Yvonne DeCarlo (Lily Munster) dies

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http://www.eonline.com/news/article/...e-37ad3da8ebac

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I always wondered what she looked like without the make up. Anyone got a picture?

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No, but she was a doll when she was in the movies. Here is her bio from a movie site: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001119/bio
You can find some pics there.

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Frank, this link has some pictures of her. She was very beautiful.....

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...vonne+De+Carlo

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One thing they didn't make clear in that article was that Stephen Sondheim wrote "I'm Still Here," the show-stopper Yvonne De Carlo sang in Follies, specifically for her.

He spent a long time talking with her about her life and all the experiences she had had by the time she was cast in Follies in the early 1970s. The song is not supposed to be strictly biographical, but it reflected her spirit and her experiences. Here are the lyrics he wrote, just for her.

I'M STILL HERE
Good times and bum times,
I've seen them all and, my dear,
I'm still here.
Plush velvet sometimes,
Sometimes just pretzels and beer,
But I'm here.
I've stuffed the dailies
In my shoes.
Strummed ukuleles,
Sung the blues,
Seen all my dreams disappear,
But I'm here.
I've slept in shanties,
Guest of the W.P.A.,
But I'm here.
Danced in my scanties,
Three bucks a night was the pay,
But I'm here.
I've stood on bread lines
With the best,
Watched while the headlines
Did the rest.
In the Depression was I depressed?
Nowhere near.
I met a big financier
And I'm here.
I've been through Gandhi,
Windsor and Wally's affair,
And I'm here.
Amos 'n' Andy,
Mah-jongg and platinum hair,
And I'm here.
I got through Abie's
Irish Rose,
Five Dionne babies,
Major Bowes,
Had heebie-jeebies
For Beebe's
Bathysphere.
I lived through Brenda Frazier
And I'm here.
I've gotten through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover,
Gee, that was fun and a half.
When you've been through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover,
Anything else is a laugh.
I've been through Reno.
I've been through Beverly Hills,
And I'm here.
Reefers and vino,
Rest cures, religion and pills,
And I'm here
Been called a pinko
Commie tool,
Got through it stinko
By my pool.
I should have gone to an acting school.
That seems clear,
Still, someone said, "She's sincere,"
So I'm here.
Black sable one day.
Next day it goes into hock,
But I'm here.
Top billing Monday,
Tuesday you're touring in stock,
But I'm here.
First you're another
Sloe-eyed vamp,
Then someone's mother,
Then you're camp.
Then you career from career
To career.
I'm almost through my memoirs.
And I'm here.
I've gotten through "Hey, lady, aren't you whoozis?
Wow! What a looker you were."
Or, better yet, "Sorry, I thought you were whoozis.
Whatever happened to her?"
Good times and bum times,
I've seen 'em all and, my dear,
I'm still here.
Flush velvet sometimes,
Sometimes just pretzels and beer,
But I'm here.
I've run the gamut.
A to Z.
Three cheers and dammit,
C'est la vie.
I got through all of last year
And I'm here.
Lord knows, at least I was there,
And I'm here!
Look who's here!
I'm still here!

[Carol C Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Carol C]

I loved both Adams Family and the Munsters. Oops, now I'm dating myself.

[mshatty Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close mshatty]

I loved both Adams Family and the Munsters. Oops, now I'm dating myself.

Yes, but at least you're dating