Yvette Mimieux, 1960s Starlet of ‘Time Machine,’ Dies at 80

Yvette Mimieux, 1960s Starlet of ‘Time Machine,’ Dies at 80
Actress Yvette Mimieux appears at the premier of "Dead Mean Don't Wear Plaid" in Los Angeles, on May 9, 1982. Doug Pizac/AP Photo
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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.