born
Yvette Carmen Mimieux


(1942-01-08) January 8, 1942 (age 77)

Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation Actress
Years active 1956–1992
Spouse(s)

Stanley Donen
(m. 1972; div. 1985)


Howard F. Ruby (m. 1986)

Yvette Mimieux (born January 8, 1942)[1] is a retired American movie and television actress.




Contents






  • 1 Early life and career


    • 1.1 MGM


    • 1.2 Post-MGM


    • 1.3 Later Films




  • 2 Personal life


  • 3 Filmography


  • 4 Television work


  • 5 Recordings


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Early life and career


Yvette Carmen Mimieux was born in Los Angeles, California, United States, to a French father and a Mexican mother (surnamed Montemayor). Before her film career began, Mimieux was one of four finalists from a beauty contest picked by Elvis Presley (while he was filming Jailhouse Rock, 1957) who were invited to come to the set to compete for a bit role in the movie ("girl in bathing suit"). She and the other girls modeled their suits. Mimieux was not selected.



MGM


Her first film appearance was in Platinum High School (1960) for MGM, who signed her to a long-term contract. She achieved fame in George Pal's film version of H. G. Wells's 1895 novel The Time Machine (1960) starring Rod Taylor, in which she played the character Weena. It was popular at the box office, as was the teen comedy Where the Boys Are (1960).[2][3] She also guest starred on One Step Beyond (1960) and other TV shows.


MGM put Mimieux in the ingenue role in Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1961), an expensive flop. She had a central role in Light in the Piazza (1962) with Olivia de Havilland and George Hamilton, playing a mentally disabled girl. The film lost money but was well regarded critically. She had a small part in The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1963), another commercial disappointment. Also later that year, she appeared in Diamond Head for Columbia, as well as Toys in the Attic, co-starring Dean Martin, based on the play by Lillian Hellman.


While at MGM, Mimieux made a cameo in Looking for Love (1964) and played Richard Chamberlain's love interest in Joy in the Morning (1965), a melodrama.



Post-MGM


She was in a Western, The Reward (1967), the Disney comedy Monkeys, Go Home! (1967), and a heist film The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967). She was reunited with Rod Taylor in the MGM action movie Dark of the Sun (1968).


Mimieux was top-billed in Three in the Attic (1969) at AIP, an enormously popular hit.[4] She appeared in the critically acclaimed movie The Picasso Summer (1969) alongside Albert Finney.[5]


Mimieux was the female lead in The Delta Factor (1970), an action film. She then had one of the leads in The Most Deadly Game (1970–71) a short-lived TV series from Aaron Spelling.


After making the TV movie Black Noon (1971) she was an air hostess in MGM's Skyjacked (1972)[6] and was in the Fox science-fiction film The Neptune Factor (1973).


She appeared in a two-part episode of Dr. Kildare ("Tyger, Tyger", 1964) and later appeared in numerous television series and made-for-television movies. She was an assassin in Spelling's Hit Lady (1974) and was in The Legend of Valentino (1975), in which she played Rudolph Valentino's second wife, Natacha Rambova.


She was in the Canadian thriller Journey into Fear (1975) and made a pilot for a TV series based on Bell, Book and Candle (1976), but it was not picked up.



Later Films


Mimieux was a falsely imprisoned woman victimized by a sadistic guard in the film Jackson County Jail (1976) with Tommy Lee Jones, which was a box-office hit. She was in some horror-orientated TV movies, Snowbeast (1977), Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978), and Disaster on the Coastliner (1979).


Later, Mimieux co-starred in the first PG-rated Walt Disney Productions feature, The Black Hole (1979). She had the lead in Circle of Power (1981).[7]


She was in Obsessive Love (1984), a television movie about a female stalker which she co-wrote and co-produced. She had the lead in Berrenger's (1985), a short-lived TV series and had a support role in the TV movie The Fifth Missile (1986).


