Cult Film Actress Yvette Vickers Remains Found

The mummified remains found last week in a Los Angeles home are that of actress Yvette Vickers, who starred in the 1950s cult horror movies "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" and "Attack of the Giant Leeches," according to the L.A. County Coroner's Office.

Vickers, 82, was also a Playboy Playmate centerfold in July 1959.

Yvette Vickers

A neighbor checked on Vickers April 27 and discovered the remains in the bedroom of Vickers' home in Los Angeles' Benedict Canyon community, said Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter.

Vickers was last seen alive at least four months ago, and investigators have contacted her family.

Vickers lived alone, Winter said. It's not uncommon for Los Angeles County authorities to find mummified remains within homes or outdoors, Winter said. "We find a few every year," Winter said. "Usually they are shut-ins and people that are reclusives."

Playboy magazine was a 6-year-old scandalous sensation when Hugh Hefner chose Yvette Vickers to appear as Miss July 1959, with a centerfold photo of her lying on a sofa flashing her bare behind.

Brian Blackwell