Biography for Yvonne DeCarlo
Yvonne DeCarlo as Lily Munster
The owner of a wax museum has an exhibit dedicated to the Munsters. When he uses robots that look like Herman and Granpa to pull a jewelry heist, everyone thinks that the real Herman and Grandpa did it. They must prove their innocence and uncover the real thieves.
Biography for Yvonne DeCarlo
Birth name
Margaret Yvonne Middleton
Date of birth
1 September 1922
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Yvonne De Carlo was born with the birth name of Peggy Yvonne Middleton on September 1, 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia. While some sources have her first name as Margaret, most agree it is Peggy. Yvonne was three when her father abandoned the family. Her mother turned to waitressing in a restaurant to help make ends meet. A rough beginning for an actress who would, one day, be one of Hollywood's elite. Her mother wanted her to be in the entertainment field and enrolled her daughter in a local dance school and also studied dramatics. Yvonne was not shy in the least. She was somewhat akin to Colleen Moore who like herself, entertained the neighborhood with impromptu productions. When Yvonne was 15 years old, her mother gathered her up and went to Hollywood to try her fame and fortune. With no break forthcoming, the two returned to Canada. They returned in 1940 where Yvonne would dance in chorus lines at night while she checked in at the studios by day in search of film work. After appearing in three short films, all uncredited, she finally made a film for the mainstream public. Albeit a lame film, HARVARD, HERE I COME (1942), she briefly appeared as a bathing beauty. 1942 and 1943 saw her in more uncredited roles, films that really didn't set the world on fire. In DEERSLAYER (1943), she played Wah-Tah. It was a role that didn't amount to much, but was so much better than the roles she had been handed in the past. Then comes 1944. Again the results were about the same as the previous two years. Her roles were either secretaries, companions of some one, native girls, or office clerks. Most aspiring young actresses would have given up and gone home in defeat, but not Yvonne. She trudged on. 1945 started out the same, with mostly bit parts, but later that year, Yvonne landed the title role in the film SALOME, WHERE SHE DANCED. While the critics was less than thrilled with this movie, it was, at long last, a big role, and for Universal Studios, a big success. Now Yvonne was rolling. That film was followed by FRONTIER GAL as Lorena Dumont. After an off year in 1946, Yvonne returned to the silver screen the next year as Cara de Talavera in SONG OF SCHEHERAZADE. It seemed to most that the only thing that was worth watching in the movie was Yvonne herself. Her next film was BRUTE FORCE. Time after time, Yvonne won leading roles in SLAVE GIRL, BLACK BART, CASBAH, and RIVER LADY. In CRISS CROSS (1949), a gangster movie where Yvonne had a big and meaty role as the ex-wife of a hoodlum. At the start of the 1950's Yvonne enjoyed continued success in lead roles. Her talents were again showcased in movies such as THE DESERT HAWK (1950), SILVER CITY (1951), and SCARLET ANGEL (1952). Her last film for '52 was HURRICANE SMITH, a film most fans and critics agree, is worth forgetting about. In 1956, Yvonne appeared in the film that would immortalize her best, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. She played Moses (Charlton Heston) wife, Sephora. The film was, unquestionably, a super smash, which is still shown on television today. Her performance as Sephora launched her into another fine role as Amantha Starr in 1957's BAND OF ANGELS. In the late 50's and early 60's Yvonne was appearing on such TV programs as BONANZA and THE VIRGINIAN. With film roles vanishing, she took the role of Lily Munster in the smash series THE MUNSTERS which first aired in 1964. Still Yvonne wasn't completely through with the big screen. Appearances in films such as THE POWER (1968), THE SEVEN MINUTES (1971), and HOUSE OF SHADOWS (1976), kept her before the eye of the movie going public. Yvonne's last big screen appearance was 1993's SOROITY HOUSE MURDERS.
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Trivia
2 sons - Bob Morgan and Michael Morgan. 1 Step-daughter Bari Morgan
Her birth name was Margaret, but she was known by Peggy growing up.
