Yvonne De Carlo, the beautiful star who played Moses’ wife in “The Ten Commandments” but achieved her greatest popularity on TV’s slapstick comedy “The Munsters,” has died. She was 84.
De Carlo died of natural causes Monday at the Motion Picture & Television facility in suburban Los Angeles, longtime friend and television producer Kevin Burns said Wednesday.
De Carlo, whose shapely figure helped launch her career in B-movie desert adventures and Westerns, rose to more important roles in the 1950s. Later, she had a key role in a landmark Broadway musical, Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies.”
I had the hots for her when I was a kid. But then, I had the hots for Clarice the Reindeer in the Rudolph special, too.
UPDATE: Guess this is a good opportunity for you to confess your weirdo childhood celebrity crushes, if the spirit moves you.
That leaves only Marilyn and Eddie still alive, I guess. And Spot; dragons live forever, but not so little boys.
I was surprised just now to find out Al Lewis passed last February.
Holy @#$!!—Lewis was actually younger than De Carlo!
Sad. But on the plus side, she’ll rise again at night and feast on the blood of the living.
Re: Clarice the reindeer. I don’t think she ever did anything else for TV or motion pictures.
Probably because she was a little freak strumpet.
And Rudolph? A chick.
I don’t want to quarrel with you when you’ve got an earache, Jeff, but . . . your point is?
My childhood crushes:
Aquaman
Marine Boy
Jimmy on “H.R. Pufenstuff” (Jack Wild)
Donny Osmond
David Cassidy
My teen crushes:
Rom Sellick
Pierce Brosnan
My mature crush
Capt. Jack Sparrow (NOT Johnny Depp)
Jack Bauer
Mr. Darcy (both versions of Pride and Prejudice)
Had the serious hots for Natalie Wood. Hell, if you dug her up today, she’d still look better than Paris Hilton.
Linda Evans when she was on Big Valley.
Miss Reynard on Romper Room, Chicago. Meeooowwww.
No, he’s right. Clarice’s descent into reindeer porn and drug abuse was well-chronicled by E! in its “Rudolph: A True Hollywood Story”. Apparently, she filmed a very hot scene with Dana Plato. You could google it.
That’s just devastating, Timmy.
Was Burl Ives involved in any way?
The dream sequence where the vampire Gilligan puts the bite on Mrs. Howell roused some strange stirrings in my childhood psyche, lemme tellya…
Did you ever see Santa Claus is Coming to Town? They had Mrs. Claus before she became a dumpy hausfrau. Yowza, a natural redhead in a tight dress. Never really got over that, I think.
Valerie Bertinelli and Tatum O’Neal. Oh, and Jody Foster, from The Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane—though admitting that will open me up to yet another “Adlerian” analysis, I fear.
As an adult? Elle McPherson. And Clint Eastwood.
Those are all disappointingly heteronormative, Jeff.
Oddly enough, Mrs. Howell held a strange a attraction for me, also.
I desperately wanted in Holly’s britches on Land of the Lost.
That little monkey-boy Cha-Ka showed up and the show jumped the shark.
Sleestaks scare the piss out of me to this day.
Emma Peel from the Avengers.
Hottest. Chick. Ever.
Some of my others would include Susan Dey, Barbara Feldman, Peggy Lipton, Michelle Phillips, and Chuck Connor from The Rifleman (sexiest gunslinger walk ever). Oh, and the girl from Space Ghost and Pamela from The Happy Hollisters books.
I don’t recall the show, but I think my little bro and his friends used to call girls with their eyes set too far apart Sleestaks.
Don’t forget Betty Rubble!
Crap movie, but Minnie Driver in her leather corset governess outfit from The Governess is very hot. Isabella Rossellini might be the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen, but that’s not the same thing as sexy.
That one Clarice did with Vixen—that was when my education ended.
Come to think of it, I was eight…
Cyd Charisse
And what’s wierd about that? Seen the gams on that broad?
Race Bannon
Nothing weird about that, mojo.
Oh, and Hubert H Humphrey.
Also Walter Cronkite, but only for his name. Something about saying “Cronkite” is very satisfying. Or was when I was 6.
Understandable, MayBee.
Kathleen Turner had very hot gams for the six weeks or so that she was the sexiest woman in the world. Sean Young was a very enticing androidette in Bladerunner before whatever happened to her happened.
The Importance of Being Cronkite?
The very first was Annette Funiccello. On the Mickey Mouse club. The custom engineered restraint system Disney designed for her “problem” just made the sweater curvier. I would dream about inviting her into a room covered with my sleepy mats from kindergarten, and then…
Oh. And Kim Novak. What happened to Kim?
