{"id":395912,"date":"2022-01-19T03:53:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T00:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/yvette-mimieux-the-time-machine-actress-dead-at-80\/"},"modified":"2022-01-19T03:53:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T00:53:58","slug":"yvette-mimieux-the-time-machine-actress-dead-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yvette-mimieux-the-time-machine-actress-dead-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"#Yvette Mimieux, &#8216;The Time Machine&#8217; actress, dead at 80"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Yvette Mimieux, &#8216;The Time Machine&#8217; actress, dead at 80<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Yvette Mimieux, star of the 1960 sci-fi flick \u201cThe Time Machine,\u201d has passed away at 80.<\/p>\n<p>She died in her sleep from natural causes on Tuesday morning, her family\u2019s rep confirmed to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/01\/yvette-mimieux-dead-the-time-machine-actress-the-most-deadly-game-1234914745\/\">Deadline<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Mimieux just celebrated her 80th birthday on Jan. 8.<\/p>\n<p>She was best known for starring alongside Rod Taylor in the film adaption of H.G. Wells\u2019 novel\u00a0\u201cThe Time Machine,\u201d but had notable roles in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>\u00a0\u201cWhere the Boys Are,\u201d\u00a0\u201cPlatinum High School,\u201d \u201cThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cLight in the Piazza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mimieux later made a foray into television, guest starring on two episodes of the Richard Chamberlain series\u00a0\u201cDr. Kildare.\u201d On the show, she made history by becoming the first person on American television <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metv.com\/lists\/navel-gazing-the-first-female-belly-buttons-ever-seen-on-tv\">to show her belly button<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In 1974, she penned a thriller <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a> for Aaron Spelling entitled \u201cHit Lady.\u201d She played the eponymous assassin in the ABC TV movie.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/yvette-miimiux-113.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"THE TIME MACHINE, Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, 1960\" class=\"wp-image-20880255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/yvette-miimiux-113.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/yvette-miimiux-113.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/yvette-miimiux-113.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cThe Time Machine\u201d poster from 1960,<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She also starred in 1976\u2019s \u201cJackson County Jail,\u201d an edgy crime thriller which had her wrongfully imprisoned and accused of murdering a guard who assaulted her.<\/p>\n<p>During her career, she was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n<p>She eventually retired from acting in 1992 after her final TV movie,\u00a0\u201cLady Boss.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Mimieux was married and divorced three times and had no children. After marriages to Evan Harland Engber in 1969 and director Stanley Donen in 1972, she eventually settled down with Howard F. Ruby, whom she married in 1986 and shared 36 years together. <\/p>\n<p>Mimieux was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1942 to a French father and Mexican mother. She had two siblings, a sister and a brother.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/yvette-miimiux-112.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Yvette Mimieux\" class=\"wp-image-20880254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/yvette-miimiux-112.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/yvette-miimiux-112.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/yvette-miimiux-112.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/yvette-miimiux-112.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Yvette Mimieux, circa 1965.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mimieux made six movies before she was 21 and gained a reputation for portraying \u201csensitive\u201d roles. \u201cI suppose I had a soulful quality. I was often cast as a wounded person,\u201d she told the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/lifestyle\/1979\/11\/29\/the-mystique-of-actress-yvette-mimieux\/0bfb06d7-3b99-4758-b429-2f3d9bd0928e\/\">Washington Post <\/a>in 1979. <\/p>\n<p>She was also known to be extremely private \u2014 even in death. No services are planned for the actress, according to Deadline. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI decided I didn\u2019t want to have a totally public life,\u201d she said back in 1979. \u201cWhen the fan magazines started wanting to take pictures of me making sandwiches for my husband, I said \u2018no.\u2019 You know there are tribes in Africa who believe that a camera steals a little part of your soul, and in a way I think that\u2019s true about living your private life in public. 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She died in her sleep from natural causes on Tuesday morning, her family\u2019s rep confirmed to Deadline. Mimieux just celebrated her 80th birthday on Jan. 8. 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