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Yvonne De Carlo (born September 1, 1922) is a
Canada|Canadian film and television actor|actress.



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
(1949 movie)|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 movie)|Brute Force (1947)
*Slave Girl (1947)
*Black Bart (1948 film)|Black Bart (1948)
*Casbah (1948)
*River Lady (1948)
*Criss Cross (1949 movie)|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 movie)|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)


== External links ==
* imdb name|id=0001119|name=Yvonne De Carlo