Lily Munster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dead at 84

Yvonne De Carlo, the former star of The Munsters, has died at the age of 84.

Born Peggy Yvonne Middleton in Vancouver, Canada, De Carlo emerged as a screen star during the 1950s when she played Moses’ wife in Cecil B. De Mille’s 1956 biblical epic The Ten Commandments.

However she was best known for playing elegant vamp Lily Munster in The Munsters, which ran from 1964-1966.

De Carlo’s first film came in 1941 with Harvard Here I Come!, one of nearly 100 movies she starred in. Other notable roles included the femme fatale opposite Burt Lancaster in the 1949 film noir Criss-Cross.

In the 1970s and 1980s, De Carlo made a string of low-budget horror movies such as House of Shadows”, “Sorority House Murders and American Gothic.

De Carlo was married to the late stuntman Bob Morgan from 1955 to 1968 and the couple had two sons.