Lily Munster - wikipedia Lily Munster Lily Munster The Munsters character Yvonne De Carlo as Lily Munster. First appearance `` Munster Masquerade '' Last appearance `` A Visit from the Teacher '' Created by Lily Richardson Portrayed by Yvonne De Carlo ( 1964 -- 1966 ; 1981 ) Cynthia Adler ( 1973 ) Lee Meriwether ( 1988 - 1991 ) Veronica Hamel ( 1995 ) Ann Magnuson ( 1996 ) Portia de Rossi ( 2012 ) Information Nickname ( s ) Mom, Aunt Lily Species Vampire Gender Female Occupation housewife Spouse ( s ) Herman Munster ( 1865 -- present ) Children Eddie Munster Relatives Vladimir Dracula ( father ) Marilyn Munster ( niece ) Lester Dracula ( brother ) Nationality American ( formerly Romanian ) Lily Munster, Countess of Shroudshire ( 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 Mockingbird Lane. In the original unaired color pilot her name was Phoebe Munster. Contents 1 Origins 2 Description 3 Development 4 References Origins Lily was born in 1827 to Count Vladimir Dracula ( Grandpa ) and his 166th wife ( referred to only as `` Grandma '' ). She lived with Grandpa for some time in Transylvania ( a region in Romania ) before meeting Herman Munster and marrying him in 1865. She, Grandpa, and Herman moved to America sometime before the mid-1940s and adopted her sister 's child, Marilyn. In the mid-1950s, she gave birth to Eddie, her and Herman 's only child. Her name is presumably derived from the tradition of the lily as a flower of death, or a vague reference to Lilith, a female demon of Jewish mythology. Description Lily is the matriarch of the Munster family. She is very close with her niece, Marilyn. She has a werewolf for a brother, who appears in one episode, and a sister who is mentioned a few times who is Marilyn 's mother. Lily is the voice of reason in the Munster household, often relied upon to set problems right, and typically mediates when Herman and Grandpa squabble. Lily also has a fiery temper. While she is deeply in love with Herman ( `` Pussycat, '' as she calls him ), she also frequently gets very angry at him ( due to his frequent stupidity and occasional selfishness ), and Herman often meekly discloses his fear ( to others ) of being on the receiving end of her wrath. She also has reprimanded her own father ( Grandpa ) on several occasions for his own foolish actions and stubborn self - righteousness. Lily treats her niece Marilyn as her own daughter, but shares the family 's concern that Marilyn 's `` hideousness '' is going to condemn her to a spinster 's life. As such, she is very much in favor of Marilyn dating, and is very accommodating to Marilyn 's fleeting beaus despite their `` rudeness. '' ( What Lily is perceiving as lack of manners is in fact the young man 's terror of seeing Marilyn 's monstrous relatives ). Lily is very supportive of her son, Eddie, and keeps a close eye on his activities and social circle. Lily is mainly a housewife, and her duties include spreading garbage around the mansion and `` dusting '' with a vacuum cleaner operating in reverse so that it blows dirt about in the nine - room - and - a-dungeon house. During the course of the series, Lily works as a welder in a shipyard, a fashion model, and a palm reader in a tea room. In one episode she forces Herman to give her money so that she and Marilyn can open a beauty parlor, but this soon goes out of business, as Lily assumes her clientele wants to look more like her. These part - time jobs never seem to stick, and Lily would be back to being a homemaker by the next episode. Lily is a beautiful and slender woman who appears to be in her middle age years, 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. A white streak in her hair recalls the monster 's mate from Bride of Frankenstein. Lily usually dresses in an ankle - length pale pink gown that appears faded and old, and she sometimes also wears a scarf. Her necklace features a bat - shaped medallion. When away from the Munster house, she often wears a long silver cape with a hood, which in reality is a casket liner. In the episode `` Munsters Masquerade '', Lily demonstrates the ability to float in the air while dancing. True to her vampire nature, when Lily sleeps she resembles a corpse : ramrod straight and fingers cradled on her chest, even holding a lily ( flower ) between her fingers. However, like her father, she casts a reflection, sleeps at night and has no problems going out in the daylight ( although she wears her heavy cape and hood ), despite the two being vampires. She also never is shown to be craving blood or attempting to bite a mortal, like Grandpa occasionally does. Development Lily was not in the original pilot episode of The Munsters. Instead, Herman is married to a much more Gothic - looking wife named Phoebe, played by Joan Marshall. The producers scrapped the Phoebe character after deciding she seemed almost an exact double of the Morticia Addams character on The Addams Family. Lily appeared in the second pilot and all other episodes. In the pilot, the Phoebe character was depicted as more goth in nature, and also has a somewhat abrasive bickering relationship with Herman and a strained relationship with Eddie, both elements toned down with Lily. Yvonne De Carlo was cast for the role in March 1964. When first cast, Gwynne and Lewis went to the producers and complained because De Carlo was a movie star of long standing and they were worried that she would not fit in. However, after a few shows, they had to admit they had been wrong, and all got on well. References Jump up ^ Saxon, Wolfgang ( January 11, 2007 ). `` Yvonne De Carlo, Who Played Lily on ' The Munsters, ' Dies at 84 ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 10. The Munsters TV series The Munsters episodes The Mini-Munsters The Munsters Today Mockingbird Lane Films Munster, Go Home ! 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Question: who played herman munster's wife on the munsters
Answer: Yvonne De Carlo