Ah, Kate Jackson in Charlie’s Angels. All in all, not as weird as Opus the Penguin’s obsession with Jeanne Kirkpatrick, so I got that going for me.
Right now, if Gabrielle Union needs someone killed or whatever, I’m up for it.
Hayley Mills and Annette Funicello when I was pre-teen.
Ms. Peel, Ms. Feldon, Capucine and Ursula Andress in my teen years.
These days, Helen Mirren, Ellen Pompeo and Kari Byron are at the top of my list.
TW: ‘consider41’, as in, “No I don’t consider 41 to be very old. Why?”
Good one. Or Tuesday Weld.
Annette Funicello was always my pick to play Dante’s Beatrice. She’s riding by in a two-seat convertible with, say Warren Beatty, and they splash water on Dante, who’s walking along with a pile of books, as they turn the corner. She waves.
Dante: “Ah, that Beatrice. I’ll winna her love witha my cantiche.”
In that flick, weren’t her husband’s oxen the ones that got gored and not Nebuchadnezzar’s? (Nothing but clay feet and handwriting on the wall with Daniel.) And btw, the oxen were pre-gored cause that’s what premonitions are about, right? Seems like someone would noticed that! And I hope Bush mentions tonight that the stinking oxen were in trouble before we got there.
EmmyJo from the New Zoo Revue
Hot boots and a micro mini.
Oh Yeah.
And the Hippo weren’t bad either.
OK, I confess.
It was the owl.
LMC–
You might like this.
leelu,
Those are very wholesome, and if high cheekbones are a secondary sex characteristic, Ellen Pompeo is very well endowed.
Sandra Dee. Her best views were The Wild and the Innocent, with Audy Murphy, and Come September, with Rock Hudson.
Appears to be a bunch a young’uns ‘round these parts, no mention of Marilyn Monroe?
Adrienne Barbeau, and those delightful sweater kittens of hers…
And, uh, Robert Conrad as James West. Taught James Bond everything he knows.
As a kid, I was not often turned on by TV girls, but a thirteen year old Rita Moreno (on the Ed Sullivan Show) was enough to make me want to pork the moose.
Thank God, because it could have been a final fantasy…
Imagine being gay and actually marrying her…BRUBBBBBBRUBBBBBBLEBRUBBBBBBBBLE.
If I needed to name that sound effect, I would probably have to call it “the Big Brumpski”.
And I am not from the Bronx…Allah ahkbar!
Yeah, Pablo. I still remember Kim Basingers sweater critters from the beginning of The Deep. After the opening scene, the movie had nowhere to go but down.
Ann Margret in Bye Bye Birdie. Bobby Rydell did not deserve that.
OOPS!
I forgot Maureen O’Hara in “The Hunchback Of Notre Dame”.
At 12 years old, she hit me like the mud slide from a broken slag dam. 30 feet high and traveling at about 70 miles an hour.
SCHWING! Up to here…
Oh, yeah. Ann Margret in just about anything. Special category of sexiness.
Ah, yea I can see why you’d remember those Dan, even though it was Jacqueline Bisset’s in that movie!
You’re right, Mark. But where have I seen Kim Basinger’s?
Dan,
You need to move into the new millenium. Those aren’t “sweater critters”. They’re called “sweater meat”. And I can say that because I am old enough to know “bait” when I see it. Bums me out, but “That’s The Way Love Goes” (Merele Haggard).
Just ask Bernie…
Dan, you’re not Alec Baldwin, are you?
Rachel Welch.
You’re right, Mark. But where have I seen Kim Basinger’s?
I imagine quite a few places, but two come immediately to mind: the remake of the “Getaway” and much more prominently in Nine 1/2 Weeks with Mickey Rourke
That’s about the meanest thing anyone’s ever said to me, Pablo.
I hate to expose myself like this, but this will be my last post on this subject.
Elisha Cuthbert. If that is her real name, her family has the money, and she’s got the goods. Cuthbert? Is that for real?
Pretty nice in “24”, but how many have seen “The House Of Wax (or is it “Whacks?”).
Not a great movie when compared to the original, but I have to say that the costume designer must have loved Elisha.
But how hard is it to be so hot and act like a human being? I am making no judgements, I am only rifling through my “younger days” rolodex.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whack me. I deserve it. Sometimes I am overwhelmed by the 70’s. It might have somewthing to do with the onset of Dementia…
TW: rate86.
Nah. More like 23…
If we are going to talk about normal crushes, I’d have to go with Romeo from Zeffirelli (mostly for the buttocks!) I was in sixth grade when I saw it (them?), and they were my first adult male nude buttocks. Ahh, the innocence of those times.
And Lancelot in Camelot. But that wasn’t a crush, that was love.
