Yvonne De Carlo Professions : Film actress Born : September 1, 1922 Died : January 8, 2007 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Yvonne De Carlo Men, no matter what their promises, rarely leave their spouses - the louses. Yvonne De Carlo matter men promise I was named Margaret Yvonne - Margaret because my mother was very fond of one of the derivatives of the name. She was fascinated at the time by the movie star Baby Peggy, and I suppose she wanted a Baby Peggy of her own. Yvonne De Carlo stars mother baby I guess I lead a double life, and I must admit I'm happy with both. Yvonne De Carlo double-life I found I had the ability to do comedy. My timing was really inborn. Yvonne De Carlo timing comedy found After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star. Yvonne De Carlo salome stars new-york I'm from Hollywood, I'm too dumb to be nervous about New York. Yvonne De Carlo hollywood dumb new-york I ’d wanted a TV series, but this ? I was n’t sure. I had a hard time getting into the rhythm of it. Then director Joe Pevney suggested I play Lily Munster as a sort of mixed-up Donna Reed character and not overdo anything. When I saw the first pilot in a screening room I cringed at my makeup. But I never estimated it would become this cult thing. It took two hours of makeup to make me seem like that. It ran for two huge seasons, then CBS quarreled with the creators about reruns as we got canceled. A movie in color in 1966 [ ‘ Munster, Go Home ! ’ ] showed off everything in reds and greens on my face. Boy, was I ugly. Yvonne De Carlo latest-headlines I enjoyed being in 'The Ten Commandments.' That was a great experience - to suddenly become one of those holy people. I was holier than thou. Yvonne De Carlo being great experience people Similar Authors Isabella Rossellini film-actress Izabella Scorupco film-actress Betty Buckley film-actress Bipasha Basu film-actress Butterfly McQueen film-actress Bryce Dallas Howard film-actress All Authors