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Salary
Ten Commandments, The (1956) $25,000
Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: This former dancer broke into films in 1942, working as an extra and graduating to bit parts in short subjects, soundies musicals, and such feature films as This Gun for Hire (as a showgirl) and The Road to Morocco (as a harem girl), but not achieving stardom until she was cast in exotic adventure films and clad (or rather, unclad) in harem garb. And when she wasn't cavorting with sheiks or viziers, she was kicking up her heels in Wild West saloons. De Carlo's starring roles, beginning with Salome, Where She Danced (1945), didn't usually require much in the way of emoting, but she gamely rose to the occasion when something more than looking beautiful was required.
De Carlo enjoyed a personal triumph in the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's 1971 Broadway musical "Follies," introducing the song "I'm Still Here." The TV generation knows her as Lily Munster, a role she played on "The Munsters" TV series (1964-66) and in a 1966 feature film, Munster, Go Home The cast reunited for 1981's TV movie The Munsters' Revenge Her autobiography, "Yvonne," was published in 1987.
Barefoot Executive, The (1995) (TV)
Here Come the Munsters (1995) (TV) .... Cameo appearance
Seasons of the Heart (1993) (voice) .... Older Martha
Sorority House Murders, The (1993) .... Mrs. Garrett
Desert Kickboxer (1992)
... aka Desert Hawk (1992) (USA: alternative title)
Naked Truth, The (1992) .... Mrs. Hess
Oscar (1991) .... Aunt Rosa
Mirror, Mirror (1990) .... Emelin
American Gothic (1988) .... Ma
... aka Hide and Shriek (1988)
Cellar Dweller (1988) .... Mrs. Briggs
Masterpiece of Murder, A (1986) (TV) .... Mrs. Murphy
Flesh and Bullets (1985)
Play Dead (1985) .... Hester
... aka Killer Dog (1985) (International: English title: video title)
... aka Satan's Dog (1985)
Vultures (1983) .... Rose
... aka Vultures in Paradise (1983)
Class Reunion (1982)
... aka National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982)
Liar's Moon (1981) .... Jeanene Dubois
Munsters' Revenge, The (1981) (TV) (as Yvonne DeCarlo) .... Lily Munster
Man with Bogart's Face, The (1980) .... Teresa Anastas
... aka Sam Marlowe, Private Eye (1980)
Silent Scream (1980) .... Mrs. Engels
Guyana, el crimen del siglo (1980) .... Susan Ames
... aka Guyana: Crime of the Century (1980)
... aka Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1980) (USA)
Nocturna (1979) .... Jugula
... aka Granddaughter of Dracula (1979)
Satan's Cheerleaders (1977) .... Emma Bub/Sheriff's Wife/High Priestess
Casa de las sombras, La (1976)
... aka House of Shadows (1976)
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) .... Cleaning woman
Black Fire (1975)
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975) .... Julia
... aka Good Idea (1975)
Blazing Stewardesses (1974) .... Honey
... aka Cathouse Callgirls (1974) (USA: video title)
... aka Cathouse Cowgirls (1974)
... aka Great Truck Robbery, The (1974)
... aka Texas Layover (1974)
... aka Up Like a Shot (1974)
Mark of Zorro, The (1974) (TV) .... Isabella Vega
Girl on the Late, Late Show, The (1974) (TV) .... Lorraine
Delta Factor, The (1971) .... Valerie
Seven Minutes, The (1971) .... Constance Cumberland
Arizona Bushwhackers (1968) .... Jill Wyler
Power, The (1968) .... Sally Hallson
Hostile Guns (1967) .... Laura Mannon
Munster, Go Home (1966) .... Lily Munster
