Yvonne De Carlo (Lilly Munster), R.I.P.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Yvonne De Carlo, who starred in films opposite Clark Gable and Charlton Heston but won enduring fame as wife of a Frankenstein monster-like character in the TV series "The Munsters," has died at age 84, her son said on Wednesday.

Bruce Morgan said his mother, who played Moses' wife in Cecil B. De Mille's 1956 epic "The Ten Commandments," died of natural causes on Monday at the Motion Picture & Television Fund's Retirement Home in the Los Angeles suburb of Woodland Hills.

"She passed away in my arms on Monday," Morgan said, adding that she had been in declining health for several years.

Born in Vancouver, De Carlo was raised in poverty and had to drop out of high school to work. But she won a beauty contest and used that as an entree to bit parts in movies, starting in the 1940s.

[DainBramaged]

1. Awwwww, I am sad, such fond memories

I cannot believe she was as old as my Mom.

[Hoosier Dem]

2. She's with Herman and Grandpa now...

Another star from one of those classic shows from my childhood. :cry:


Rest in peace, Ms. DeCarlo

[Philosoraptor]

3. the bride of frankenstein, the daughter of dracula, the mom of eddie.

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4. she was a beauty.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Good night, Yvonne, but not goodbye. We will remember you.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

6. RIP Miss DeCarlo

:cry:

[Subdivisions]

7. Goodnight, Yvonne. You'll always be a part of my childhood

memories. Rest well.