Posted on 01/10/2007 1:44:44 PM PST by Screamname
'Munsters' star Yvonne De Carlo dies
LOS ANGELES - Yvonne De Carlo, the beautiful star who played Moses' wife in "The Ten Commandments" but achieved her greatest popularity on TV's slapstick comedy "The Munsters," has died. She was 84.
De Carlo died of natural causes Monday at the Motion Picture & Television facility in suburban Los Angeles, longtime friend and television producer Kevin Burns said Wednesday.
De Carlo, whose shapely figure helped launch her career in B-movie desert adventures and Westerns, rose to more important roles in the 1950s. Later, she had a key role in a landmark Broadway musical, Stephen Sondheim's "Follies."
But for TV viewers, she will always be known as Lily Munster in the 1964-1966 horror-movie spoof "The Munsters." The series (the name allegedly derived from "fun-monsters") offered a gallery of Universal Pictures grotesques, including Dracula and Frankenstein's monster, in a cobwebbed gothic setting.
I used to have this dream about her and Morticia Addams. ;-)
Rest in peace, Ms. De Carlo. Thanks for the memories. Tell Fred we said Hi.
Sorry to hear this. She was a fantastic comedienne in her TV career; and a gorgeous gal in all those early Westerns.
I thought that was Lurch. Herman had a personality. :)
So who's left at 1313 Mockingbird Lane? Eddie and Marilyn?
RIP Lilly!
The Munsters and The Addams Family were personal faves during the 60s. (and Get Smart)
LOL!!
Marilyn is 70 and has lymph cancer. Eddie is 53 and a Howard Stern regular.
There has to be better pictures to share, without the morbid goth makeup.
And, of course, Grandpa because he's undead.
The first google image comes up topless - Oh, Lilly!
Sorry about that... Opps ... nevermind
Both Marilyns and Eddie are still around.
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