Yvonne De Carlo

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Yvonne De Carlo (born September 1, 1922 as Margaret Yvonne Middleton in Vancouver , † January 8, 2007 in Los Angeles ) was a Canadian -born American actress and singer. Her best-known roles were Sephora, Moses' wife, in the monumental film The Ten Commandments (1956) and Lily Munster in the television series The Munsters (1964–1966).

Life

De Carlos' father, William Middleton, was a New Zealander whose ancestors came from England. Her mother had French-Sicilian ancestry. With the support of her mother, she learned to dance at a young age, sang in a choir and studied acting. When she was fifteen (1937) she first visited Hollywood in search of a role, but to no avail. In 1940 she tried again and landed a small role in the short musical I look at You and the film Harvard Here I Come . Other small roles followed, in which she was often not even mentioned in the credits. During the war years, actresses with an exotic and therefore “un-American” appearance were not in great demand. Therefore, De Carlo also worked in clubs or as a singer.

She had her breakthrough in 1945 as a dancing spy in the western Salome Where She Danced . Though panned by criticism, the film was quite successful at the box office, giving De Carlo some notoriety and better roles. In 1947 she played alongside Burt Lancaster in cell R 17 and again in 1949 in Daring Alibi . Director Cecil B. DeMille finally engaged her in 1956 for her greatest film. She took on the role of Sephora, the wife of Moses (played by Charlton Heston ), in The Ten Commandments . De Carlo has worked with greats such as Alec Guinness (in The Key to Paradise, 1953), Clark Gable and Sidney Poitier (in Weep for the Damned, 1957), John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara (in MacLintock , 1963), George Montgomery (in Texas Desperados , 1967), George Hamilton (in The Six Suspects, 1968) and Rod Steiger (in Dark Paradise, 1987). She had guest appearances on television series such as Bonanza and The People of Shiloh Ranch .

She gained new popularity as Lily Munster in the television series The Munsters (1964–1966) and the subsequent films from 1966 and 1981. She had accepted this role because her husband was critically injured while filming That Was the Wild West and hospital expenses had put her in debt.

In 1971 she sang in the musical Follies on Broadway, for which she received high praise.

She had her last major role in 1991 as Aunt Rosa in the remake of Oscar - From Rain to the Eaves by and with Sylvester Stallone .

Yvonne De Carlo received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , one for her cinematic achievement (6124 Hollywood Blvd.) and one for her television work (6715 Hollywood Blvd.).

The actress was married from 1955 to 1968 to the stuntman Robert Morgan. From this divorced marriage there were two sons, Bob and Michael Morgan. Michael died in 1997.

Yvonne De Carlo died at the age of 84 in the Motion Picture & Television retirement home ( Los Angeles ), where she had moved in 1998 after a stroke.

