Yvette Mimieux (born January 8, 1942) is a retired American movie and television actress.
Yvette Carmen Mimieux was born in Los Angeles, California, United States, to a French father and a Mexican mother. Before her film career began, Mimieux was one of four finalists from a beauty contest picked by Elvis Presley (while he was filming Jailhouse Rock, 1957) who were invited to come to the set to compete for a bit role in the movie ("girl in bathing suit"). She and the other girls modeled their suits. Mimieux was not selected.
Her first film appearance was in Platinum High School (1960) for MGM, who signed her to a long term contract. She achieved fame in George Pal's film version of H. G. Wells's 1895 novel The Time Machine (1960) co-starring Rod Taylor, in which she played the character Weena. It was popular at the box office as was the teen comedy Where the Boys Are (1960). She also guest starred on Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1960) and other shows.