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 Yvonne De Carlo was born Margaret Yvonne Middleton on September 1, 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was three when her father abandoned the family. Her mother turned to waitressing in a restaurant to make ends meet--a rough beginning for an actress who would, one day, be one of Hollywood's elite. Yvonne's mother wanted her to be in the entertainment field and enrolled her in a local dance school and also saw that she studied dramatics. Yvonne was not shy in the least. She was somewhat akin to Colleen Moore who, like herself, entertained the neighborhood with impromptu productions. In 1937, when Yvonne was 15, her mother took her to Hollywood to try for fame and fortune, but nothing came of it and they returned to Canada. They came back to Hollywood in 1940, where Yvonne would dance in chorus lines at night while she checked in at the studios by day in search of film work. After appearing in unbilled parts in three short films, she finally got a part in a feature.Although the film Harvard, Here I Come! (1941) was quite lame, Yvonne glowed in her brief appearance as a bathing beauty. The rest of 1942 and 1943 saw her in more uncredited roles in films that did not quite set Hollywood on fire. In The Deerslayer (1943), she played Wah-Tah. The role did not amount to much, but it was much better than the ones she had been handed previously. The next year was about the same as the previous two years. She played small parts as either secretaries, someone's girlfriend, native girls or office clerks. Most aspiring young actresses would have given up and gone home in defeat, but not Yvonne. She trudged on. The next year, started out the same, with mostly bit parts, but later that year, she landed the title role in Salome, Where She Danced (1945) for Universal Pictures. While critics were less than thrilled with the film, it was at long last her big break, and the film was a success for Universal. Now she was rolling.Her next film was the western comedy Frontier Gal (1945) as Lorena Dumont. After a year off the screen in 1946, she returned in 1947 as Cara de Talavera in Song of Scheherazade (1947), and many agreed that the only thing worth watching in the film was Yvonne. Her next film was the highly regarded Burt Lancaster prison film Brute Force (1947). Time after time, Yvonne continued to pick up leading roles, in such pictures as Slave Girl (1947), Black Bart (1948), Casbah (1948) and River Lady (1948). She had a meaty role in Criss Cross (1949), a gangster movie, as the ex-wife of a hoodlum. At the start of the 1950s, Yvonne enjoyed continued success in lead roles. Her talents were again showcased in movies such as The Desert Hawk (1950), Silver City (1951) and Scarlet Angel (1952). Her last film in 1952 was Hurricane Smith (1952), a picture most fans and critics agree is best forgotten.In 1956, she appeared in the film that would immortalize her best, The Ten Commandments (1956). She played Sephora, the wife of Moses (Charlton Heston). The film was, unquestionably, a super smash, and is still shown on television today. Her performance served as a springboard to another fine role, this time as Amantha Starr in Band of Angels (1957). In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Yvonne appeared on such television series as Bonanza (1959) and The Virginian (1962). With film roles drying up, she took the role of Lily Munster in the smash series The Munsters (1964). However, she still was not completely through with the big screen. Appearances in such films as McLintock! (1963), The Power (1968), The Seven Minutes (1971) and La casa de las sombras (1976) kept her before the eyes of the movie-going public. Yvonne De Carlo died at age 84 of natural causes on January 8, 2007 in Woodland Hills, California.
