Celeste Yarnall

Celeste Jeanne Yarnall (July 26, 1944 – October 7, 2018) was an American actress. She was an amazing woman of many talents who has been very successful in a diverse number of fields. There appears to be nothing she cannot do when she puts her mind to it. Apart from her initial career as model, spokesperson and actress, Celeste has also managed several talented screenwriters, segued into the commercial real estate business, become a championship Tonkinese cat breeder, run her own successful company, hosted a radio show, produced a "How to" video and regularly appears as a speaker/lecturer. At a time when many people would be thinking of an easier life, Celeste studied for and received her Ph. D in nutrition in 1998 and now serves as adjunct professor of nutrition at the Pacific Western University. In addition, Celeste has written two best selling books: 'Natural Cat Care: A Complete Guide to Holistic Care for Cats', and 'Natural Dog Care: A Complete Guide to Holistic Care for Dogs'. As a model and actress, Celeste was renowned for her beauty and very becoming figure, being named the Foreign Press' Most Photogenic Beauty of the Year at the Cannes Film Festival in 1968. She was also the National Association of Theater Owners Most Promising New Star of 1968. Celeste is currently featured as Miss April in Cedco Publishing's popular wall calendar for 2002. The April 2002 issue of 'Femme Fatale' magazine also features a detailed article about Celeste. For Elvis Presley fans, ...

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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)

After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best friends, Ted and Alice Henderson. Not wanting to be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Mazursky
CAST:  Natalie Wood  •  Robert Culp  •  Elliott Gould  •  Dyan Cannon

After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best friends, Ted and Alice Henderson. Not wanting to be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Mazursky
CAST:  Natalie Wood  •  Robert Culp  •  Elliott Gould  •  Dyan Cannon

The Mechanic (1972)

Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and lonely that he takes on one of his victim's sons, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winner
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  Keenan Wynn  •  Jill Ireland

Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and lonely that he takes on one of his victim's sons, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winner
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  Keenan Wynn  •  Jill Ireland

Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)

Photographer Greg Nolan moonlights in two full-time jobs to pay the rent, but has trouble finding time to do them both without his bosses finding out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Elvis Presley  •  Michele Carey  •  Rudy Vallee  •  Dick Sargent

Photographer Greg Nolan moonlights in two full-time jobs to pay the rent, but has trouble finding time to do them both without his bosses finding out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Elvis Presley  •  Michele Carey  •  Rudy Vallee  •  Dick Sargent

In Name Only (1969)

In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horror, that the Justice of the Peace who had officiated their first three weddings was only an actor. Hilarity ensues as they set about trying to get these marrieds ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  E.W. Swackhamer
CAST:  Michael Callan  •  Ann Prentiss  •  Eve Arden  •  Ruth Buzzi

In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horror, that the Justice of the Peace who had officiated their first three weddings was only an actor. Hilarity ensues as they set about trying to get these marrieds ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  E.W. Swackhamer
CAST:  Michael Callan  •  Ann Prentiss  •  Eve Arden  •  Ruth Buzzi

Eve (1968)

Adventurer and treasure hunter Mike Yates is hoping to find a cache of Incan treasure lost in the Amazon jungle. While looking for his missing partner, he stumbles across a beautiful jungle girl named Eve. Later on, he comes across Eve's grandfather, who is being ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Lynn  •  Jeremy Summers
CAST:  Celeste Yarnall  •  Robert Walker Jr.  •  Herbert Lom  •  Christopher Lee

Adventurer and treasure hunter Mike Yates is hoping to find a cache of Incan treasure lost in the Amazon jungle. While looking for his missing partner, he stumbles across a beautiful jungle girl named Eve. Later on, he comes across Eve's grandfather, who is being ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Lynn  •  Jeremy Summers
CAST:  Celeste Yarnall  •  Robert Walker Jr.  •  Herbert Lom  •  Christopher Lee

Femme (2013)

A documentary featuring interviews with 100 influential women from around the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emmanuel Itier
CAST:  Sharon Stone  •  María Conchita Alonso  •  Joanna Angel  •  Gloria Steinem