Her last film was Lady Boss (1992).[8]



Personal life


Mimieux retired from acting in 1992. She was married to film director Stanley Donen from 1972 until their divorce in 1985.[9][10] In 1986 Mimieux married Howard F. Ruby, chairman emeritus and founder of Oakwood Worldwide.[11] She has no children.[citation needed]



Filmography





  • Platinum High School (1960)


  • The Time Machine (1960)


  • Where the Boys Are (1960)


  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)


  • Light in the Piazza (1962)


  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)


  • Diamond Head (1963)


  • Toys in the Attic (1963)


  • Looking for Love (1964)


  • Joy in the Morning (1965)


  • The Reward (1965)


  • Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)


  • The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967)


  • Dark of the Sun (1968)


  • Three in the Attic (1968)


  • The Picasso Summer (1969)


  • The Delta Factor (1970)


  • Skyjacked (1972)


  • The Neptune Factor (1973)


  • Journey Into Fear (1975)


  • Jackson County Jail (1976)


  • The Black Hole (1979)


  • Circle of Power (1981)


  • The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1985) (documentary)




Television work





  • Yancy Derringer ("Collector's Item" 1959)


  • Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1960) Episode: "The Clown"


  • Mr. Lucky (1960) Episode: "Stacked Deck"


  • Dr. Kildare (1964) 2 episodes


  • The Desperate Hours (1967)


  • The Most Deadly Game (1970–1971)


  • Death Takes a Holiday (1971)


  • Black Noon (1971)


  • Hit Lady (1974)


  • The Legend of Valentino (1975)


  • Bell, Book and Candle (1976)


  • Snowbeast (1977)


  • Ransom for Alice! (1977)


  • Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)


  • Outside Chance (1978)


  • Disaster on the Coastliner (1979)


  • Forbidden Love (1982)


  • Night Partners (1983)


  • Obsessive Love (1984)


  • The Love Boat, "Hong Kong Affair" (1984)


  • Berrenger's (1985) (canceled after 12 episodes)


  • The Fifth Missile (1986)


  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)


  • Lady Boss (1992)




Recordings




  • The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm 1962 (MGM Records), as The Dancing Princess


  • Baudelaire's Flowers Of Evil (Les Fleurs Du Mal) 1968 (Connoisseur Society), reading excerpts of Cyril Scott's 1909 translation with music by Ali Akbar Khan



References





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  2. ^ "Where the Boys Are (1960) Directed by Henry Levin". LETTERBOXD. Retrieved 11 October 2018.


  3. ^ Levy, Emanuel. "WHERE THE BOYS ARE (1960): Iconic Spring Break Movie, Starring Connie Francis, Dolores Hart, Yvette Mimieux". EmanuelLevy.com. Emanuel Levy - Cinema 24/7. Retrieved 25 March 2013.


  4. ^ Ebert, Roger (20 December 1968). "THREE IN THE ATTIC". RogerEbert.com. Chicago Sun-Times.


  5. ^ Lindbergs, Kimberly. "A Tale of Two Films: THE PICASSO SUMMER (1969)". CINEBEATS. Retrieved 15 April 2012.


  6. ^ Soares, Emily. "Skyjacked (1972)". TCM.com. Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Retrieved 16 August 2018.


  7. ^ "Circle of Power (1981) Directed by Bobby Roth". LETTERBOXD. Retrieved 14 September 2018.


  8. ^ "Overview for Yvette Mimieux". Turner Classic Movies.


  9. ^ "Yvette Mimieux". Nndb.com. Retrieved 2015-12-31.


  10. ^ "Overview for Yvette Mimieux". Tcm.com. 1942-01-08. Retrieved 2015-12-31.


  11. ^ "Howard F. Ruby". Oakwood.com. Retrieved 2015-12-31.




External links




  • Yvette Mimieux on IMDb


  • Yvette Mimieux at the TCM Movie Database









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