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Yvette Mimieux (born January 8, 1942 in Los Angeles, California) is an actress with a French father and a Mexican mother. In 1960, she appeared in the hugely popular teen movie Where The Boys Are as well as George Pal's 1960 motion picture version of H.G. Wells' classic 1895 novel, The Time Machine, co-starring Rod Taylor. This was followed by The Light in the Piazza (1962) with Olivia de Havilland. In 1963, Mimieux appeared in Diamond Head and Toys in the Attic. During the 1960s, Mimieux was widely regarded as a sex symbol, and this may have affected her acting career, in which serious roles became increasingly elusive. Many of the films in which she appeared after 1963 were both critical and commercial failures. She later appeared in numerous television series and made-for-television movies.

In later life, the 5 ft 4 in tall Mimieux co-starred in the first PG-rated Walt Disney Productions feature, The Black Hole. In 1984, she starred in Obsessive Love, a television movie about a female stalker, which she co-wrote and co-produced. Her last film, in 1992, was Lady Boss, with Joan Collins.

Aside from her acting career, she is also an anthropologist and a real estate investor. She was married to film director Stanley Donen from 1972 to 1985, and is currently married to Howard Ruby (1986-present), founder and chairman of Oakwood Worldwide, the first and largest corporate housing provider in the world.

• Lady Boss (1992)
• Obsessive Love (1984)
• The Black Hole (1979)
• Jackson County Jail (1976)
• Journey Into Fear (1975)
• The Neptune Factor (1973)
• Skyjacked (1972)
• The Delta Factor (1970)
• The Picasso Summer (1969)
• Three in the Attic (1968)
• The Mercenaries (1968)
• The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967)
• Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)
• The Reward (1965)
• Joy in the Morning (1965)
• Looking for Love (1964)
• Toys in the Attic (1963)
• Diamond Head (1963)
• The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
• Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
• The Light in the Piazza (1962)
• Where the Boys Are (1960)
• The Time Machine (1960)
• Platinum High School, aka Young and Deadly (1960)

• According to 1963's Movie Life Yearbook, at that time she was 5'4, 107 lbs, 34-21.5-35.

• Yvette Mimieux at the Internet Movie Database

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