Imogene Coca

. De Carlo has worked steadily in both film and television, playing her most recent role in the television production of The Barefoot Contessa (1995). She died in Westport, Connecticut. She also received recognition for her work in the horror movie American Gothic in 1988. Her later years were spent in relative solitude with only occasional appearances guest-starring on television and in small movie roles. She played the role of Lily Munster in the television series The Munsters (1964), and was able to demonstrate a comic flair that her films had failed to utilize. She made one final performance on the Broadway stage as religious zealot Letitia Primrose in On the Twentieth Century, and was nominated for a Tony Award. Despite this, her success was short-lived and the quality of her film roles did not improve.

In 1960 she married her second husband, actor King Donovan. The film was a huge success and De Carlo was among those to be praised for her work. Her first husband died in 1955. Cast in The Ten Commandments (1956), De Carlo was finally part of a major hit. She also had, briefly, her own series, The Imogene Coca Show. For the next several years, she was constantly working although many of the films failed to advance her career. In the early days of live television she played opposite Sid Caesar in a sketch comedy program, Your Show of Shows, which was immensely popular from 1950 to 1954. As the female lead opposite Burt Lancaster in Criss Cross, De Carlo played a dangerous femme fatale, and her career began to ascend.

She came to prominence when she began to combine music with comedy: her first big critical success was in New Faces of 1934. In 1947 she played her first leading role in Slave Girl and then in 1949 had her biggest success. She came to be featured as a headliner, appearing in Manhattan nightclubs, with music arranged by her first husband, Robert Burton. Though not a critical success it was a box office favorite and De Carlo was hailed as an up and coming star. She moved from Philadelphia to seek a living as a dancer, starting in the chorus of the Broadway musical When You Smile. Her break came in 1945 playing the title role in Salome, Where She Danced. In her youth, she received piano, dance, and voice lessons. She made her first film appearance in 1942, but could only find bit parts for the next few years.

She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of José Fernandez de Coca, a conductor, and his wife Sadie Brady, a dancer and magician's assistant. De Carlo supported herself working in a chorus while trying to find film work. Imogene Coca (November 18, 1908 - June 2, 2001) was an American comic actress. Unable to find work, they returned to Canada until 1940, when they once again traveled to Hollywood. The Imogene Coca Show - 1955. Born Peggy Yvonne Middleton in Vancouver, British Columbia, the daughter of an ambitious but unsuccessful aspiring actress, De Carlo was taken to Hollywood by her mother at the age of fifteen. Your Show of Shows - 1950. Yvonne De Carlo (born September 1, 1922) is an Canadian film and television actress.

On the Twentieth Century - 1978. The Girls in 509 - 1958. Concert Varieties - 1945. All in Fun - 1940.

The Straw Hat Revue - 1939. Who's Who - 1938. New Faces of 1936 - 1936. Fools Rush In = 1934.

New Faces of 1934 - 1934. Flying Colors - 1932. Shoot the Works - 1931. Garrick Gaieties -1930.

When You Smile - 1925.