Trivia

  • Her stage name was a combination of her middle name and her mother's maiden name.
  • In 1938 she was Miss Venice Beach.
  • As a former choir singer, she had a powerful voice ( Contraalt ). In 1957 she released an LP called Yvonne De Carlo Sings . She played the harp and sang herself in an episode of the television series The Munsters .
  • During the filming of The Munsters , she privately owned a Jaguar limousine, the fittings and attachments of which were thematically reminiscent of the show - the hubcaps, for example, were designed as cobwebs. She abandoned the car after it was repeatedly vandalized by souvenir hunters.
  • In her autobiography she reported on numerous lovers, including Howard Hughes and Billy Wilder .
  • In a remake of the television series The Munsters, the television film A Weird Family To Scream from 1995, she had a cameo with her former colleagues Al Lewis , Butch Patrick and Pat Priest .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1941: I Look at You
  • 1941: Harvard, Here I Come!
  • 1941: The Kink of the Campus
  • 1942: Die Scarhand (This Gun for Hire)
  • 1942: Youth on Parade
  • 1942: Road to Morocco (Road to Morocco)
  • 1942: Gangster trap (Lucky Jordan)
  • 1942: Rhythm Parade
  • 1943: The Crystal Ball
  • 1943: Salute for Three
  • 1943: Courageous Women (So ​​Proudly We Hail!)
  • 1943: Whom the Bell Tolls (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
  • 1943: Let's Face It
  • 1943: The Deerslayer
  • 1943: True to Life
  • 1944: Standing Room Only
  • 1944: Dr. Wassell's Escape from Java (The Story of Dr. Wassell)
  • 1944: Fun Time
  • 1944: Kismet
  • 1944: Rainbow Island
  • 1944: Here Come the Waves
  • 1944: Plunge into happiness (Practically Yours)
  • 1944: Bring on the Girls
  • 1945: Salome Where She Danced
  • 1945: The hostel to the red horse (Frontier Gal)
  • 1945: Song of the Orient (Song of Sheherazade)
  • 1947: Cell R 17 (Brute Force)
  • 1947: the wrong slave girl
  • 1948: The Black Mask (Black Bart)
  • 1948: Casbah - Forbidden Alleys (Casbah)
  • 1948: Rivals on the torrent (River Lady)
  • 1949: Daring Alibi (Criss Cross)
  • 1949: Steppe Rebels (Calamity Jane and Sam Bass)
  • 1949: The Gal Who Took the West
  • 1950: The Pirate Bride (Buccaneer's Girl)
  • 1950: The Desert Hawk
  • 1951: Tomahawk - uprising of the Sioux (Tomahawk)
  • 1951: Hotel Sahara
  • 1951: Silver City (Silver City)
  • 1952: Lights Out (TV series, an episode)
  • 1952: Manhunt in San Francisco (The San Francisco Story)
  • 1952: The Red Angel (Scarlet Angel)
  • 1952: Mistress of the Outlaws (Hurricane Smith)
  • 1953: The Ford Television Theater (TV series, episode)
  • 1953: Sombrero
  • 1953: In the shadow of the Corsican (Sea Devils)
  • 1953: The Key to Paradise (The Captain's Paradise)
  • 1953: Focal Point Algiers (Fort Algiers)
  • 1953: The Backbone of America (TV movie)
  • 1954: The Devil's Passage (Border River)
  • 1954: Happy Ever After
  • 1954: Where the wind dies (Passion)
  • 1955: Ride to Hell (Shotgun)
  • 1955: La Contessa di Castiglione
  • 1955: Women around Richard Wagner (Magic Fire)
  • 1956: Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series, episode)
  • 1956: Flame of the Islands
  • 1956: The Pack Lurks Everywhere (Raw Edge)
  • 1956: The Ten Commandments (The Ten Commandments)
  • 1956: Death of a Scoundrel
  • 1957: Shower of Stars (TV series, episode)
  • 1957: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV series, an episode)
  • 1957: Weep for the Damned (Band of Angels)
  • 1958: Cross and Sword (La spada e la croce)
  • 1958: Playhouse 90 (TV series, an episode)
  • 1958: Timbuktu
  • 1959: Bonanza (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 1, A Trap For Little Joe, A Rose For Lotta)
  • 1960: Adventures in Paradise (TV series, one episode)
  • 1961: In the Wild West ( Death Valley Days , TV series, an episode)
  • 1961/1962: Under hot skies ( Follow the Sun , TV series, two episodes)
  • 1962: Pantomime Quiz (TV series, an episode)
  • 1963: MacLintock (McLintock!)
  • 1963: Amos Burke ( Burke's Law , TV series, an episode)
  • 1964: State affairs (A Global Affair)
  • 1964: Law of the Lawless
  • 1964: Ringmaster Johnny Slate ( The Greatest Show on Earth , television series, an episode)
  • 1964–1966: The Munsters (TV series, 71 episodes)
  • 1966: Ghost party (Munster, Go Home!)
  • 1967: The Girl from UNCLE (TV series, episode)
  • 1967: Texas Desperados (Hostile Guns)
  • 1967: Colonel Custer ( Custer , TV series, an episode)
  • 1967: The Highwaymen (Arizona Bushwhackers)
  • 1968: The Six Suspects (The Power)
  • 1963/1969: The People from Shiloh Ranch ( The Virginian , TV series, two episodes)
  • 1970: The Name of the Game (TV series; 1 episode)
  • 1970: The Delta Factor (The Delta Factor)
  • 1971: The Seven Minutes
  • 1974: The Girl on the Late, Late Show (TV series)
  • 1974: The Mark of Zorro (TV series)
  • 1975: Blazing Stewardesses
  • 1975: Mad Wurst (It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time)
  • 1976: Trace of blood into the realm of the dead (La casa de las sombras)
  • 1976: Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood
  • 1977: Roots (TV series)
  • 1977: Satan's Cheerleaders
  • 1979: Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula
  • 1979: Fuego negro
  • 1979: Guiana - Cult of the Damned (Guyana, el crimen del siglo)
  • 1978/1979: Fantasy Island (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1980: Psychock (The Silent Scream)
  • 1980: Sam Marlow, private detective (The Man with Bogart's Face)
  • 1981: The Return of the Frankenstein Family ( The Munsters' Revenge , TV movie)
  • 1982: Blown Out of Love (Liar's Moon)
  • 1982: I think my straps are sending SOS (Class Reunion)
  • 1983: Time of the Vultures
  • 1985: Flesh and Bullets
  • 1985: Murder is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , TV series, an episode)
  • 1986: Greta the Dog Beast (Play Dead)
  • 1986: Coup with old masters ( A Masterpiece of Murder , TV film)
  • 1988: Dark Paradise (American Gothic)
  • 1988: Underground Werewolf (Cellar Dweller)
  • 1990: Mirror, Mirror
  • 1990: The Black Stallion ( TV series, an episode)
  • 1991: Oscar - From the rain to the eaves (Oscar)
  • 1991: Dream On (TV series; 1 episode)
  • 1991: The Naked Truth
  • 1992: Desert Kickboxer
  • 1993: Seasons of the Heart (speaker)
  • 1993: Tales from the Crypt (Tales from the Crypt, television series, one episode)
  • 1995: A Weird Family To Scream (Here Come the Munsters , TV series, cameo )
  • 1995: The Barefoot Executive (TV movie)

literature

  • Yvonne De Carlo, Doug Warren: Yvonne: An Autobiography. St Martins Press, 1987, ISBN 0-312-00217-3 (English)
  • Gregor Hauser: Muzzle flashes: The 50 best B-Westerns of the 50s and their stars . Verlag Reinhard Marheinecke 2015, ISBN 978-3-932053-85-6 . Pp. 244-247
  • Peter Kranzpiller: Stars of the cinema scene Volume 8: Yvonne De Carlo. EPPE Verlag und Offsetdruck GmbH, 1996, ISBN 3-89089-678-2

music

  • Yvonne De Carlo Sings. Label: Ma Se, audio CD (March 23, 2000)

Web links

Commons : Yvonne De Carlo  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The first Aussie Yvonne met was a kangaroo . In: The Australian Women's Weekly , November 15, 1972. Retrieved January 4, 2017. 
  2. ↑ Marie Decarlo Middleton, "California, Death Index, 1940-1997" . In: FamilySearch . Retrieved April 9, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME De Carlo, Yvonne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Middleton, Margaret Yvonne (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 2007
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States