Yvonne De Carlo - Lilly Munster - dead at 84

The Flashlight · Jan 11, 2007

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Canadian-born American film and television actress Yvonne De Carlo (born Peggy Yvonne Middleton) died at age 84 of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Fund's Retirement Home in the Los Angeles suburb of Woodland Hills. The announcement was made by longtime friend and television producer Kevin Burns on Wednesday.

De Carlo worked steadily in both film and television, playing her most recent role in the television production of The Barefoot Executive (1995).

Yvonne De Carlo's break came in 1945 playing the title role in Salome, Where She Danced. Though not a critical success it was a box office favorite and De Carlo was hailed as an up and coming star. In 1947 she played her first leading role in Slave Girl and then in 1949 had her biggest success. As the female lead opposite Burt Lancaster in Criss Cross, De Carlo played a femme fatale, and her career began to ascend. The 1957 Band of Angels featured her opposite Clark Gable in a civil war story, along with Sidney Poitier and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

For the next several years, she was constantly working although many of the films failed to advance her career.

Cast in The Ten Commandments (1956) in a leading role (as Moses' wife), De Carlo was part of a major hit. The film was a huge success and De Carlo was among those to be praised for her restrained work.

However, her most famous role that led her to pop culture legacy is of Lily Munster in the cult television series The Munsters (1964 - 1966), which allowed DeCarlo to demonstrate a comic flair that her films had failed to utilize.

She was married to the late stuntman, Bob Morgan, from 1955 to 1968 when they divorced; they had 2 sons, and Morgan had a daughter, Bari, from a previous marriage. De Carlo is a naturalized citizen of the United States.

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Yvonne De Carlo was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6124 Hollywood Blvd. and a second star at 6715 Hollywood Blvd. for her contribution to television.
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Paladin · Jan 11, 2007

Ahem.

marathon · Jan 11, 2007

You have to post more often if you want any chance of scooping on these storeies

Lethesoda · Jan 11, 2007

*huddles in corner* Man... I feel old... Lily Munster died?

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