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Yvette Vickers

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Born on August 26, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, Yvette Vickers majored in picture and theatre arts at UCLA for three years. On a trip to New York in the mid-1950s, she was cast as the White Rain Girl in commercials. She returned to the West Coast, working in various television series until she debuted in her first movie, Short Cut to Hell (1957), James Cagney's first directing effort. She played Allison Hayes' slatternly rival in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) and Bruno VeSota's slatternly wife in Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959). After doing a half dozen more movies through the end of the 1950s, the blonde, blue-eyed actress appeared once in 1963 in Hud (1963), in What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), and in the television movie The Dead Don't Die (1975).
- IMDb mini biography by: Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>

Her body was discovered in her home by neighbor Susan Savage in April 2011. Its condition suggested that she had been dead for close to a year.
Divorced three times, she had an on-and-off 15-year relationship with Jim Hutton, the father of Timothy Hutton.
Best remembered for her role as Honey Parker in the cult classic Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958).
Once up for a lead role in Lana Turner's Imitation of Life (1959).
Her musician/songwriting parents recorded quite a few 45-RPM records in the 1950s and 1960s. Their group was billed as The Chuck Vedder Trio, and they put out primarily rock-and-roll and jazz instrumentals. Yvette, a singer on the side, released a jazz CD in the 1990s called "Tribute to Charlie and Maria" that showcased some of her parents' songs. Both parents passed away in the 1990s.

I always knew I wanted to try for a career in pictures, so I studied drama and worked in little theaters. But I was impatient for a talent scout to discover me. When I was 16 I bleached my hair as a bid for attention. I didn't know how to go about this and made many mistakes. Instead of taking weeks, I applied peroxide and ammonia three times in seven days and my hair got just like straw. My scalp had sore places all over. Even the color was horrid--an artificial orange that was unbecoming. It is interesting to me how much hair influences your personality. Men expect a blonde to be more frivolous and less intelligent.
[after marrying Tom Howland in Las Vegas] Tom is a Chicago actor now in Hollywood. We met about six weeks ago and fell very much in love, so we just went and got married. We hope to do a play together.
[about ex-husband Leonard Burns] Leonard ended all our arguments with the statement, "You are not worthy of me". I began to think that I was some kind of an inferior being.
[how to be popular] Don't make yourself an open book, Because an air of mystery is always intriguing.

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