Laurie Mitchell (born Mickey Koren; July 14, 1928 – September 20, 2018) was an American actress and model. Mitchell was perhaps best known for her role as Queen Yllana, the ruler of
Venus
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, in
Edward Bernds
Edward Bernds (July 12, 1905May 20, 2000) was an American screenwriter and director, born in Chicago, Illinois.
Career
While in his junior year in Lake View High School, he and several friends formed a small radio clique and obtained amateur li ...
's 1958 science-fiction film ''
Queen of Outer Space''.
Early life
Mitchell was born in
Manhattan
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on July 14, 1928.
Her parents were Samuel and Adele Koren.
She began her career in
The Bronx
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where she was a child model.
[ Her family moved to ]Los Angeles
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when Mitchell was in her teens.
Career
In 1954, she made her acting debut as a hooker opposite Kirk Douglas
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in ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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''.[ She garnered a degree of fame in her role alongside ]Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Gabor competed in the ...
in the 1958 science-fiction film '' Queen of Outer Space''.[
Mitchell has co-starring roles in the feature films '' Calypso Joe'' (1957) and '']That Touch of Mink
''That Touch of Mink'' is a 1962 American romantic comedy film directed by Delbert Mann, and starring Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young and Audrey Meadows.
Plot
Cathy Timberlake, a New York career woman looking for a job, walks to the unempl ...
'' (1962). She can also be seen in episodes of various American television series produced in the 1950s and 1960s, such as the '' Adventures of Superman'', ''77 Sunset Strip
''77 Sunset Strip'' is an American private detective crime drama television series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Richard Long (from 1960 to 1961) and Edd Byrnes (billed as Edward Byrnes). Each epis ...
'', '' Wanted: Dead or Alive'' playing Belle Colter in S2 E15 "Chain Gang" (1959), ''Hawaiian Eye
''Hawaiian Eye'' is an American detective television series that ran from October 1959 to April 1963 on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network.
Premise
Private investigator Tracy Steele (Anthony Eisley) and his half-Hawaiian ...
'', ''Perry Mason
Perry Mason is a fictional character, an American criminal defense lawyer who is the main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason features in 82 novels and four short stories, all of which involve a ...
'', ''Bonanza
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'', ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
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'', ''The Addams Family
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'', and '' The Virginian''.[
]
Personal life and death
In 1949, aged 21, Mitchell married magician Larry White.[ They had two children and divorced in 1976.][ Mitchell later remarried and had two stepsons.][ She died of natural causes in 2018, at age 90, in ]Perris, California
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and was buried in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery.[Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.]
Filmography
References
External links
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Laurie Mitchell
at Find a Grave
1928 births
2018 deaths
Jewish American actresses
Jewish female models
American film actresses
American television actresses
American female models
Actresses from Manhattan
Burials at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery
21st-century American women
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