Yvette Mimieux
Acting
Biography
Yvette Carmen Mimieux (January 8, 1942 - January 17, 2022) was an American film and television actress, known for The Time Machine (1960), Where the Boys Are (1960), The Black Hole (1979) and Dark of the Sun (1968). She was married to hospitality executive Howard Ruby from December 20, 1986 until her death in 2022. She was previously married to director Stanley Donen.
Born: January 8, 1942
Place of Birth: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pictures. A peer of Walt Disney, Pal pioneered stop motion animation and went on to virtually invent the modern science fiction and fantasy film genres. Pal's extraordinary genius molded a dazzling array of films, which earned an incredible total of eight Academy Awards and left a cinematic legacy that served as formative inspiration for the movies of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Gene Roddenberry.
The Time Machine
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
The Oscars
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
Night Partners
Elizabeth and Lauren are two Bakersfield housewives who volunteer to help the local police by working with crime victims to help catch criminals.
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man suspected of being a Nazi SS Officer.
Dark of the Sun
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
Mr. Lucky
Mr. Lucky is a CBS adventure/drama television series that aired from October 24, 1959, to June 18, 1960, with repeats until September 3. Blake Edwards developed the program as a retooling of his Willie Dante character from Four Star Playhouse, where the role was played by studio boss Dick Powell. In the 1960–1961 season, Howard Duff assumed the role of Willie Dante in the NBC adventure/drama series Dante. Mr. Edwards directed and co-wrote the first episode of Mr. Lucky, and the credits of the first eighteen episodes included "Entire production supervised by Blake Edwards." Jack Arnold produced the show and directed fifteen of the thirty-four episodes. Henry Mancini's smooth theme music for the show reached Number 21 in the US singles charts. He released two successful LP's based on the show, Mr. Lucky and Mr. Lucky Goes Latin.
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family.
Light in the Piazza
A young American woman traveling in Italy with her mother is slender, blonde, beautiful and there is something charmingly naive about her. Fabrizio Naccarelli seems to always know where the mother and daughter will sightsee next. Signor Naccarelli is just as concerned about where this will lead as Mrs. Johnson is. Then she starts thinking that perhaps her daughter can be a wife of a wealthy young man in a society where all she has to do is look beautiful. What happens if Signor Naccarelli finds out who his prospective daughter-in-law really is?
Filmography
as Deena Swanson
as Danielle Altmann
as Cheryl Leary
as Linda Foster
as Elizabeth McGuire
as Bianca Ray
as Joanna Bittan
as Dr. Kate McCrae
as Paula Harvey
as Betty Barry
as Jenny Cullen
as Ellen Seberg
as Dinah Hunter
as Natacha Rambova
as Josette
as Angela de Vries
as Dr. Leah Jansen
as Angela Thacher
as Deliverance
as Peggy Chapman
as Vanessa Smith
as Kim Stacy
as Alice Smith
as Tobey Clinton
as Self - Guest
as Claire
as Cindy Hilliard
as Grace Harvey
as Maria Riserau
as Self - Claire (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Sylvia
as Annie McGairy Brown
as Self
as Lily Prine Berniers
as Sloane Howland
as Self - Guest
as The Princess (segment "The Dancing Princess")
as Clara Johnson Naccarelli
as Chi Chi Desnoyers
as Self
as Pat Holmes
as Melanie Tolman
as Weena
as Lorinda Nibley
as Nonnie Regan
as (uncredited)
as Self