Rip Yvette and condolences to her family. When she was a teenager, Hollywood talent scout Jim Byron suggested she become an actress, and. I also remember telling my parents that I wanted to learn how to surf. Mimieux had been writing for several years prior to this film, mostly journalism and short stories. God is a God of all Comfort and he will Comfort the family's..My heartfelt condolences to the family's, May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow, I so enjoyed her movies Where the boys are my favorite. She . Wells novelThe Time Machine, but had notable roles in the moviesWhere the Boys Are,Platinum High School, The Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseandLight in the Piazza.. Even now, all of these years later, I still remember this. At age 17, she wed Evan Harland Engber on December 19, 1959, but kept the marriage secret for almost two years. Not referenced in her film biography but Yvette Mimieux will always be 'The Dancing Princess' who would secretly flee palace walls by night and into a gypsy camp where she would dance the night away undiscovered in THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM. She had, officially, just turned 22 (her birth date is sometimes given as 1939), and had made eight movies, but stardom continued to elude her. Deepest sympathy to Yvettes family and friends. Later in 1960, she appeared in Where the Boys Are, the spring break movie about college students partying in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in the age of the sexual double standard. Do you remember the song Kildare sings to her on beach in Tiger Tiger? Truly, sad about the loss. The blond, blue-eyed actress played a co-ed alongside Connie Francis, Dolores Hart, Paula Prentiss and George Hamilton in the iconic spring break comedy Where the Boys Are (1960); a disturbed woman in A Light in the Piazza (1962), also featuring Hamilton and Olivia de Havilland; and the bride of Dean Martins character in the George Roy Hill drama Toys in the Attic (1963), based on Lillian Hellman play. That year she and Donen divorced; she retired from acting and married the entrepreneur Howard Ruby. Jan. 18, 2022 Yvette Mimieux, who found stardom in the early 1960s portraying delicate, fragile women in "The Time Machine," "Where the Boys Are" and other films, died on Monday night at her. 12K views, 288 likes, 10 loves, 54 comments, 118 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Dr Kildare - TV Show: Happy birthday, Yvette Mimieux! [2], Around 1971, Mimieux had a business selling Haitian products and studied archeology; she would travel several months of each year. At one point, people set up a movie projector and we watch surfing movies for what feels like minutes and then later, Kildare, Pat and a group of surfers sit around a campfire while Kildare croons a song. Came out in 1979 Beautiful woman who I was in love with as a teenager and still beautiful forever. Yvette Mimieux. She is diagnosed with petit mal seizures, which will necessitate that she give up surfing. She showed some talent in the adaptation of Lillian Hellmans Toys in the Attic (1963), but she was back playing a young married woman too innocent for sex in Joy in the Morning (1965), and standard love interests in various action films. She was married to film director Stanley Donen from 1972 to 1985. Actress. Mimieux later made a foray into television, guest starring on two episodes of the Richard Chamberlain seriesDr. In 1979, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto newspaper, found her more complicated: She occupies some vague region far west of Bardot, a reporter wrote, referring to Frances most famous sex symbol, Brigitte Bardot, and just east of Tuesday Weld., But overall the critics were not unkind. Kildare into a starring movie role with the shows star: She was Richard Chamberlains too-nice-for-sex new bride in Joy in the Morning (1965). I wish I had the opportunity to meet her in this lifetime. Mimieux began as a model before MGM signed her in 1959. She also starred in 1976s Jackson County Jail, an edgy crime thriller that had her wrongfully imprisoned and accused of murdering a guard who assaulted her. Yvette Mimieux, who found stardom in the early 1960s portraying delicate, fragile women in The Time Machine, Where the Boys Are and other films, died on Monday night at her home in Los Angeles. This article was amended on 30 January 2022. In the 70s, Mimieux wrote and starred as a remorseless assassin in the 1974 ABC telefilm The Hit Lady, portrayed a falsely accused woman victimized by a sadistic guard in Jackson County Jail (1975) and appeared in the sci-fi drama The Black Hole (1979), the first PG-rated film from Disney. click image above to read Chapter 1 of the love story of my husband Andrew Reach and I. Yvette Mimieux continues her surfing. The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. In 1974, she penned a thriller script for Aaron Spelling titled Hit Lady. She played the eponymous assassin in the ABC TV movie. Kildare meets all the beach bums and beatnicks of that time. She has many smaller siezures. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Classic rock legend dead at 71 just months after his brother, Jerry Springer revealed his single happiest moment in final interview before death, Stew Leonard, founder of famous grocery chain, dies at 93 after brief illness. . Yvette Mimieux was an actor known for starring in the films "The Time Machine" and "Where the Boys Are." . He is infatuated with her but cant get her to accept the epilepsy. Mimieux was unhappy with the roles she was being offered They have no complexity in their lives. This story has been shared 144,093 times. Yvette Mimieux - Wikipedia Of course I could play a lot of awful parts that are too depressing to contemplate. [Television] is not the love affair I have with film, but television can be a playground for interesting ideas. Mimieux and Rod Taylor In "The Time Machine" Everett She would take a detour and guest star on two episodes of the Richard Chamberlain series Dr. Kildare.She played a surfer who was dealing . It takes something away from your relationships, it cheapens them.. Dr. Kildare follows her to stop her, but he is too late. But you were the most beautiful. The movie was mostly a comedy, but Ms. Mimieuxs character makes a serious and socially fatal mistake: She has too much to drink, is molested and is last seen walking, dazed and confused, down a highway median. Joe Hyams, "Yvette steals the show: A year ago she was on our cover. 12 No. She suffers a seizure while surfing and drowns.Yvette Mimieux as Pat Holmes cannot let her seizures keep her from surfing. I cried because, like so many others, I fell in love with her in 1962 when she played the surfer on the Dr. Kildare show. I, too, had a crush on Yvette Mimieux, although I was only a tender six or seven year old. A lovely lady and wonderful actress. Mimieux appeared 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. She died in her sleep from natural causes on Tuesday morning, her familys rep confirmed to Deadline. It was as if Mimieux, teamed with Tommy Lee Jones, was fighting back against years of being cast as victims. . Grief researchers say holding that missing funeral service, even a year or more later, can still help us heal. Thank you Yvette for the wonderful film and TV memories. It's surprising how much a musical selection can affect mourning. Mimieux just celebrated her 80th birthday on Jan. 8. She is diagnosed with petit mal seizures, which will necessitate that she give up surfing. Kildare (1964) and a bride in Joy in the Morning (1965). And she had roles in a couple of television series, Yancy Derringer and One Step Beyond, the previous year. She made Obsessive Love (1984), a television film about a female stalker which she co-wrote and co-produced: "There are few enough films going these days, and there are three or four women who are offered all the good parts. There was a camera shot of Mimeux floating under water with her eyes open and with such a dead look. The 60s also saw her in Vincente Minnellis Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1961), the Francis starrer Looking for Love (1964), The Reward (1965), The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967), Monkeys, Go Home!