Yvonne De Carlo

Just read in CNN the story about the death of actress Yvonne De Carlo,
star of the 60's sitcom 'The Munsters'. As Lily Munster, the shapely
vampire wife of the bumbling Frankenstein character Herman, De
Carlo became a cult favorite. I admit when I was little, I watched both
'The Munsters' and the other spoof monster sitcom, 'The Addams
Family', in syndication. Personally I preferred De Carlo's show; the
most hilarious aspect of it was how Lily and Herman pitied their
niece because she was so 'plain' and probably would never find a
husband. Those who have seen the show know that the niece, Marilyn,
was the only normal member of the family and actually quite
attractive! De Carlo, born Peggy Yvonne Middleton in Vancouver,
Canada, was herself an exotically glamorous beauty queen in the 40's
and 50's. She starred in many westerns and, in probably her biggest
role, played Sephora, the wife to Charlton Heston's Moses, in 'The Ten
Commandments'. But it was with 'The Munsters' that De Carlo
achieved her greatest popularity. She may be gone, but will always be
gorgeous with her long black hair in TV Land.