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Yvonne De Carlo

Acting

Born September 1, 1922 · Vancouver, Canada

Died January 8, 2007

Also known as Margaret Yvonne Middleton · Ивонн Де Карло · Peggy Yvonne De Carlo

Biography

Yvonne De Carlo (September 1, 1922 – January 8, 2007) was a Canadian-born American actress of film and television. During her six-decade career, her most frequent appearances in film came in the 1940s and 1950s and included her best-known film roles, such as of Anna Marie in Salome Where She Danced (1945); Anna in Criss Cross (1949); Sephora the wife of Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956), starring Charlton Heston; and Amantha Starr in Band of Angels (1957) with Clark Gable. In the early 1960s, De Carlo accepted the offer to play Lily Munster for the CBS television series The Munsters, alongside Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yvonne De Carlo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

Tales from the Crypt

1989as Mrs. Jones (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")

The Munsters

1964as Lily Munster

The Ten Commandments

1956as Sephora

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Miss Springer

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Bonanza

1959as Lotta Crabtree

Brute Force

1947as Gina Ferrara

Six by Sondheim

2013as Self (archive footage)

Criss Cross

1949as Anna

Dream On

1990as Francesca Goldman

This Gun for Hire

1942as Showgirl at Neptune Club (uncredited)

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

Road to Morocco

1942as Handmaiden (uncredited)

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

as Nadia Marcolescu

McLintock!

1963as Louise Warren

Death Valley Days

1952as Dr. Clare Reed

Silver City

1951as Candace Surrency

Seasons of the Heart

1993as Older Martha (voice)

Law of the Lawless

1964as Ellie Irish

The Virginian

1962as Imogene Del Finnia

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943as Girl in Cafe (uncredited)

Oscar

1991as Aunt Rosa

Custer

1967

Munster, Go Home!

1966as Lily Munster

Hurricane Smith

1952as Luana Whitmore

The Power

1968as Mrs. Sally Hallson

Band of Angels

1957as Amantha Starr

Raw Edge

1956as Hannah Montgomery

Border River

1954as Carmelita Carias

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

1949as Calamity Jane

The Crystal Ball

1943as Secretary

Fort Algiers

1953as Yvette

Lights Out

American Gothic

1987as Ma

Death of a Scoundrel

1956as Bridget Kelly

Sea Devils

1953as Droucette

Shotgun

1955as Abby

Hotel Sahara

1951as Yasmin Pallas

Liar's Moon

1982as Jeanene Dubois

Kismet

1944as Handmaiden

Passion

1954as Rosa Melo / Tonya Melo

Here Come the Munsters

1995as Restaurant Guest

Mirror Mirror

1990as Emelin

Cellar Dweller

1987as Mrs. Briggs

The San Francisco Story

1952as Adelaide McCall

Timbuktu

1958as Natalie Dufort

Satan's Cheerleaders

1977as Emmy Bubb

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976as Cleaning Woman

Arizona Bushwhackers

1968as Jill Wyler

Play Dead

1983as Hester