Yvette Mimieux, ‘The Time Machine’ actress, dead at 80
nypost.comDeadline. Mimieux just celebrated her 80th birthday on Jan. 8.She was best known for starring alongside Rod Taylor in the film adaption of H.G.
Wells’ novel “The Time Machine,” but had notable roles in the movies “Where the Boys Are,” “Platinum High School,” “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” and “Light in the Piazza.”Mimieux later made a foray into television, guest starring on two episodes of the Richard Chamberlain series “Dr.
Kildare.” On the show, she made history by becoming the first person on American television to show her belly button. In 1974, she penned a thriller script for Aaron Spelling entitled “Hit Lady.” She played the eponymous assassin in the ABC TV movie.She also starred in 1976’s “Jackson County Jail,” an edgy crime thriller which had her wrongfully imprisoned and accused of murdering a guard who assaulted her.During her career, she was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards.She eventually retired from acting in 1992 after her final TV movie, “Lady Boss.” 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.
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