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Yvonne De Carlo Biography:
- Birth name
- Margaret Yvonne Middleton
- Nickname
- Peggy
- Height
- 5' 4" (1.63 m)
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- Yvonne De Carlo was born with the
birth name of Peggy Yvonne Middleton on September 1, 1922 in
Vancouver, British Columbia. While some sources have her first name
as Margaret, most agree it is Peggy. Yvonne was three when her
father abandoned the family. Her mother turned to waitressing in a
restaurant to help make ends meet. A rough beginning for an actress
who would, one day, be one of Hollywood's elite. Her mother wanted
her to be in the entertainment field and enrolled her daughter in a
local dance school and also 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. When Yvonne
was 15 years old, her mother gathered her up and went to Hollywood
to try her fame and fortune
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With no break forthcoming, the
two returned to Canada. They returned 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 three short films, all
uncredited, she finally made a film for the mainstream public. Albeit a
lame film, HARVARD, HERE I COME (1942), she briefly appeared as a
bathing beauty. 1942 and 1943 saw her in more uncredited roles, films
that really didn't set the world on fire. In DEERSLAYER (1943), she
played Wah-Tah. It was a role that didn't amount to much, but was so
much better than the roles she had been handed in the past. Then comes
1944. Again the results were about the same as the previous two years.
Her roles were either secretaries, companions of some one, native girls,
or office clerks. Most aspiring young actresses would have given up and
gone home in defeat, but not Yvonne. She trudged on. 1945 started out
the same, with mostly bit parts, but later that year, Yvonne landed the
title role in the film SALOME, WHERE SHE DANCED. While the critics was
less than thrilled with this movie, it was, at long last, a big role,
and for Universal Studios, a big success. Now Yvonne was rolling. That
film was followed by FRONTIER GAL as Lorena Dumont. After an off year in
1946, Yvonne returned to the silver screen the next year as Cara de
Talavera in SONG OF SCHEHERAZADE. It seemed to most that the only thing
that was worth watching in the movie was Yvonne herself. Her next film
was BRUTE FORCE. Time after time, Yvonne won leading roles in SLAVE
GIRL, BLACK BART, CASBAH, and RIVER LADY. In CRISS CROSS (1949), a
gangster movie where Yvonne had a big and meaty role as the ex-wife of a
hoodlum. At the start of the 1950's 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 for '52 was HURRICANE SMITH, a film most fans and critics
agree, is worth forgetting about. In 1956, Yvonne appeared in the film
that would immortalize her best, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. She played Moses
(Charlton Heston) wife, Sephora. The film was, unquestionably, a super
smash, which is still shown on television today. Her performance as
Sephora launched her into another fine role as Amantha Starr in 1957's
BAND OF ANGELS. In the late 50's and early 60's Yvonne was appearing on
such TV programs as BONANZA and THE VIRGINIAN. With film roles
vanishing, she took the role of Lily Munster in the smash series THE
MUNSTERS which first aired in 1964. Still Yvonne wasn't completely
through with the big screen. Appearances in films such as THE POWER
(1968), THE SEVEN MINUTES (1971), and HOUSE OF SHADOWS (1976), kept her
before the eye of the movie going public. Yvonne's last big screen
appearance was 1993's SORORITY HOUSE MURDERS |
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