Mimieux portrayed “delicate, fragile” women as she starred in movies like “The Time Machine,” “Where the Boys Are” and “Light in the Piazza,” The New York Times reported.
Mimieux also appeared on television, appearing in “The Most Deadly Game” from 1970-71 and a primetime soap in 1985 called “Berrenger’s” on NBC, Variety reported. She also appeared on “The Love Boat” and made her last appearance in the 1992 NBC TV movie “Lady Boss,” Variety reported.
Mimieux had a total of 50 acting credits to her name, and earned two Golden Globe nominations, one for 1960′s “Platinum High School” and the other for an appearance on TV’s “Dr. Kildare” in 1964, People Magazine reported.
In 1964, Mimieux became what is believed to be the first actress to show her navel on television in the U.S. when she guest-starred on “Dr. Kildare,” The Hollywood Reporter reported.
Mimieux leaves behind her husband, Howard Ruby, as well as her sister, her brother, and five stepchildren, The New York Times reported.
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Photos: Yvette Mimieux through the years BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JUNE 15: Actress Yvette Mimieux (L) and nature photographer Howard Ruby attend the National Wildlife Federation's "Voices for Wildlife" Anniversary Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on June 15, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Photos: Yvette Mimieux through the years Actress Yvette Mimieux attends the 1990 Carousel of Hope Ball on October 26, 1990 at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty)
Photos: Yvette Mimieux through the years 29th November 1970: American film actress, poet and lion tamer Yvette Mimieux outside the Royal Festival Hall where she will be narrating at a performance of Stravinsky's ballet music 'Persephone'. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) (Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Photos: Yvette Mimieux through the years Actress Yvette Mimieux attends the Party to Celebrate Marvin Davis' Third Year as Head of 20th Century Fox Studios on March 9, 1984 at Chasen's Restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty)
Photos: Yvette Mimieux through the years NEW YORK - CIRCA 1980: Yvette Mimieux circa 1980 in New York City. (Photo by Allen Tannenbaum/Images Press/Getty Images) (Images Press/Getty Images)
Photos: Yvette Mimieux through the years East Lyme, CT - 1979: (L-R) William Shatner, Yvette Mimieux appearing in the ABC tv movie 'Disaster on the Coastliner'. (Photo by American Broadcasting Companies via Getty Images) (Walt Disney Television Photo Archives/ABC)
Photos: Yvette Mimieux through the years Actresses Ingrid Thulin (left) and Yvette Mimieux chatting over a drink during a break in filming 'The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse', Paris, circa 1962. (Photo by Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Keystone Features/Getty Images)
Photos: Yvette Mimieux through the years American actress Yvette Mimieux, who currently appears in the film 'Toys in the Attic', posed in London on 13th July 1963. (Photo by Bryan Wharton/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Antonia Hille/Getty Images)
Photos: Yvette Mimieux through the years American actress Yvette Mimieux in London for a performance of Stravinsky's melodrame 'Persephone' in which she takes the speaking part, UK, 30th November 1970. (Photo by Hilaria McCarthy/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Hilaria McCarthy/Getty Images)
