Cult actress found mummified

Somehow fitting.

May 3, 2011 at 2:02PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
[FILE PHOTO -- Yvette Vickers, a blond B-movie actress who appeared in the cult movies "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman" and "Attack of the Giant Leeches" was found dead over the weekend at her home in Benedict Canyon. Vickers, who may have died months ago, was 74. No credit available.] *** []
(No credit available./The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A sad end, but she's fondly remembered:

She played "the town floozy" in "50-Foot Woman," not the titular giantess. More here.

Here's an excerpt from one of her classics, "I Led Three Lives." She plays a Communist college student. Vickers shows up around 4:00. Typical fascist police shakedown!

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