13 Facts About Yvette Vickers

Yvette Vickers attended the University of California, Los Angeles, and studied journalism.

Yvette Vickers later moved to New York City to model for White Rain shampoo advertisements, but she eventually returned to California to pursue an acting career.

Yvette Vickers made her first movie appearance under the Vickers name in Short Cut to Hell, which was directed by James Cagney.

Yvette Vickers's image was used for the movie's theatrical poster, and it depicted her and Gloria Castillo fighting each other.

Yvette Vickers appeared as Playboys Playmate of the Month in the July 1959 issue.

Yvette Vickers did play some small parts in films from 1962 onward, including a small role in Hud.

Yvette Vickers appeared with interviewer Tom Weaver on the audio commentary track of the 2007 DVD release of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.

Yvette Vickers had been writing her autobiography before her death.

In 1953, Yvette Vickers married Don Prell, and they were divorced by 1957.

Yvette Vickers had a long-term relationship with actor Jim Hutton.

Yvette Vickers had a recurring relationship with actor Cary Grant in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Yvette Vickers had withdrawn from her extended family and friends.

Yvette Vickers's autopsy was completed by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, who ruled her cause of death to be heart failure resulting from coronary artery disease.