Bio:
Yvonne De Carlo was born Margaret Yvonne Middleton on September 1, 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was three when her father abandoned the family. Her mother turned to waitressing in a restaurant to make ends meet--a rough beginning for an actress who would, one day, be one of Hollywood's elite. Yvonne's mother wanted her to be in the entertainment field and enrolled her in a local dance school and also saw that she studied dramatics. Yvonne was not shy in the least. She was somewhat akin to Colleen Moore who, like herself, entertained the neighborhood with impromptu productions. In 1937, when Yvonne was 15, her mother took her to Hollywood to try for fame and fortune, but nothing came of it and they returned to Canada. They came back to Hollywood in 1940, where Yvonne would dance in chorus lines at night while she checked in at the studios by day in search of film work. After appearing in unbilled parts in three short films, she finally got a part in a feature.Although the film Harvard, Here I Come! (1941) was quite lame, Yvonne glowed in her brief appearance as a bathing beauty. The rest of 1942 and 1943 saw her in more uncredited roles in films that did not quite set Hollywood on fire. In The Deerslayer (1943), she played Wah-Tah. The role did not amount to much, but it was much better than the ones she had been handed previously. The next year was about the same as the previous two years. She played small parts as either secretaries, someone's girlfriend, native girls or office clerks. Most aspiring young actresses would have given up and gone home in defeat, but not Yvonne. She trudged on. The next year, started out the same, with mostly bit parts, but later that year, she landed the title role in Salome, Where She Danced (1945) for Universal Pictures. While critics were less than thrilled with the film, it was at long last her big break, and the film was a success for Universal. Now she was rolling.Her next film was the western comedy Frontier Gal (1945) as Lorena Dumont. After a year off the screen in 1946, she returned in 1947 as Cara de Talavera in Song of Scheherazade (1947), and many agreed that the only thing worth watching in the film was Yvonne. Her next film was the highly regarded Burt Lancaster prison film Brute Force (1947). Time after time, Yvonne continued to pick up leading roles, in such pictures as Slave Girl (1947), Black Bart (1948), Casbah (1948) and River Lady (1948). She had a meaty role in Criss Cross (1949), a gangster movie, as the ex-wife of a hoodlum. At the start of the 1950s, Yvonne enjoyed continued success in lead roles. Her talents were again showcased in movies such as The Desert Hawk (1950), Silver City (1951) and Scarlet Angel (1952). Her last film in 1952 was Hurricane Smith (1952), a picture most fans and critics agree is best forgotten.In 1956, she appeared in the film that would immortalize her best, The Ten Commandments (1956). She played Sephora, the wife of Moses (Charlton Heston). The film was, unquestionably, a super smash, and is still shown on television today. Her performance served as a springboard to another fine role, this time as Amantha Starr in Band of Angels (1957). In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Yvonne appeared on such television series as Bonanza (1959) and The Virginian (1962). With film roles drying up, she took the role of Lily Munster in the smash series The Munsters (1964). However, she still was not completely through with the big screen. Appearances in such films as McLintock! (1963), The Power (1968), The Seven Minutes (1971) and La casa de las sombras (1976) kept her before the eyes of the movie-going public. Yvonne De Carlo died at age 84 of natural causes on January 8, 2007 in Woodland Hills, California.
Tivia:
Took the role of Lily Munster on The Munsters (1964) to help pay husband Bob Morgan's medical bills. Morgan, an actor and stuntman, had suffered near-fatal injuries while filming How the West Was Won (1962). By her own admission, De Carlo never imagined, at the time, that the show would become such a hit. She also had mixed feelings about the show; she was grateful it returned her to the spotlight but felt its popularity tended to overshadow the rest of her career.Regarded The Ten Commandments (1956) as her best film. She was nominated for the Laurel Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. In her autobiography and in a book about the film, she said that it is a timeless film that her descendants will see.By the time she replaced Joan Marshall in the role of Lily Munster, both Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis were not pleased. They had never met her and were intimidated by her reputation as a Hollywood glamour queen. They changed their minds when they noticed she really could play comedy.While working on The Munsters (1964), she drove a Jaguar sedan that was custom-fitted with spooky ornaments, but had to give it up after repeated vandalism by fans who were seeking souvenirs from the actress.She was greatly admired by Italian actress Sophia Loren, who grew up watching De Carlo's early films. In 1965, Loren told columnist Dick Kleiner: "Particularly I loved Yvonne De Carlo - she was my favorite [actress]. Others too, like Rita