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Yvette Mimieux

American actress (1942–2022)

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Born
January 8, 1942
Died
January 17, 2022
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1942

About Yvette Mimieux

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 and a Photoplay Award during the course of her career. Her first film was Platinum High School (1960), a low-budget teen crime drama produced by Albert Zugsmith for MGM starring Mickey Rooney and released two months before The Time Machine. Later, she co-starred in the first PG-rated Walt Disney Productions feature, the science fiction film The Black Hole (1979). Mimieux had a small part in Pal's The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1963), another commercial disappointment. She was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards during her career.

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Yvette Mimieux timeline

  1. Her first film was Platinum High School (1960), a low-budget teen crime drama produced by Albert Zugsmith for MGM starring Mickey Rooney and released two months before The Time Machine.
  2. Mimieux had a small part in Pal's The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1963), another commercial disappointment.
  3. Later, she co-starred in the first PG-rated Walt Disney Productions feature, the science fiction film The Black Hole (1979).

The world when Yvette Mimieux was born

Yvette Mimieux was born in 1942. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1942

  • #1 song"White Christmas" – Bing Crosby
  • Top movieCasablanca
  • Best-selling bookThe Song of Bernadette – Franz Werfel

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Negro League World Series
  • Top headlineBattle of Midway becomes turning point of WWII in the Pacific
  • Technology milestoneEnrico Fermi achieves first nuclear chain reaction
  • Defining fadRationing and war bonds
  • Notable inventionNapalm
  • World population2.35 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population134.9M

1942 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Yvette Mimieux's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19422026
Gas$0.20$3.45/gal
Average home$5,600$435,000
Average income$3,800$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population134.9M341 million

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