booksmusicfilmstv.com: Home Books Music Films TV

Munsters Star Yvonne De Carlo Obituary
Written by Paul Rance
Saturday, 13 January 2007

Yvonne De Carlo, who died on January 8th in Woodland Hills, California, was famous as Lily Munster in hit 1960s US TV comedy, 'The Munsters', but she was also famous in the 1940s and 1950s as a film star.

Yvonne (real mame Peggy Yvonne Middleton) was born on September 1st, 1922, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. After moving to Hollywood as a teenager, seeking fame and fortune without success, she moved back to Canada, only to have another crack at Hollywood in 1940. She gained small parts in films in the early '40s, usually making the most of her sultry Latin looks playing alluring cameo roles. Eventually, in 1945, Yvonne got her first lead in 'Salome Where She Danced'. She then had a successful ten years or so, and in 1956 appeared in the epic 'The Ten Commandments', where she played Sephora, the wife of Charlton Heston's Moses. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Yvonne guest starred in popular TV shows such as 'Bonanza', 'The Virginian', and 'Burke's Law'. 1964 saw the launch of 'The Munsters', and immortalised Yvonne De Carlo in the role of Lily Munster - the scary, but sexy, matriarch of the Munster household. This popular show ran for two years.

Munsters DVDs available from booksmusicfilmstv.com - in association with Amazon.co.uk

Home Books Music Films TV

This website is designed by booksmusicfilmstv.com.