Yvette Vickers, American actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), singer and model (Playboy). died her body was discovered on this date she was , 81.

 Yvette Vickers  was an American actress, pin-up model and singer died her body was discovered on this date she was , 81..

(August 26, 1928—  2010)

Early life and career

Vickers was born Yvette Vedder in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of the jazz musicians Charles and Iola Vedder. During her youth she traveled with her parents on the road. She decided to become a writer and took classes at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in journalism.^[2] As a filler she took a class in acting and discovered she enjoyed it, so she changed her major to drama. While at UCLA she was discovered by the advertising industry and began making commercials. She moved to New York City to become the White Rain Girl but decided to return to California in order to enter the film industry.^[4]
Her first movie appearance was as Yvette Vedder in Sunset Boulevard (1950). The role was minor, and she was uncredited. She made her first movie appearance under her own name in Short Cut to Hell (1957), directed by James Cagney. In 1958, she appeared in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman as Honey Parker. The following year she played the role of Liz Walker in Attack of the Giant Leeches. During the same period she also made a number of appearances in TV shows.^[4]
In 1959, she appeared as the Playboy Playmate of the Month for the July issue.^[5] Her centerfold was photographed by Russ Meyer. She also appeared in several other men's magazines. Her film career began to wind down at about that point. She did play some small parts in films from 1962 onward, including a small role in Hud (1963). Her last role was in Evil Spirits, a 1991 horror film.
Vickers was also a singer, and in the 1990s she released a jazz tribute to her parents on CD called A Tribute to Charlie and Maria. In 2005, she visited Canada for the first time to appear at the Toronto Classic Movie Festival. With interviewer Tom Weaver, she is on the audio commentary track of the 2007 Warner Brothers DVD release of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. She had been writing her autobiography prior to her death.

Personal life

In 1953, Vickers married Don Prell, but they were divorced by 1957. Her second marriage was in 1959 to Leonard Burns, but they were divorced the same year.
Although she never remarried, Vickers had a long-term relationship with actor Jim Hutton.^[6]

Death

Vickers' neighbor became concerned after noticing a large pile of yellowing mail in her mailbox as well as spider webs across her front door. Her body was found inside her Benedict Canyon home on April 27, 2011. The exact date of her death is unknown.^[3] Authorities indicated, however, that the mummified state of her body suggested Vickers could have been dead for nearly a year.^[3] The Los Angeles county coroner's department confirmed that Vickers had died from heart failure.^[7]

 

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