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Yvonne De Carlo Death

Margaret passed away on January 7, 2007 at the age of 84 in Woodland Hills, California, USA. Margaret's cause of death was natural causes.

Yvonne De Carlo Birthday and Date of Death

Yvonne De Carlo was born on September 1, 1922 and died on January 7, 2007. Margaret was 84 years old at the time of death.

Birthday: September 1, 1922
Date of Death: January 7, 2007
Age at Death: 84

Yvonne De Carlo - Biography

Born Peggy Yvonne Middleton in Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 1, 1922, actress Yvonne De Carlo's father abandoned her family just a few years later. Working as a waitress to support the family, De Carlo's mother took great interest in her daughter's budding talents as a dancer.
In the late 1930s, the family made its way to Hollywood. Soon, the beautiful young De Carlo found work as a chorus girl, and began making the rounds at casting calls, trying to get into the movies. By the time she celebrated her 19th birthday, she had begun landing small film roles, first at Columbia Studios and then Paramount. She appeared in about 20 films between 1941 and 1944, but only in small roles and bit parts. De Carlo had to wait four years for her breakthrough role in the Universal Technicolor film Salome, Where She Danced, which was followed by Frontier Gal. Finally, at Universal she found success and meaty film roles. Her next big role was in 1947's Song of Scheherazade. De Carlo's career picked up when Maria Montez left Hollywood behind, but she found herself typecast in costume epics and musicals, a genre that was quickly losing favor among movie-going audiences. Her starring role in the 1948 western Black Bart helped De Carlo bridge the gap between costume dramas and the western genre, although she portrays an exotic European beauty, much as she had in earlier roles.

De Carlo's success in Black Bart helped change her image, so much so that she soon became typecast in westerns. Throughout the 1950s, she made scores of westerns, including Tomahawk (1951), Silver City (1951), and Shotgun (1955). And she even appeared in the pilot episode of the TV series Bonanza in 1959. But her best remembered role in the 1950s was in The Ten Commandments (1956), in which she portrayed Sephora. In addition to her acting career, De Carlo released several albums in the 1950s, highlighting her pleasant singing voice which she had previously showcased in her 1940s musicals.
De Carlo married actor and noted stuntman Robert Morgan in 1955, and they appeared together in the RKO noir thriller Death of a Scoundrel (1956; with George Sanders and Zsa Zsa Gabor). With the birth of her two sons in the late 1950s, she took time off from acting, taking on only occasional guest roles on television shows such as Bonanza. However, while working as a stuntman on the set of How the West Was Won (1962; with Carroll Baker and Henry Fonda), Morgan was nearly killed when he was pinned underneath an avalanche of logs. DeCarlo had to return to work to support her family and pay her husband's mouting medical bills, as it took him several years to recover from his injuries. Once again active in Hollywood, De Carlo took roles in several films, including McLintock! (1963; with John Wayne) and Law of the Lawless (1964; with Dale Robertson and John Agar), before being cast as Lily Munster in the CBS-TV series The Munsters.
Her only TV series, The Munsters exposed Yvonne De Carlo to a new generation of fans. A total of 70 episodes were filmed, yet despite the show's popularity, it was canceled in 1966. Most of the cast members reunited for the theatrically released film Munster, Go Home! (1966; with Robert Pine and John Carradine). De Carlo then went back to westerns, acting in Hostile Guns (1967; with George Montgomery and Tab Hunter) and Arizona Bushwhackers (1968; with John Ireland and Scott Brady). After her divorce in 1968, she guest-starred on several popular television programs. In 1971, she was cast in the Broadway musical Follies with Alexis Smith and Gene Nelson. That same year, she returned to the big screen in two films, The Seven Minutes and The Delta Factor. From the 1970s onward, however, De Carlo's screen appearances became more sporadic in nature. Her last film appearance was in the 1993 film The Sorority House Murders, and her last TV appearance was in the made-for-TV film Here Come the Munsters in 1995. Sadly, Yvonne De Carlo passed away on January 8, 2007, at the age of 84. She was survived by her son, Bruce. Her son Michael passed away in 1997.