Tentazioni proibite (1965)
"Munsters, The" (1964) TV Series .... Lily Munster
Law of the Lawless (1964) .... Ellie Irish
... aka Invitation to a Hanging (1964)
Global Affair, A (1964) .... Dolores
McLintock! (1963) .... Mrs. Louise Warren
Timbuktu (1959) .... Natalie Dufort
Spada e la croce, La (1958) .... Mary Magdalene
... aka Mary Magdalene (1958)
... aka Sword and the Cross, The (1958)
Band of Angels (1957) .... Amantha Starr
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) .... Bridget Kelly
... aka Diary of a Scoundrel (1956)
... aka Loves and Death of a Scoundrel, The (1956)
... aka Loves of a Scoundrel (1956)
Ten Commandments, The (1956) .... Sephora
Magic Fire (1956) .... Minna
... aka Frauen um Richard Wagner (1956)
Raw Edge (1956) .... Hannah Montgomery
Flame of the Islands (1955) .... Rosalind Dee
Shotgun (1955) .... Abby
Contessa di Castiglione, La (1954) .... Virginia Oldoini
... aka Castiglione, La (1955) (France)
... aka Contessa's Secret, The (1954) (USA)
Happy Ever After (1954) .... Serena McGluskey
... aka Tonight's the Night (1954) (USA)
Passion (1954) .... Rosa Melo/Tonya Melo
Border River (1954) .... Carmelita Carjas
Sea Devils (1953) .... Droucette
Fort Algiers (1953) .... Yvette
Sombrero (1953) .... Maria
Captain's Paradise, The (1953) .... Nita St. James
... aka Captain's Progress, The (1953)
... aka Paradise (1953)
Hurricane Smith (1952) .... Luana
San Francisco Story, The (1952) .... Adelaide McCall
Scarlet Angel (1952) .... Roxy McClanahan
Hotel Sahara (1951) .... Yasmin Pallas
Silver City (1951) .... Candace Surrency
... aka High Vermilion (1951) (UK)
Tomahawk (1951) .... Julie Madden
... aka Battle of Powder River (1951) (UK)
Desert Hawk, The (1950) .... Princess Scheherazade
Buccaneer's Girl (1950) .... Deborah McCoy
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949) .... Calamity Jane
Gal Who Took the West, The (1949) .... Linda Marlowe
Criss Cross (1949) .... Anna
Black Bart (1948) .... Lola Montez
... aka Black Bart, Highwayman (1948) (UK)
Casbah (1948) .... Inez
River Lady (1948) .... Sequin
Slave Girl (1947) .... Francesca
Brute Force (1947) .... Gina Ferrara
Song of Scheherazade (1947) .... Cara de Talavera
Frontier Gal (1945) .... Lorena Dumont
... aka Bride Wasn't Willing, The (1945) (UK)
Salome, Where She Danced (1945) .... Salome
Bring on the Girls (1945) .... Hat check girl
Here Come the Waves (1944) (uncredited) .... Girl
Rainbow Island (1944) (uncredited) .... Lona's Companion
Practically Yours (1944) (uncredited) .... Office Clerk
Kismet (1944) (uncredited) .... Handmaiden
... aka Oriental Dream (1944) (USA: reissue title)
Story of Dr. Wassell, The (1944) .... Native Girl
Standing Room Only (1944) (uncredited) .... Secretary
True to Life (1943) .... Girl
Deerslayer (1943) .... Wah-Tah
Crystal Ball, The (1943) (uncredited) .... Secretary
So Proudly We Hail! (1943) (uncredited) .... Girl
Let's Face It (1943) (uncredited) .... Chorus Girl
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) (uncredited) .... Girl in Cafe
Salute for Three (1943) .... Singing-Quartet Member
Harvard, Here I Come! (1942) (uncredited) .... Bathing Girl
... aka Here I Come (1942) (UK)
Rhythm Parade (1942) (uncredited) .... Showgirl
Lucky Jordan (1942) (uncredited) .... Girl
Youth on Parade (1942) (uncredited) .... Student
Road to Morocco (1942) (uncredited) .... Handmaiden
This Gun for Hire (1942) (uncredited) .... Showgirl
Kink of the Campus, The (1941)