She did toss his ass out, didn’t she? But I’ll bet it was fun while it lasted.
And I was just joshing ya, Dan. You couldn’t possibly be that stupid asshole.
That’s understandable, Lost Dog.
Dan-
That was NOT Kim Bassinger but rather Jacquiline Bissett in The Deep. But still, the best movie intro EVER!
Dan,
You saw Kim Basinger’s twins underwater in “Never Say Never”, the Bond film that featured the return of Sean Connerly in a thinly veiled remake of “ThunderBall”.
Can’t believe the Marcia Brady (Maureen McCormick) hasn’t gotten a mention yet. She was the hearthrob for many a young male boomer.
Melody, the ditzy drummer from Josie and the PussyCats (animated version) also deserves a shout out.
These days, Diane Lane rocks my world….
Lost Dog,
Go rent “The Girl Next Door” immediately.
You love Elisha Cuthbert in that! Very cute film in which she plays a porn star…nuff said.
Gee. Wonder what thesuperficial would have to say about that.
Bad luck with Superheroines:
I’ve given this way, way too much thought.
Scarlett from GI Joe, Shile Kennedy of Penthouse and Elise fame, Loretta “Hotlips” Swit, Princess “Gold Bikini” Leia, Claire Standish, proof that there is a God and that he loved teenage boys in the 80’s, Betty Paige, Marilyn Monroe, and shamefully, Madonna about the time she did “Like a Virgin”.
TW: Oh, the things that were possible in my teenaged imaginings
Mother Jugs and Speed ….. second Raquel (hope it’s spelled right ) Welch . She put the Raq in rack .
Ilya Kuryakin
Dan August
tw: It’s true, I’m female & over 50.
Ilya is the coroner on NCIS now, pretty good job of it too.
Great picture of Elisha Cuthbert.
I’m just here to help, guys.
Careful, MayBee. Someone’s liable to dredge up information that Race Banner was gay.
Hayley Mills when I was a kid.
Bailey Quarters from “WKRP” when I was a teen.
I’m going with the original posts theme and I will admit that I had massive hots for Morticia (Carolyn Jones) Frump Addams…
That incredibily tight black dress she wore on the show… and those baby steps… mmmm sexy……
And Yvonne… I have a tribute to her today at my desk, rest in peace dear lady.
I will admit that Angelica Houston never did much for me… but as Morticia… rrrrrwrarl!
Other than that.. well I’m a guy so… line ‘em up!!! (one at a time please ladies!! one at a time, except for you, and you, and you… oh, and her too… rwarl!)
mojo—Cyd Charisse was finestkind.
Oh, and JoAnn Pflug.
And the chick who played The Body on Love American Style in the episode bridges.
Weezy Jefferson. RWAARRRR!!!
Now I feel bad, cause I’ve remembered the correct answers:
Kurt Russell in “Follow Me, Boys” was the first to make me tingle. My boyfriend still won’t let me watch any of his movies.
And… Yul Brynner in “The King and I”
Sexiest. Performance. Ever.
tw: period, indeed
Hi-from a long time lurker.
When I was a kid I was into Shaun Cassidy and Paul Newman.
As a teen-I’m 36-I was more into Edward Mulhare(Devon on Knight Rider), William Daniels and Erik Estrada. Hey-I like older men
I’m still in older man mode-Sam Waterston, ,and though I can’t stand his politics or his in your face homosexuality, Sir Ian McKellan. His performance as Richard III was masterful.
Suzanne Phleshette (I have no idea how to spell her last name) from the old Bob Newhart show days. It was her gravelly voice that did it.
Jamie-Lee Curtis.
Anouk Aimee and Catherine Deneuve Yikes !
Penny from Lost in Space
Holly from Land of the Lost
and Valerie Bertinelli
BornRed
Illya Kuryakin (hey…I still have all my Man From U.N.C.L.E. paperback books that cost me a good chunk of my weekly allowance at 50 cents a piece!)
heh
Capt. Wilton Parmenter (F Troop), Sandy Ricks (Flipper), and Mike Nelson (Sea Hunt)
Then there were The Monkees and Star Trek
And Bobby Sherman (Here Come the Brides)!
(heck, he did a week long stint bailiffing at my courthouse and several of us snuck down to peek into the courtroom… )
Jan Smithers. She was the only thing that would take my eyes off of Loni Anderson’s tits.
Ann Francis as Honey West.
The guy who wrote the TV listings for Newsday back in the 70’s used to always refer to her as ‘the fiery Yvonne DeCarlo.” Didn’t matter what picture, what role, “the fiery Yvonne DeCarlo.”