Hayworth, but I used to dream I was Yvonne De Carlo. And I liked that little one - what was her name? - June Allyson, too. But for me there was only one Yvonne De Carlo". At the 1954 Berlin Film Festival, De Carlo and Loren posed for a photograph with Gina Lollobrigida.In her final years, she resided at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital.Remained good friends with Butch Patrick, during and after The Munsters (1964).Eva Per��n, First Lady of Argentina from 1946 to 1952, was a great fan of hers. According to De Carlo's autobiography, Per��n told the Hollywood film star that she enjoyed every one of her movies and that her favorite was Buccaneer's Girl (1950). Per��n also said that she wanted De Carlo to portray her in a biopic. Before De Carlo left Argentina, Per��n gave her a copy of her autobiography in which she inscribed: "A remembrance of your passing through Argentina, with my gratitude for your kindness toward me. With my best wishes for your happiness always and a big hug - Eva Per��n".She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6124 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Television at 6715 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.Became a naturalized citizen of the United States.Before she starred on The Munsters (1964), she was deeply in debt. Her film career was in decline and she was suffering from depression.An accomplished singer since childhood, she sang in most of her films of the 1940s and 1950s. She also sang and played the harp in Far Out Munsters (1965).Though Al Lewis played De Carlo's father on The Munsters (1964), Lewis was actually one year her junior.Her maternal grandfather, Michele "Papa" De Carlo, was Sicilian. Her maternal grandmother, Margaret Purvis, was Scottish. Michele met Margaret in Nice, France, and they married in 1897. Yvonne's mother, Marie, was born in Nice in 1903. The De Carlo family moved to Canada in 1912.Won second place in the Miss Venice Beach contest of 1940. The prize was a check for $25. Sir Cedric Hardwicke, her future co-star in The Ten Commandments (1956), was one of the judges. This appearance led to her first job as a nightclub dancer and, eventually, to a successful movie career.While working as a dancer for showman Nils Granlund at the Florentine Gardens, she was arrested by immigration officials and deported to Canada. In 1941, Granlund sent a telegram to Canadian immigration officials pledging his sponsorship of her in the United States, and affirmed his offer of steady employment, both requirements to reenter the country.Before her marriage, De Carlo was known as "Hollywood's No. 1 Bachelor Girl".Became very good friends with Cecil B. DeMille, her director in The Ten Commandments (1956). He admired her acting talent and beauty, and she had always wanted to star in one of his films. DeMille cast her as the female lead in his next production, The Buccaneer (1958), but the filming interfered with the pregnancy with her second child and the part was recast. They remained friends and spoke highly of each other in interviews and their autobiographies.She had always hoped to receive an Academy Award nomination for her acting. In 1957, Paramount Pictures submitted her name in the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance as Sephora in The Ten Commandments (1956).Had mixed emotions when she auditioned for Lily Munster, but she accepted the role because she needed money.Sang on several episodes of The Munsters (1964).She and Virginia Mayo toured together, signing and dancing in their later years.She was known to be a very private and shy lady.In her 1987 autobiography, she listed 22 of her lovers over the years.Guest-starred on the pilot episode of Bonanza (1959) as Gold Rush entertainer Lotta Crabtree.She chose her own stage name by using her middle name and her mother's maiden name of De Carlo. She later explained that she changed her name because she did not look like the all-American girl next door.She lived with her maternal grandparents whenever her mother was away from home.Was briefly engaged to Jock Mahoney in 1949, but she canceled the engagement after she discovered his infidelity.Was trained in opera and was a former chorister at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when she was a little girl.After her role in The Barefoot Executive (1995), she retired from acting at age 72.Dropped out of King Edward High School at age 15 (which was her sophomore year), to focus more on her dance studies, hence, she attended B.C. School of Dancing.Was named the Honorary Mayor of North Hollywood in 1966.Revealed in a 1975 interview that her biological father was not William Middleton but a man of Polynesian origin.She was a staunch Republican and conservative who was active in the campaigns of U.S. presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford. She once described her political views as "to the right of Big John Wayne".Comedienne Vicki Lawrence said De Carlo was her childhood television heroine. De Carlo revealed that she was Lawrence's number-one fan.Was one of four actresses to be nicknamed "Queen of Technicolor". The other three were Maria Montez, Maureen O'Hara and Rhonda Fleming. Hollywood cameramen voted De Carlo "Queen of Technicolor" three