Biography (TV Series)
Yvonne DeCarlo: Gilded Lily (2000)
Peter Graves: Narrator
Quotes
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Narrator : She is known the world over as Lily Munster, television's favorite vampire mom. But hidden beneath the ghoulish makeup was one of the world's most exotic and voluptuous beauties. Throughout the 1940s and '50s, she mesmerized movie audiences in a series of sword-and-sandal pictures before starring opposite some of Hollywood's biggest heartthrobs. Off-screen, she had her pick of the most exciting and powerful men of her day. But while her life was a rollercoaster ride of extreme highs and lows, Yvonne De Carlo had an enduring will to survive.
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Narrator : In 1955, Yvonne De Carlo made it to the A list when Cecil B. DeMille cast her as Moses' wife in his epic film The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston.
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Narrator : Salome, Where She Danced was one of the year's biggest hits, and Yvonne became one of Universal's hottest properties. The studio schooled her in etiquette and grooming and demanded that she never be seen in public unless she looked and behaved like a star.