Oh, and Stella Stevens
And Sherrie North
Ah, memories….
even tv of the early 60’s knew sexy …
1. Penelope Pitstop
2. Jodie Foster from Tom Sawyer
3. Elizabeth Walton (Aaron was pretty hot too)
4. Mary Ann (Duh)
5. And finally Olivia Hussey in Romeo and Juliet
Thanks Yvonne!
:peter
And yes, Sleestaks absolutely suck.
As for Cha-Ka, I thought he posed profound moral delemmas for Holly. Should she treat him like a little brother or a dog? There were a few times I thought she was sexually attracted to him. Who in real life was a her. Oh fuck.
See what I mean?
Elisha Cuthbert used to blog about hockey.
annoying little twerp
I don’t know if you’ll stop back and see this, but you reminded me (how could I have forgotten????) my massive crush on Edward Mulhare as Captain Daniel Gregg in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir???
Elizabeth Montgomery. Maybe it was the nasal mobility.
Also Barbara Eden. Gee, is there a pattern, here?
Diana Rigg, too, but that’s already gotten mention.
Now, peeling back some painful layers of psyche: Marie Osmond.
And Barbara Feldon, once or twice. Another one of those pattern things, maybe?
Yes! Jodie as Becky Thatcher! That was love, as only a 10 yr old can love.
I preferred Doreen Tracy to Annette. Google her name at your own risk. Reminds me of that song by the J. Geils Band.
Attempting to associate anything sexual with Mrs. Howell makes me shudder. Can’t believe any of you guys were that weird.
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman. Drool.
Of the Angels, Jaclyn was my favorite, although I did have a pic of Farah on my wall that I pulled from a magazine.
Loni Anderson. Baily was cute, but c’mon.
Those two Japanese chicks from Pink Lady.
*cough*Tennille*cough*
Valerie Bertinelli, yep.
Pam Dawber.
My wife isn’t looking??? oh, in that case Claudia Schiffer and the Vistoria’s Secret chick who married the magician guy from Vegas.
Also, Elle M from Australia.
Had the hots for Victoria Principal in gradeschool.
Had the hots for Hanoi Jane in that flick that Duran Duran got its name from.
And I guess I had the hots for whatserface in SPLASH and Clan of the Cavebear.
And also, the all-time hottie, Brigette Bardeaux
Marianne from Gilligan’s Island. Just begged for defilement.
I know I had the hots for Holly, the sleestaks never scared me. Their bigger brother who almost killed Captain Kirk, he scared me.
Prudence (6-year-old Kim Richards) from “Nanny and the Professor” was my first crush. I was about 6 at the time.
My most embarassing crush was Hailey Mills from the original “The Parent Trap”. I still can’t watch that movie. I feel like the wrong kind of pervert because I still find that homely, little girl attractive.
So a question: As an adult, is it creepy to still think a little girl is cute when you started thinking she was cute back when you were the same age? If so, how creepy?
Marcia Strassman from “Welcome Back Kotter” and the chick who was gang raped in a home made porno film somehow related to the Zodiac killer and David Berkowitz (Apparently there’s a connection there). Diana Rigg and Barbara Feldon however are the all timers.
Yes, full stop.
There’s a range; anywhere from stop-thinking-that-already to check-yourself-into-a-chemical-castration-regimen.
Rest in peace Peggy Middleton.
Nellie (with all the curls) from Little House on the Prairie…
Jane Seymour from Somewhere in Time…
Carol Kane especially from Scrooged…
And maybe a little bit Christopher Reeves from Deathtrap… not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Blondie from the Blondie and Dagwood cartoon series always got my attention. Hella rack on that girl.
So, the morning after I note that Elisha Cuthbert used to hockey-blog, new pics of her playing hockey turn up.
What, no ones mentioned Goldie Hawn from Laugh-In yet?
Barbara Eden. Need I say more?
And for the worst entertainment to which I ever took a first (and last) date: “Night, Mother” beats even “Eraserhead” in its failure to leave either her or me in any mood for further socialization. But then, my date and I left Eraserhead after about 20 minutes, so the effect was significantly diluted.
Was the FBI character in Silence of the Lambs named after the female reindeer? Or is that just another coincidence of convergent evolution in fine art?
The only thing you have defiled is the spelling of her name; Mary Ann was the subject of many of my generation’s early pubescent fantasies. Indeed, didn’t they make a beer commercial around the “Mary Ann or Ginger” game?
The blonde yeoman chick on Star Trek was pretty hot, too. Although I did take a shine to Nurse Chapel; I kinda identified with Spock when I was a kid.
But the best for me was Bailey from WKRP. Loni’s character was just too cheerleader-like, Bailey was more realistic for a nerdy geek like me.