Yvonne Lime
- Actress
- Writer
Yvonne Lime was the daughter of a music teacher who encouraged her to
study acting. After attending the Pasadena Playhouse and acting in its
production of "Ah, Wilderness!," Lime attracted the notice of an agent
who landed her a recurring part on TV's
Father Knows Best (1954).
The blonde actress appeared in many television shows and movies of the
era, including Elvis Presley's
Loving You (1957) and AIP's
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
(co-starring as title character
Michael Landon's girlfriend). She
later married TV producer Don Fedderson
(The Millionaire (1955),
My Three Sons (1960),
Family Affair (1966)) and
retired from acting. According to Lime, one of the most important (and
rewarding) parts of her life is her charity work: beginning in the
1950s, while entertaining U.S. troops in Japan, she and her
actress-friend Sara O'Meara became
concerned with the plight of orphans and took the first steps toward
founding International Orphans Inc., an organization that built and
maintained four orphanages in Japan, as well as five orphanages, a
hospital and a school in Vietnam. Lime and O'Meara later redirected
their efforts toward abused and neglected children in the U.S. and
changed their organization's name to Childhelp USA.