Yvonne De Carlo, a.k.a. Lily Munster—In Tribute
Yvonne De Carlo, a.k.a. Lily Munster—A Small Tribute by Roxanne McDonald
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At 84, our wonderful TV and screen star Yvonne De Carlo passed away of natural causes. |
Yvonne De Carlo was one of the first in my six-degrees circle, having lived at one time right down the road from my grandmother, whom I visited every summer. When I would ride my bike or walk past her home, I would wonder how differently she looked and lived there in that massive farmhouse. What did she eat as opposed to what Lily and her Munster family munched on? What did she wear as opposed to the haute bat pendant and sheer
nightgown- looking dress? Did she read? Did she exercise? Did she watch her own performances?
In December of 2006, I was researching an exotic plant my friend had the tendency to slip onto his wish lists (usually plants I could not access even though I boasted ahead of time I could find with my superior net-navigational skills). When I typed the keywords “bat lily” into the search engine box, the first results were for pictures of Lily Munster.
This only reminded me again of the show, of the many occasions I had thought of Lily/Yvonne, and of the few movies I had identified her in later on. (She was a versatile actress, doing such projects as The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. and It Seemed Like a Good Thing at the Time, and was in or guested on numerous better-known TV shows such as Tales from the Crypt, The Art Linkletter Show, and Fantasy Island.)
I will still remember Yvonne De Carlo, then, not only as the usually unflappable and graceful Munster, but as the one who gave me my first near brush with fandom.
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