years in a row.She was the producers' second choice to play Lily Munster, after Joan Marshall was dropped from consideration for the role of Phoebe Munster (the original name of the "Mrs. Munster" character).In the 1950s, she made films in England, France, the Bahamas, Germany and Italy. Although she traveled to Egypt to visit DeMille, all of her scenes in The Ten Commandments (1956) were shot at Paramount Studios.Was very good friends with: Jane Wyman, Angela Lansbury, Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bob Hastings, Mel Blanc, John Carradine, John Ireland, Norman Lloyd, Barbara Nichols, Doug McClure, Joel McCrea, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Dan Duryea, Billy Barty, Richard Arlen, Broderick Crawford, Kevin Burns, Marsha Hunt, Julie Adams, Piper Laurie, Ricardo Montalban, Charlton Heston, Rod Cameron, Raymond Burr, Mickey Rooney, Joan Caulfield, Ruth Hussey, Marie Windsor, Laraine Day, Virginia Mayo, Barbara Billingsley and Rock Hudson.Met Bob Morgan on the set of Shotgun (1955). They were married for 19 years, until their divorce in 1973.Received fifth star billing (after Heston, Brynner, Baxter, and Robinson) in Best Picture Academy Award nominee The Ten Commandments (1956), the most important and famous film of her career and one of her personal favorites.From 1950 to 1975, she lived on a five-and-a-half acre estate on Coldwater Canyon Drive in the hills of Studio City, a neighborhood of Los Angeles situated above Bevery Hills. The house had eleven rooms and a kitchen, which she remodeled, that was designed in the English style with paneling and stained-glass windows. She added stables and a large waterfall swimming pool to the property. Her financial situation after her divorce forced her to sell the ranch in 1975.The first Hollywood actress to play the leading role in a French film without an English-language version. The film was The Contessa's Secret (1954).She had six hobbies: spending time with her family, golfing, dancing, drinking wine, listening to music, singing.Her favorite actress was Vivien Leigh. She watched all of Leigh's films.Her mother, Marie DeCarlo Middleton, died from a fall on December 19, 1993.Was interviewed by film historian and author Katherine Orrison for the book "Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic The Ten Commandments" (1999). Orrison dedicated chapter 12 to "Mrs. Moses: Yvonne De Carlo".Before she was a successful actress, she was a dancer and had worked at various nightclubs in Vancouver, British Columbia, and later in Los Angeles, California.Left work temporarily in the early 1960s to take care of her disabled husband, Bob Morgan.In 1982, years after she had sold her Coldwater Canyon estate, she bought a ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley and became a neighbor of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan. |
| Name: |
Yvonne De Carlo |
Type: |
Actress,Soundtrack (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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Business scope: |
Actress,Soundtrack |
| Products for sale: |
Actress,Soundtrack |
| Model rank: |
319 |
| Last update: |
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| Height: |
5' 4?' (1.63 m) |
| Biography: |
Yvonne De Carlo was born Margaret Yvonne Middleton on September 1, 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was three when her father abandoned the family. Her mother turned to waitressing in a restaurant to make ends meet--a rough beginning |
| Trivia: |
Took the role of Lily Munster on The Munsters (1964) to help pay husband Bob Morgan's medical bills. Morgan, an actor and stuntman, had suffered near-fatal injuries while filming How the West Was Won (1962). By her own admission, De Carlo never imagined, at the time, that the show would become such a hit. She also had mixed feelings about the show; she was grateful it returned her to the spotlight but felt its popularity tended to overshadow the rest of her career.Regarded The Ten Commandments (1956) as her best film. She was nominated for the Laurel Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. In her autobiography and in a book about the film, she said that it is a timeless film that her descendants will see.By the time she replaced Joan Marshall in the role of Lily Munster, both Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis were not pleased. They had never met her and were intimidated by her reputation as a Hollywood glamour queen. They changed their minds when they noticed she really could play comedy.While working on The Munsters (1964), she drove a Jaguar sedan that was custom-fitted with spooky ornaments, but had to give it up after repeated vandalism by fans who were seeking souvenirs from the actress.She was greatly admired by Italian actress Sophia Loren, who grew up watching De Carlo's early films. In 1965, Loren told columnist Dick Kleiner: "Particularly I loved Yvonne De Carlo - she was my favorite [actress]. Others too, like Rita Hayworth, but I used to dream I was Yvonne De Carlo. And I liked that little one - what was her name? - June Allyson, too. But for me there was only one Yvonne De Carlo". At the 1954 Berlin Film Festival, De Carlo and Loren posed for a photograph with Gina