Yvette Vickers

Born on August 26, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, 'Yvette Vickers' (qv) 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)_ (qv), 'James Cagney' (qv)'s first directing effort. She played 'Allison Hayes' (qv)' slatternly rival in _Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)_ (qv) and 'Bruno VeSota' (qv)'s slatternly wife in _Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)_ (qv). 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)_ (qv), in _What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)_ (qv), and in the television movie _The Dead Don't Die (1975)_ (qv).::Doug Sederberg <[email protected]>