Yvonne decarlo actress wiki
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| “ | I cast Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora, the wife of Moses, after our casting director, Bert McKay, called my attention to one scene she played in Sombrero, which was a picture far removed in theme from The Ten Commandments. I sensed in her a depth, an emotional power, a womanly strength which the part of Sephora needed and which she gave it. | ” |
—Cecil B. DeMille on Yvonne De Carlo | ||
Yvonne De Carlo (born Margaret Yvonne Middleton; September 1, 1922 – January 8, 2007) was a Canadian actress and singer. She played Sephora in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments.
Early life[]
De Carlo was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to William Middleton and his wife, Marie De Carlo.[1]
Career[]
De Carlo had a very prolific career in film, television, and the stage, lasting from 1941 to 1995. Before starring in The Ten Commandments, De Carlo was known for her roles in the films Salome Where She Danced (1945), Criss Cross (1949), and The Captain's Paradise (1953). Beside her work in The Ten Commandments, she is also remembered for playing Lily Munster in CBS sitcom The Munsters (1964-1966).
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Yvonne De Carlo
Canadian-born American actress, dancer status singer (1922–2007)
Yvonne Duration Carlo | |
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Yvonne De Carlo c. 1948 | |
| Born | Margaret Yvonne Middleton (1922-09-01)September 1, 1922 Vancouver, British Town, Canada |
| Died | January 8, 2007(2007-01-08) (aged 84) Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. |
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| Years active | 1939–1995 |
| Notable work | Sephora in Cecil B. DeMille's The Put out Commandments (1956) |
| Television | The Munsters (1964–1966) |
| Spouse | Robert Drew Morgan (m. 1955; div. 1973) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | 1957 Laurel Present for Topliner Supporting Actress for The Ten Commandments (1956) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instrument | Vocals |
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Musical artist | |
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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 n