Lollobrigida.In her final years, she resided at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital.Remained good friends with Butch Patrick, during and after The Munsters (1964).Eva Per��n, First Lady of Argentina from 1946 to 1952, was a great fan of hers. According to De Carlo's autobiography, Per��n told the Hollywood film star that she enjoyed every one of her movies and that her favorite was Buccaneer's Girl (1950). Per��n also said that she wanted De Carlo to portray her in a biopic. Before De Carlo left Argentina, Per��n gave her a copy of her autobiography in which she inscribed: "A remembrance of your passing through Argentina, with my gratitude for your kindness toward me. With my best wishes for your happiness always and a big hug - Eva Per��n".She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6124 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Television at 6715 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.Became a naturalized citizen of the United States.Before she starred on The Munsters (1964), she was deeply in debt. Her film career was in decline and she was suffering from depression.An accomplished singer since childhood, she sang in most of her films of the 1940s and 1950s. She also sang and played the harp in Far Out Munsters (1965).Though Al Lewis played De Carlo's father on The Munsters (1964), Lewis was actually one year her junior.Her maternal grandfather, Michele "Papa" De Carlo, was Sicilian. Her maternal grandmother, Margaret Purvis, was Scottish. Michele met Margaret in Nice, France, and they married in 1897. Yvonne's mother, Marie, was born in Nice in 1903. The De Carlo family moved to Canada in 1912.Won second place in the Miss Venice Beach contest of 1940. The prize was a check for $25. Sir Cedric Hardwicke, her future co-star in The Ten Commandments (1956), was one of the judges. This appearance led to her first job as a nightclub dancer and, eventually, to a successful movie career.While working as a dancer for showman Nils Granlund at the Florentine Gardens, she was arrested by immigration officials and deported to Canada. In 1941, Granlund sent a telegram to Canadian immigration officials pledging his sponsorship of her in the United States, and affirmed his offer of steady employment, both requirements to reenter the country.Before her marriage, De Carlo was known as "Hollywood's No. 1 Bachelor Girl".Became very good friends with Cecil B. DeMille, her director in The Ten Commandments (1956). He admired her acting talent and beauty, and she had always wanted to star in one of his films. DeMille cast her as the female lead in his next production, The Buccaneer (1958), but the filming interfered with the pregnancy with her second child and the part was recast. They remained friends and spoke highly of each other in interviews and their autobiographies.She had always hoped to receive an Academy Award nomination for her acting. In 1957, Paramount Pictures submitted her name in the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance as Sephora in The Ten Commandments (1956).Had mixed emotions when she auditioned for Lily Munster, but she accepted the role because she needed money.Sang on several episodes of The Munsters (1964).She and Virginia Mayo toured together, signing and dancing in their later years.She was known to be a very private and shy lady.In her 1987 autobiography, she listed 22 of her lovers over the years.Guest-starred on the pilot episode of Bonanza (1959) as Gold Rush entertainer Lotta Crabtree.She chose her own stage name by using her middle name and her mother's maiden name of De Carlo. She later explained that she changed her name because she did not look like the all-American girl next door.She lived with her maternal grandparents whenever her mother was away from home.Was briefly engaged to Jock Mahoney in 1949, but she canceled the engagement after she discovered his infidelity.Was trained in opera and was a former chorister at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when she was a little girl.After her role in The Barefoot Executive (1995), she retired from acting at age 72.Dropped out of King Edward High School at age 15 (which was her sophomore year), to focus more on her dance studies, hence, she attended B.C. School of Dancing.Was named the Honorary Mayor of North Hollywood in 1966.Revealed in a 1975 interview that her biological father was not William Middleton but a man of Polynesian origin.She was a staunch Republican and conservative who was active in the campaigns of U.S. presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford. She once described her political views as "to the right of Big John Wayne".Comedienne Vicki Lawrence said De Carlo was her childhood television heroine. De Carlo revealed that she was Lawrence's number-one fan.Was one of four actresses to be nicknamed "Queen of Technicolor". The other three were Maria Montez, Maureen O'Hara and Rhonda Fleming. Hollywood cameramen voted De Carlo "Queen of Technicolor" three years in a row.She was the producers' second choice to play Lily Munster, after Joan Marshall was dropped from consideration for the role of Phoebe Munster (the original name of the "Mrs. Munster" character).In the 1950s, she made films in England, France, the