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Munsters
''The Munsters'' is an American sitcom about the home life of a family of benign monsters that aired from 1964 to 1966 on CBS. The series stars Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster (Frankenstein's monster),Episodes referring to the fact that Herman is Frankenstein's monster include #55, "Just Another Pretty Face," in which Grandpa explains how he came to possess Herman's original blueprint by reading the inscription on it: "To our favorite Count, Dracula - a souvenir from Dr. Frankenstein and all the guys and gals" and #61, "Cyrano de Munster," in which Lily, suspecting Herman of infidelity, tells Marilyn: "I'll take Herman apart so that even Dr. Frankenstein couldn't put him together" Yvonne De Carlo as his vampire wife Lily, Al Lewis as Grandpa (Count Dracula),Episodes mentioning that Grandpa is Count Dracula include #55, "Just Another Pretty Face," in which he explains his possession of Herman's original blueprint by reading the inscription on it: "To our favorite Count, Dracula - a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Munsters Today
''The Munsters Today'' is an American sitcom and a revival of the original 1964–66 sitcom ''The Munsters'' that aired in syndication from October 8, 1988, to June 8, 1991. Plot The series concerns the day-to-day life of a family of benign monsters, with married couple Herman Munster and vampire Lily Munster. Lily's Father Grandpa, who is also a vampire, lives with the family. Herman and Lily have a son named Eddie, who is a werewolf, and their niece, Marilyn, whom the family deems as strange, but is the only “normal” member of the family, also lives with them. This sequel series starts with Grandpa creating "Sleeping Chambers," coffins which make the user fall asleep for a selected amount of time, and insisting the entire family try them out. After Grandpa sets the dial for 30 minutes and shuts the door, a flash of light and a falling beam change the dial to "Forever." 22 years later, a man named Mr. Prescott and his assistant explore the Munsters' house with plans to tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandpa (The Munsters)
Count Sam Dracula, commonly known as Grandpa, is a fictional character from the American sitcom ''The Munsters'', originally played by Al Lewis. He is a vampire and the doting, irritable, and sarcastic father of Lily Munster. The role was later played by Howard Morton in the 1980s television series ''The Munsters Today''. Character background The character's full name is given as "Sam Dracula, Count of Transylvania". A running gag in both the original series and follow up ''The Munsters Today'' is his extreme age—his car, the DRAG-U-LA, bearing his gravestone, reads "born 1367–?". Grandpa talks of having personally known various figures throughout history, including Nero, King Arthur, Richard the Lionheart and Jack the Ripper. Grandpa declares his age as 378 years in the episode "Grandpa's Lost Wife", placing his date of birth around 1588. In ''The Munsters Today'' episode "Its My Party and I'll Die if I Want To", Grandpa celebrates his 402nd birthday. The family uses a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne De Carlo
Margaret Yvonne Middleton (September 1, 1922January 8, 2007), known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film star and sex symbol in the 1940s and 1950s, made several musical recordings, and later acted on television and stage. De Carlo was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and was enrolled in a local dance school by her mother when she was three. By the early 1940s, she and her mother had moved to Los Angeles, where De Carlo entered beauty contests and worked as a dancer in nightclubs. In 1942, she signed a three-year contract with Paramount Pictures, where she got uncredited bit parts in important films. Her first lead was for producer E.B. Derr in the 1943 James Fenimore Cooper adventure ''Deerslayer (1943 film), Deerslayer''. She obtained her breakthrough role in ''Salome, Where She Danced'' (1945), a Universal Pictures release produced by Walter Wanger, who described her a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mockingbird Lane
''Mockingbird Lane'' is a 2012 American horror comedy television special that served as a re-imagining of the 1964–66 television series ''The Munsters''. It was developed for NBC by Bryan Fuller. The pilot episode aired on October 26, 2012, as a Halloween special, and lead into a Halloween-themed episode of the television series ''Grimm'', with the option for a series order. The special was viewed by 5.47 million American viewers and gained a 1.5/5 ratings share for adults aged 18–49, though the concept was not picked up by NBC as a series. Plot The Munsters are a family of monster-like beings. Herman resembles Frankenstein's Monster, with visible scars and a heart that is the only remaining part of his original body; his wife Lily is a vampire, as is her father who is known as Grandpa; their son Eddie is unaware that he is a transitioning werewolf; and finally there is Lily's niece Marilyn, the only normal member of the family, whose mother tried to eat her when she was a ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Lewis (actor)
Al Lewis (born Abraham Meister; April 30, 1923 – February 3, 2006) was an American actor and activist, best known for his role as Grandpa on the television series ''The Munsters'' from 1964 to 1966 and its film versions. He previously also co-starred with ''The Munsters'' Fred Gwynne in the television show '' Car 54, Where Are You? '' from 1961–1963. Later in life, he was a restaurant owner, political candidate, and radio broadcaster. Early life Lewis was born Abraham Meister on April 30, 1923 in Manhattan, New York City. His parents Alexander and Ida (''née'' Neidel), a house painter from Minsk and a garment worker respectively, were Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire; His two brothers were Phillip and Henry.Record of "Al Lewis"; April 30, 1923 – February 3, 2006; SSN: 050-18-4924. Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. He had originally given his birth year as 1910. His reputed early radio work in the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Munster
