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I was on cloud nine all the time. After I made my hit in Salome, Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
Three Show‐Biz Girls and How They Grew (1971)
Baby, I've never been drunk in public and I never run around with men half my age. The dames I started out with are all batty today. They had their looks and nothing more and now they think they're finished.
A girl no longer, but . . . De Carlo's a beauty still (1975)
Reality to me is a home, my kids, best friends and only then a career and the limelight. I never thought like Marilyn Monroe that I was washed up when I was 35.
A girl no longer, but . . . De Carlo's a beauty still (1975)
One critic called me one of the most magnificent resources Canada has allowed to escape to the United States. Because I was born and raised in Vancouver and lived up there until I was 17.
A girl no longer, but . . . De Carlo's a beauty still (1975)
I'm from Hollywood. I'm too dumb to be nervous about New York.
Three Show‐Biz Girls and How They Grew (1971)
My mother was the shaping force in my life. Don't ask me how but she always had money for my dancing lessons. She was convinced I was going to be somebody.
A girl no longer, but . . . De Carlo's a beauty still (1975)
I enjoyed the comedies with Alec Guinness, and I had a real great time with Peter Ustinov in Hotel Sahara. I found I had the ability to do comedy. My timing was really inborn.
Yvonne De Carlo Reminds The World There Was Life Before Lily Munster (1987)
You want to know about the title, right. The most beautiful girl in the world. . . It was a straight publicity thing but it ballooned. Of course, I never could wear blue jeans to the market after that. I had a reputation to uphold.
A girl no longer, but . . . De Carlo's a beauty still (1975)
I enjoyed being in The Ten Commandments. That was a great experience—to suddenly become one of those holy people. I was holier than thou.
Yvonne De Carlo Reminds The World There Was Life Before Lily Munster (1987)
I played so many oriental princesses and cowtown saloon madams after that I lost count. I broke in all the new actors, to use a phrase. I acted with Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis before they became big names.
A girl no longer, but . . . De Carlo's a beauty still (1975)
I think Yvonne De Carlo was more famous than Lily. But I gained the younger audience through The Munsters. And it was a steady job.
Yvonne De Carlo Reminds The World There Was Life Before Lily Munster (1987)