Yvette Mimieux
Biography
Yvette Mimieux was an American actress of film and television who rose to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Los Angeles, she began acting after talent manager Jim Byron suggested it, and made her first television appearances in 1959 on Yancy Derringer and One Step Beyond. Her breakout role was Weena in The Time Machine (1960), after which MGM placed her under long-term contract. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for Platinum High School (1960) and starred in Where the Boys Are (1960). She had a central role in Light in the Piazza (1962) as a mentally disabled girl, and later appeared in films including Toys in the Attic (1963), Monkeys, Go Home! (1967), Dark of the Sun (1968), Skyjacked (1972), The Neptune Factor (1973), Jackson County Jail (1976), and The Black Hole (1979). She wrote and starred in Hit Lady (1974), co-wrote and co-produced Obsessive Love (1984), and earned three Golden Globe nominations.
80years old at death
- Born Hollywood
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Yvette Carmen Mimieux
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 19 years1960 to 1979
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Behind the camera
Yvette Mimieux wrote the thriller that became the 1974 television film Hit Lady, in which she also played the title character, after producers Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg bought it for ABC.
First role
Talent manager Jim Byron met Mimieux by chance and told her to try acting, which started her career. In 1959, when she was 17, she first appeared in episodes of Yancy Derringer and One Step Beyond.
Yvette Mimieux movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
George Pal directed two of these films, Henry Levin two. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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George PalDirector, 2 films, 1960 to 1962
All films by George Pal
Henry LevinDirector, 2 films, 1960 to 1962
All films by Henry Levin
Also two films together4 more actors
- Walter SlezakThe Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967) and The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
- Nan MartinJackson County Jail (1976) and Toys in the Attic (1963)
- Marcel HillaireMonkeys, Go Home! (1967) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
- Karlheinz BöhmThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) and The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Yvette Mimieux's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$49.7 million
6 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 6 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$36M72.1% of the total
- 2$6.5M13.2% of the total
- 3$3.5M7.0% of the total
- 4$2.3M4.6% of the total
- 5$1.5M3.0% of the total
- 6$6K0.0% of the total
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