Yvette Vickers
| Yvette Vickers | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| July 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Marilyn Hanold |
| Succeeded by | Clayre Peters |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yvette Vedder August 26, 1928 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | C. 2010 (aged ~81) Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Measurements | Bust: 36" Waist: 24" Hips: 36" |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Weight | 105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st) |
Yvette Vickers (born Yvette Iola Vedder; August 26, 1928 – c. 2010) was an American actress, pin-up model and singer.
Vickers was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of jazz musician Charles Vedder. During her youth she traveled with her parents to their various performances. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles, and studied Journalism. While at UCLA, she took a class in acting and discovered that she enjoyed it, so she changed her major to drama. She began making television commercials. She later moved to New York City to model for White Rain shampoo advertisements, but she eventually returned to California to pursue an acting career.
Her first movie appearance is listed under the name "Yvette Vedder" in Sunset Boulevard (1950), although she was not listed in the production credits. She made her first movie appearance under the Vickers name in Short Cut to Hell (1957), which was directed by James Cagney. In the same year, she starred in American International Pictures' Reform School Girl. Her image was used for the movie's theatrical poster, and it depicted her and Gloria Castillo fighting each other. The poster has subsequently become a collector's item.
In 1958, she appeared in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman as Honey Parker, in which she plays the role of the town floozy who has an affair with Harry Archer (William Hudson), who is married to Nancy Archer (Allison Hayes). 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 on TV shows, including an episode of One Step Beyond entitled "The Aerialist" which aired on April 28, 1959.
...
Wikipedia