Bahamas, Germany and Italy. Although she traveled to Egypt to visit DeMille, all of her scenes in The Ten Commandments (1956) were shot at Paramount Studios.Was very good friends with: Jane Wyman, Angela Lansbury, Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bob Hastings, Mel Blanc, John Carradine, John Ireland, Norman Lloyd, Barbara Nichols, Doug McClure, Joel McCrea, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Dan Duryea, Billy Barty, Richard Arlen, Broderick Crawford, Kevin Burns, Marsha Hunt, Julie Adams, Piper Laurie, Ricardo Montalban, Charlton Heston, Rod Cameron, Raymond Burr, Mickey Rooney, Joan Caulfield, Ruth Hussey, Marie Windsor, Laraine Day, Virginia Mayo, Barbara Billingsley and Rock Hudson.Met Bob Morgan on the set of Shotgun (1955). They were married for 19 years, until their divorce in 1973.Received fifth star billing (after Heston, Brynner, Baxter, and Robinson) in Best Picture Academy Award nominee The Ten Commandments (1956), the most important and famous film of her career and one of her personal favorites.From 1950 to 1975, she lived on a five-and-a-half acre estate on Coldwater Canyon Drive in the hills of Studio City, a neighborhood of Los Angeles situated above Bevery Hills. The house had eleven rooms and a kitchen, which she remodeled, that was designed in the English style with paneling and stained-glass windows. She added stables and a large waterfall swimming pool to the property. Her financial situation after her divorce forced her to sell the ranch in 1975.The first Hollywood actress to play the leading role in a French film without an English-language version. The film was The Contessa's Secret (1954).She had six hobbies: spending time with her family, golfing, dancing, drinking wine, listening to music, singing.Her favorite actress was Vivien Leigh. She watched all of Leigh's films.Her mother, Marie DeCarlo Middleton, died from a fall on December 19, 1993.Was interviewed by film historian and author Katherine Orrison for the book "Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic The Ten Commandments" (1999). Orrison dedicated chapter 12 to "Mrs. Moses: Yvonne De Carlo".Before she was a successful actress, she was a dancer and had worked at various nightclubs in Vancouver, British Columbia, and later in Los Angeles, California.Left work temporarily in the early 1960s to take care of her disabled husband, Bob Morgan.In 1982, years after she had sold her Coldwater Canyon estate, she bought a ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley and became a neighbor of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan. |
| Trademarks: |
Her portrayals of affectionate, devoted wives in The Ten Commandments (1956) and The Munsters (1964)
Long dark chestnut hair
Blue-gray eyes, which sparkle in her Technicolor films
Deep sultry voice
In the early part of her career, she often portrayed exotic roles (saloon singers, desert princesses, pirate women, etc.) |
| Quotes: |
I was on cloud nine all the time. After I made my hit in Salome, Where She Danced (1945), Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star. I lived at the Sherry-Netherland for two months and I went to the John Robert Powers school. They taught me things like how to walk off a New York curb and how to enter a room in a manner befitting a big-time movie star.
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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.
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[on The Munsters (1964)] It meant security. It gave me a new, young audience I wouldn't have had otherwise. It made me "hot" again, which I wasn't for a while.
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[on Howard Hughes] A man came over... he said "Mr. Hughes would like to meet you." Well, I was not too much aware of Mr. Hughes at the time - who he was or anything. So, I said, "Oh, yes, fine." And so I looked and I thought, "Wow, this would be a terrific boyfriend for my aunt."
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[on one of her scenes in Salome, Where She Danced (1945)] I came through these beaded curtains, wearing a Japanese kimono and a Japanese headpiece, and then performed a Siamese dance. Nobody seemed to know quite why. |
| Salaries: |
Satan's Cheerleaders (1977) - $25,000
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The Ten Commandments (1956) - $25,000
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Casbah (1948) - $25 .000
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Harvard, Here I Come! (1941) - $35 |
| Job title: |
Actress,Soundtrack |
| Others works: |
(1971) Stage: Appeared in "Follies" on Broadway. Musical/drama. Book by James Goldman. Music by Stephen Sondheim. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Musical Director: Harold Hastings. Music orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick. Dance arrangements by John Be |
| Spouse: |
Bob Morgan (November 21, 1955 - June 1974) (divorced, 2 children) |
| Children: |
Michael MorganBruce MorganBari Morgan Miller |
| Parents: |
Marie De Carlo
William Shelto Middleton |
| Relatives: |
Michele \"Michael\" De Carlo (Grandparent)
Margaret Purvis (Grandparent) |
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