A documentary featuring interviews with 100 influential women from around the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emmanuel Itier
CAST:  Sharon Stone  •  María Conchita Alonso  •  Joanna Angel  •  Gloria Steinem

Skinwalker: Curse of the Shaman (2005)

Horror - When college students Brooke and A.J. set out to make a documentary on six missing kids, rumored to be the victims of a deadly curse, they have no idea of the danger they're walking into. While digging for answers, Brooke and A.J. stir the emotions of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Stevens Jr.
CAST:  Amanda Paytas  •  Timothy Parham  •  Donald Craig  •  Johnny Legend

Horror - When college students Brooke and A.J. set out to make a documentary on six missing kids, rumored to be the victims of a deadly curse, they have no idea of the danger they're walking into. While digging for answers, Brooke and A.J. stir the emotions of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Stevens Jr.
CAST:  Amanda Paytas  •  Timothy Parham  •  Donald Craig  •  Johnny Legend

Beast of Blood (1970)

A mad scientist creates a monster, but after its head is cut off, he keeps it alive in a serum he has invented.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eddie Romero
CAST:  John Ashley  •  Celeste Yarnall  •  Eddie Garcia  •  Liza Belmonte

A mad scientist creates a monster, but after its head is cut off, he keeps it alive in a serum he has invented.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eddie Romero
CAST:  John Ashley  •  Celeste Yarnall  •  Eddie Garcia  •  Liza Belmonte

Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)

In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitation-film producers were free to make nearly any kind of movie they wanted, any way they pleased. It was a country with extremely lax labor regulations and a very ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Hartley
CAST:  Roger Corman  •  Colleen Camp  •  John Landis  •  Sid Haig

In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitation-film producers were free to make nearly any kind of movie they wanted, any way they pleased. It was a country with extremely lax labor regulations and a very ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Hartley
CAST:  Roger Corman  •  Colleen Camp  •  John Landis  •  Sid Haig

Midnight Kiss (1993)

A modern vampire is killing people and sucking blood in the city. The police can't stop him, because of his wits and strength. One night, fighting with a police woman, the vampire bites her, but instead of becoming a new mistress for him, this woman becomes a super ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Bender
CAST:  Michelle Owens  •  Michael McMillen  •  Gregory A. Greer  •  Robert Miano

A modern vampire is killing people and sucking blood in the city. The police can't stop him, because of his wits and strength. One night, fighting with a police woman, the vampire bites her, but instead of becoming a new mistress for him, this woman becomes a super ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Bender
CAST:  Michelle Owens  •  Michael McMillen  •  Gregory A. Greer  •  Robert Miano

Shrink Rap (2003)

The lives of a glamorous power couple are turned upside down when the bartender for their anniversary party turns out to be a student therapist who won't go home...until he helps them and becomes the next Dr. Phil!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug Cox
CAST:  Linden Ashby  •  Eddie Daniels  •  Kyle T. Heffner  •  Richard Kind

The lives of a glamorous power couple are turned upside down when the bartender for their anniversary party turns out to be a student therapist who won't go home...until he helps them and becomes the next Dr. Phil!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug Cox
CAST:  Linden Ashby  •  Eddie Daniels  •  Kyle T. Heffner  •  Richard Kind

The Velvet Vampire (1971)

A married couple accept the invitation of mysterious vixen Diane LeFanu to visit her in her secluded desert estate. Tensions arise when the couple, unaware at first that Diane is a centuries-old vampire, realize that they are both objects of the pale temptress' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephanie Rothman
CAST:  Michael Blodgett  •  Sherry E. DeBoer  •  Celeste Yarnall  •  Gene Shane

A married couple accept the invitation of mysterious vixen Diane LeFanu to visit her in her secluded desert estate. Tensions arise when the couple, unaware at first that Diane is a centuries-old vampire, realize that they are both objects of the pale temptress' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephanie Rothman
CAST:  Michael Blodgett  •  Sherry E. DeBoer  •  Celeste Yarnall  •  Gene Shane

The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972)

