Yvette Mimieux, ‘The Time Machine’ and ‘The Black Hole’ Star, Dies at 80

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Yvette Mimieux, the blond and blue-eyed 1960s film star of “Where the Boys Are”, “The Time Machine” and “Light in the Piazza”, has died. She was 80.

Yvette Mimieux was an actor known for starring in the films “The Time Machine” and “Where the Boys Are.”Yvette Mimieux was an actor who had her breakout role playing Weena in a 1960 film adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel “The Time Machine.” That same year she was one of the stars in the pioneering spring break movie “Where the Boys Are” with Connie Francis and George Hamilton.

NEW YORK -- Yvette Mimieux, the blond and blue-eyed 1960s film star of “Where the Boys Are,” "The Time Machine" and “Light in the Piazza,” has died. She was 80.Michelle Bega, a family spokeswoman, said Mimieux died in her sleep of natural causes overnight Monday evening at her home in Los Angeles.In 1960's “The Time Machine,” based on H.G. Wells' 1895 novel, Mimieux starred opposite Rod Taylor as Weena, a member of the peaceful, blond-haired Eloi people in the year 800,000, who don't realize they're being bred as food by the underground Morlocks.That role and others that soon followed made Mimieux one of the ‘60s most radiant starlets.

One of the brightest stars in French cinema has dimmed. Gaspard Ulliel has died following a serious ski accident, according to news agency AFP (per Deadline). He was just 37. The actor was hospitalized on Tuesday (Jan. 18) after suffering a head injury on the slopes in the Savoie region. He was transported via helicopter to a hospital in Grenoble. Gaspard’s death was later confirmed by the actor’s family and local agent.

Yvette Mimieux was found dead Tuesday morning, a rep for her family confirmed. She had just turned 80 on January 8, and she passed away in her sleep of natural causes. Mimieux was a prolific actress best remembered for starring opposite Rod Taylor in the 1960 George Pal-directed film version of the H.G.