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The Munster's Halloween's prime Time TV - a tribute to Yvonne DeCarlo  

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10/31/2016 8:37 am
The Munster's Halloween's prime Time TV - a tribute to Yvonne DeCarlo
Yvonne De Carlo was born Margaret Yvonne Middleton on September 1, 1922 – and passed away January 8, 2007. She was a Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer whose career in film, television, and musical theater spanning over six decades.



She obtained her breakthrough role in Salome(1945), Where She Danced, producer Walter Wanger described her as "the most beautiful girl in the world."

Success followed in films such as Criss Cross (1949) and The Captain's Paradise (1953). Her film career reached its peak with director Cecil B. DeMille casted her as Sephora the wife of Moses, This was her most prominent role to date in film's in his biblical epic The Ten Commandments (1956). Then after her lead performance in Band of Angels (1957) and a supporting role in John Wayne's McLintock! (1963)



Then came her memorable and historic making role of Lily Munster, the wife of Herman Munster, in the CBS sitcom Universal Monster tribute :The Munsters"(1964–1966)

The Munster's piece of History
De Carlo was in debt by 1964 when she signed a contract with Universal Studios to perform the female lead role in The Munsters opposite Fred Gwynne.



She was also the producers' choice to play Lily Munster when Joan Marshall, who played the character (originally called "Phoebe"), was dropped from consideration for the role. When De Carlo was asked how a glamorous actress could succeed as a ghoulish matriarch of a haunted house, she replied simply, "I follow the directions I received on the first day of shooting: 'Play her just like Donna Reed.'"

After the show's cancellation, De Carlo reprised the role as Lily Munster in the Technicolor film Munster, Go Home! (1966), partially in hopes of renewing interest in the sitcom Despite the attempt, The Munsters was cancelled after 70 episodes.



Of the sitcom and its cast and crew, she said: "It was a happy show with audience appeal for both and adults. It was a happy show behind the scenes, too; we all enjoy working with each other." Years later, in 1987, she said: "I think Yvonne De Carlo was more famous than Lily, but I gained the younger audience through The Munsters. And it was a steady job."



After 1967, De Carlo became increasingly active in musicals, appearing in off-Broadway productions of Pal Joey and Catch Me If You Can. In early 1968 she joined Donald O'Connor in a 15-week run of Little Me, staged between Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas. Her defining stage role was as "Carlotta Campion" in Stephen Sondheim's musical, Follies in 1971-1972. Playing a washed-up star at a reunion of old theater colleagues, she introduced the song "I'm Still Here," which would become well-known.



She had a small cameo role in a television film remake of The Munsters, Here Come the Munsters in 1995. Her final film appearance was in the 1995 television film The Barefoot Executive, a Disney Channel remake of the 1971 film of the same name.

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