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My Take
Yvette Mimieux feels like a face from the era when Hollywood still minted stars wholesale. Born in Hollywood itself, breaking out in The Time Machine at eighteen, she became a fixture of 1960s and 70s cinema with three Golden Globe nominations to show for it. What I find more interesting is that she's also tagged as an entrepreneur, which hints at a life that didn't end when the studio offers thinned out. She passed in 2022, ten days after her eightieth birthday. I respect performers who treat acting as one chapter rather than the whole book, and she seems to have done exactly that.
Overview
Yvette Carmen Mimieux (January 8, 1942 – January 18, 2022) was an American film and television actress who was a major star of the 1960s and 1970s. Her breakout role was in The Time Machine (1960). She was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards during her career.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Yvette Mimieux
- Name (Japanese)
- イヴェット・ミミュー
- Reading
- いゔぇっと・みみゅー
- Born
- January 8, 1942 – January 18, 2022
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Horse
- Origin
- Hollywood, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- entrepreneur / stage actor / film actor / television actor / model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Hollywood High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.