A retired lady judge runs a private detective agency with a charming ex-con as her leg man and various parolees helping in the day-to-day operation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Doug McClure  •  Eric Braeden  •  Joan Van Ark

A retired lady judge runs a private detective agency with a charming ex-con as her leg man and various parolees helping in the day-to-day operation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Doug McClure  •  Eric Braeden  •  Joan Van Ark

Under the Yum-Yum Tree (1963)

A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tanant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Swift
CAST:  Jack Lemmon  •  Carol Lynley  •  Edie Adams  •  Imogene Coca

A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tanant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Swift
CAST:  Jack Lemmon  •  Carol Lynley  •  Edie Adams  •  Imogene Coca

Fatal Beauty (1987)

Detective Rita Rizzoli is accustomed to donning costumes and going undercover to nail crooks. But she'll be required to use all of her get-ups and more when a major cocaine ring is suspected of turning out a potent new strain of the drug, called "Fatal Beauty." ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Holland
CAST:  Whoopi Goldberg  •  Sam Elliott  •  Rubén Blades  •  Harris Yulin

Detective Rita Rizzoli is accustomed to donning costumes and going undercover to nail crooks. But she'll be required to use all of her get-ups and more when a major cocaine ring is suspected of turning out a potent new strain of the drug, called "Fatal Beauty." ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Holland
CAST:  Whoopi Goldberg  •  Sam Elliott  •  Rubén Blades  •  Harris Yulin

Born Yesterday (1993)

A rich millionaire hires a sophisticated journalist to bring his somewhat dim-witted girlfriend up to the level of his peers. He fears that the showgirl's lack of etiquette may damage his own social reputation and tries to change her — but fails to realise that her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Mandoki
CAST:  Melanie Griffith  •  John Goodman  •  Don Johnson  •  Michael Ensign

A rich millionaire hires a sophisticated journalist to bring his somewhat dim-witted girlfriend up to the level of his peers. He fears that the showgirl's lack of etiquette may damage his own social reputation and tries to change her — but fails to realise that her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Mandoki
CAST:  Melanie Griffith  •  John Goodman  •  Don Johnson  •  Michael Ensign

A New Kind of Love (1963)

A down-and-out reporter and a fashion designer fall in love in Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Melville Shavelson
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Joanne Woodward  •  Thelma Ritter  •  Eva Gabor

A down-and-out reporter and a fashion designer fall in love in Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Melville Shavelson
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Joanne Woodward  •  Thelma Ritter  •  Eva Gabor

Scorpio (1973)

Cross is an old hand at the CIA who often teams up with Frenchman Jean “Scorpio” Laurier, a gifted freelance operative. After their last mission together, the CIA orders Scorpio to eliminate Cross, leaving him no choice but to obey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winner
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Alain Delon  •  Paul Scofield  •  John Colicos

Cross is an old hand at the CIA who often teams up with Frenchman Jean “Scorpio” Laurier, a gifted freelance operative. After their last mission together, the CIA orders Scorpio to eliminate Cross, leaving him no choice but to obey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winner
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Alain Delon  •  Paul Scofield  •  John Colicos

Around the World Under the Sea (1966)

A five man submarine plants sensors around the worlds oceans to monitor for a impending earthquake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Marton
CAST:  Lloyd Bridges  •  Brian Kelly  •  Shirley Eaton  •  David McCallum

A five man submarine plants sensors around the worlds oceans to monitor for a impending earthquake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Marton
CAST:  Lloyd Bridges  •  Brian Kelly  •  Shirley Eaton  •  David McCallum

Unbelievable!!!!! (2020)

The crazy exploits of four off-beat astronauts who travel to the Moon on a rescue mission to determine the fate of two Space Agency comrades who have not been heard from in several days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven L. Fawcette
CAST:  Dina Meyer  •  Snoop Dogg  •  Olivia d'Abo  •  Marina Sirtis

The crazy exploits of four off-beat astronauts who travel to the Moon on a rescue mission to determine the fate of two Space Agency comrades who have not been heard from in several days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven L. Fawcette
CAST:  Dina Meyer  •  Snoop Dogg  •  Olivia d'Abo  •  Marina Sirtis
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