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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 04:26 PM
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'Munsters' Star Yvonne De Carlo Dies
Edited on Wed Jan-10-07 04:27 PM by Whoa_Nelly
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=2785063

Yvonne De Carlo, Star of TV's `Munsters,' Dies in LA at 84

LOS ANGELES Jan 10, 2007 (AP)— Yvonne De Carlo, the beautiful star who played Moses' wife in "The Ten Commandments" but achieved her greatest popularity on TV's slapstick comedy "The Munsters," has died. She was 84.

De Carlo died of natural causes Monday at the Motion Picture & Television facility in suburban Los Angeles, longtime friend and television producer Kevin Burns said Wednesday.

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But for TV viewers, she will always be known as Lily Munster in the 1964-1966 horror-movie spoof "The Munsters." The series (the name allegedly derived from "fun-monsters") offered a gallery of Universal Pictures grotesques, including Dracula and Frankenstein's monster, in a cobwebbed gothic setting.

RIP, Lily...

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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 04:32 PM
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1. The original Goth babe
Edited on Wed Jan-10-07 04:35 PM by Ezlivin
She was hot!



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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 04:44 PM
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3. yep, she was a classy goth babe
for sure, and a talented entertainer.

R.I.P Ms. De Carlo.
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aggiesal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 05:04 PM
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5. How do you get the image to appear?
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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 05:11 PM
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6. Just post the link in its entirety
The forum software will take care of the rest.

But be aware that if you link to a photo not on a server you control it may be removed later and all your post will display is a broken image icon.

Have fun!
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aggiesal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 06:10 PM
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10. I tried posting the link, and everytime I preview
I only got the link, with no picture. Thanks
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Drum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 11:40 PM
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15. True dat!
:wow:
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Joe Bacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 04:37 PM
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2. I remember her in "The Captain's Paradise"
The GREAT Alec Guiness movie where he plays a transport captain with a wife in Tangier and Gibraltar. She dared him to dance the Tango in one of the scenes, he was utterly unprepared but he pulled it off.
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central scrutinizer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 04:55 PM
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4. check out the Munsters intro
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 05:14 PM
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7. I remember "who's sexier, Lily Munster or Morticia Addams?" debates from back then
They were fun shows. Yvonne De Carlo made a good comedienne.
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 05:41 PM
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8. Bon voyage to a lovely screen siren. RIP Yvonne.
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Ayesha Donating Member (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 05:55 PM
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9. My friend grew up with her son
Edited on Wed Jan-10-07 05:56 PM by Ayesha
One afternoon, she was driving them home from school when a storm hit. She opened the moon roof of the car to let the rain come in, and proclaimed, "Ah, what a lovely day!" She really was a lot like Lily Munster, and a wonderful, kind person.

RIP, Yvonne.

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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 06:13 PM
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11. man was she beautiful..
I sure did like that show. RIP, Yvonnne.

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Strathos Donating Member (713 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 11:41 AM
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24. I was gonna say the same thing
With all her Lily makeup, I think people could easily forget just how beautiful she was. I'll never forget realizing that the beautiful uh, shepardess (I hope that's a word) that married Moses in the Ten Commandments was actually Lily Munster.

I think she was incredible.

RIP!!
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silverojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 10:07 PM
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12. Geez, that's so sad....
She was a lovely lady and a wonderful actress. Bye-bye, Lily....

:cry:
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 10:11 PM
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13. She was a great actress
Very talented and so much more than Lily Munster (though I LOVED her in that role and that is really one of my guilty pleasure shows). RIP, Yvonne - you're one of my favorites.
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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 10:18 PM
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14. "Good times and bum times, I've seen them all, and my dear ... I'm still here!"
Love listening to Yvonne on the original soundtrack of "Follies."
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 03:57 AM
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16. It's a shame that she is
remember by some only has Lily Munster because she had a varied career before that and was beautiful and very talented in many other roles. R-I-P Yvonne
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 06:30 AM
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17. OOOO My Poor Lily!!!!!!1!!!1
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 07:29 AM
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18. Remember the episode where Herman Munster took that crazy job...
as White House Press Secretary?


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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 07:36 AM
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19. Yes remember that well.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:33 AM
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20. A few gorgeous hi-res photos of the Canadian actress here.
Born and raised in Vancouver, I'll bet most didn't know.

http://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20Star%20Pages/De%20Carlo,%20Yvonne.htm
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AnneD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 11:17 AM
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23. Ahhh...
Back when Hollywood women had real curves. With a few exceptions-most are lolipops these days.
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gasperc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 10:07 AM
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21. I met Ms. DeCarlo once
she was a special guest at Universal studios way back in 1978. I still remember it, a very nice lady, me an excited kid meeting a favorite TV star.
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 10:17 AM
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22. I loved "The Munsters' when I was a kid
I never really liked "The Addams Family" as much.
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