Herman Munster is a fictional character in the CBS sitcom ''The Munsters'', originally played by Fred Gwynne. The patriarch of the Munster household, Herman is one of Frankenstein’s monsters, created in a lab in Germany in the nineteenth century. Origins In the context of the series, Herman was created in 1815 at the University of Heidelberg by Dr. Victor Frankenstein. He has a twin brother, Charlie. Leaving (Germany) for Great Britain at a young age, Herman was adopted by the Munsters of Munster Hall, a noble family living in the fictitious Shroudshire, England. At some point Herman moved to Transylvania (a region in Romania), where he met Lily Dracula. In 1865 (technically at the age of 15, but physically older) Herman married Lily, and eventually the couple and Grandpa (Lily's father) moved to America, where Herman joined the U.S. Army, fighting in World War II. In episode 34, Grandpa says that it was thanks to Herman that he was able to leave Transylvania and have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butch Patrick
Butch Patrick (born Patrick Alan Lilley; August 2, 1953) is an American actor and musician. Beginning his professional acting career at the age of seven, Patrick is perhaps best known for his role as child werewolf Eddie Munster on the CBS comedy television series ''The Munsters'' from 1964 to 1966 and in the 1966 feature film ''Munster, Go Home!'', and as Mark on the ABC Saturday morning series '' Lidsville'' from 1971 to 1973. Life and career Patrick Alan Lilley was born on August 2, 1953,"Butch Patrick" . Retrieved April 28, 2018. in |
Lily Munster
Lily Munster (née Dracula) is a fictional character in the CBS sitcom, ''The Munsters'', originally played by Yvonne De Carlo. The matriarch of the Munster household, Lily is a vampire. The role was later played by Lee Meriwether in ''The Munsters Today'' and by Portia de Rossi in the unsold 2012 Television pilot, pilot ''Mockingbird Lane''. Lily was first introduced in the second pilot episode and is the only family member to not appear in the original pilot episode. In the original pilot Herman was married to another woman called Phoebe Munster. This plan was scrapped as the producers felt she resembled Morticia Addams too much. Description Lily is the matriarch of the Munster family. She is a beautiful and slender woman who appears to be middle aged, although she is actually hundreds of years old. Later incarnations of the character, played by different actresses, would change her skin from green to pale white. Lily usually dresses in an ankle-length pale pink gown that appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Munster
Marilyn Munster is a fictional character in the CBS sitcom ''The Munsters'', originally played by Beverley Owen and later by Pat Priest. In the original series, she is the daughter of Lily Munster's sister, and is therefore the granddaughter of Grandpa Munster (Count Dracula) and the cousin of Eddie Munster. She was played by Hilary Van Dyke in the 1988 series ''The Munsters Today''. Description Marilyn is Lily's niece, although her surname is Munster. She attends Westbury College in Mockingbird Heights, the city where the Munsters live. Like the rest of her family, she believes that the Munsters' appearance and lifestyle are normal, although Marilyn is actually the only family member whose appearance does not shock or disturb people outside the family. She is considered attractive by outsiders, but by the aesthetic standards of her family she is distressingly unattractive. Marilyn laments that she keeps scaring away potential boyfriends, not realizing that the young men are f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverley Owen
Beverley Jane Stone (''née'' Ogg; May 13, 1937 – February 21, 2019), known professionally as Beverley Owen, was an American television actress, best known for having played the original role of Marilyn Munster on the sitcom ''The Munsters'' before the role was taken over by Pat Priest. Early life Beverley Jane Ogg was born on May 13, 1937, in Ottumwa, Iowa. She was the first born child of Wallace E. Ogg and Charlotte M. Vander Ploeg. She grew up in Ames, Iowa, where her father was a professor of agricultural economics at Iowa State University. Her mother died in 1953. Career In 1956, Owen appeared in her first TV role in ''As the World Turns''. Owen appeared on the shows '' The Doctors'', '' Kraft Mystery Theatre'', '' The Virginian'', ''Wagon Train'', and '' Another World'', and in the 1964 feature film '' Bullet for a Badman'', starring Audie Murphy, after which she got the role of Marilyn Munster on ''The Munsters''. In 1972, she played Dr. Paula McCrea for nine mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Munster
Eddie Munster is a fictional character on the CBS sitcom ''The Munsters''. He was portrayed by Butch Patrick in all episodes of the original series except for the pilot, where he was portrayed by Happy Derman. The only child of Herman and Lily Munster, Eddie is wolf-like. The role was later played by Jason Marsden in '' The Munsters Today.'' Description Eddie is a typical boy apart from being a werewolf. He is very proud of his father, repeatedly bragging about Herman's abilities. Eddie volunteers Herman for something which is clearly beyond Herman's capabilities, but one Herman nonetheless undertakes for Eddie's sake, in several episodes. Production In the unaired pilot episode, the part was played by Nate "Happy" Derman. Butch Patrick played him in the original series.''Nick at Nite's Classic TV Companion''; Tom Hill, editor; © 1996 by Viacom International Viacom, an abbreviation of Video and Audio Communications, may refer to: * Viacom (1952–2005), a former American m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Priest (actress)
Patricia Ann Priest (born August 15, 1936) is an American actress known for being the second person to portray Marilyn Munster on the television show ''The Munsters'' (1964–1966) after the original actress, Beverley Owen, left after 13 episodes. Early life Priest was born and raised in Bountiful, Utah.Pat Priest Interview by Joe Krein at Elvis2001.net Her father was Roy Priest and her mother, Ivy Baker Priest, was the United States Treasurer from January 28, 1953, to January 29, 1961, having been appointed to the role by President Dwight Eisenhower. American paper currency printed during Ivy Baker Priest's tenure bore her signature. Priest resided in Washington, D.C., with her mother. She graduated in 1954 from Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia. She is also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
