Yvonne De Carlo
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Yvonne De Carlo (born September 1, 1922) is a Canadian film and television actress.
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Born Peggy Yvonne Middleton in Vancouver, British Columbia, the daughter of an ambitious but unsuccessful aspiring actress, De Carlo was taken to Hollywood by her mother at the age of fifteen. Unable to find work, they returned to Canada until 1940, when they once again traveled to Hollywood. De Carlo supported herself working in a chorus while trying to find film work. She made her first film appearance in 1941, but could only find bit parts for the next few years.
Her break came in 1945 playing the title role in Salome, Where She Danced. Though not a critical success it was a box office favorite and De Carlo was hailed as an up and coming star. In 1947 she played her first leading role in Slave Girl and then in 1949 had her biggest success. As the female lead opposite Burt Lancaster in Criss Cross, De Carlo played a dangerous femme fatale, and her career began to ascend. For the next several years, she was constantly working although many of the films failed to advance her career. Cast in The Ten Commandments (1956), De Carlo was part of a major hit. The film was a huge success and De Carlo was among those to be praised for her work.
However, her most famous role that led her to pop culture legacy is of Lily Munster in the television series The Munsters (1964-1966), and was able to demonstrate a comic flair that her films had failed to utilize. She performed on Broadway, notably in the role of Carlotta Campion in the musical Follies. She also received recognition for her work in the horror movie American Gothic in 1988. De Carlo has worked steadily in both film and television, playing her most recent role in the television production of The Barefoot Contessa (1995).
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Yvonne De Carlo was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6124 Hollywood Blvd. and a second star at 6715 Hollywood Blvd. for her contribution to television.
Filmography
- I Look at You (1941) (short subject)
- Harvard, Here I Come! (1941)
- The Kink of the Campus (1941) (short subject)
- This Gun for Hire (1942)
- Road to Morocco (1942)
- Youth on Parade (1942)
- Lucky Jordan (1942)
- Rhythm Parade (1942)
- The Crystal Ball (1943)
- Salute for Three (1943)
- So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
- Let's Face It (1943)
- Deerslayer (1943)
- True to Life (1943)
- Standing Room Only (1944)
- The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
- Fun Time (1944) (short subject)
- Kismet (1944)
- Rainbow Island (1944)
- Here Come the Waves (1944)
- Practically Yours (1944)
- Bring on the Girls (1945)
- Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
- Frontier Gal (1945)
- Song of Scheherazade (1947)
- Brute Force (1947)
- Slave Girl (1947)
- Black Bart (1948)
- Casbah (1948)
- River Lady (1948)
- Criss Cross (1949)
- Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)
- The Gal Who Took the West (1949)
- Buccaneer's Gal (1950)
- The Desert Hawk (1950)
- Tomahawk (1951)
- Hotel Sahara (1951)
- Silver City (1951)
- The San Fransisco Story (1952)
- Scarlet Angel (1952)
- Hurricane Smith (1952)
- Sombrero (1953)
- Sea Devils (1953)
- The Captain's Paradise (1953)
- Fort Algiers (1953)
- Border River (1954)
- Happy Ever After (1954)
- Passion (1954)
- Shotgun (1955)
- The Contessa's Secret (1955)
- Flame of the Islands (1956)
- Raw Edge (1956)
- Magic Fire (1956)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- Death of a Scoundrel (1956)
- Band of Angels (1957)
- The Sword and the Cross (1958)
- Timbuktu (1959)
- McLintock! (1963)
- A Global Affair (1964)
- Law of the Lawless (1964)
- Forbidden Temptations (1965) (documentary)
- Munster, Go Home (1966)
- Hostile Guns (1967)
- The Power (1968)
- Arizona Bushwhackers (1968)
- The Delta Factor (1970)
- The Seven Minutes (1971)
- Black Fire (1975)
- Blazing Stewardesses (1975)
- It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975)
- House of Shadows (1976)
- Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
- Satan's Cheerleaders (1977)
- Nocturna (1979)
- Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)
- Black Fire (1979) (Spanish version)
- The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
- Silent Scream (1980)
- Liar's Moon (1981)
- National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982)
- Vultures (1983)
- Play Dead (1985)
- Flesh and Bullets (1985)
- American Gothic (1988)
- Cellar Dweller (1988)
- Mirror, Mirror (1990)
- Oscar (1991)
- The Naked Truth (1992)
- Desert Kickboxer (1992)
- The Sorority House Murders (1993)
- Seasons of the Heart (1993) (voice only)
TV Work
- The Munsters (1964-1966)
- The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974)
- The Mark of Zorro (1974)
- The Munsters' Revenge (1981)
- A Masterpiece of Murder (1986)
- Here Come the Munsters (1995) (Cameo)
- The Barefoot Executive (1995)