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Yvonne De Carlo: Ten Commandments
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Yvonne De Carlo, born September 1, 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, grew up to be an exotic film star in such 1950s movies as Salome, Where She Danced, Song of Scheherazade and The Ten Commandments. But getting there was far from easy.
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Ihren Durchbruch hatte Yvonne De Carlo 1945 als tanzende Spionin in dem Western Salome, Where She Danced. Obwohl von den Kritikern verrissen, war er an den Kinokassen recht erfolgreich und verschaffte De Carlo einen gewissen Bekanntheitsgrad und somit bessere Rollen. 1947 spielte sie an der Seite von Burt Lancaster in Zelle R 17 (Brute Force) und noch einmal 1949 in Gewagtes Alibi (Criss Cross), wo an ihrer Seite Tony Curtis seinen ersten Filmauftritt hatte. Regisseur Cecil B. DeMille verpflichtete sie schließlich 1956 zur Mitarbeit in ihrem größten Film. Sie übernahm die Rolle der Sephora, der Frau Moses, verkörpert durch Charlton Heston in Die zehn Gebote (The Ten Commandments). Sie arbeitete mit vielen damaligen Leinwandgrößen, wie Clark Gable und Sidney Poitier (Band of Angels), John Wayne und Maureen O'Hara (MacLintock (McLintock!)), George Montgomery (Texas-Desperados (Hostile Guns)), George Hamilton (Die Sechs Verdächtigen (The Power)) und Rod Steiger (Dark Paradise (American Gothic)).
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At the start of the 1950s, De Carlo continued to land solid leading roles, although not all of them were hits and a few are totally forgettable. However, 1956 would bring the film that would, essentially, confirm her presence among the stars of Hollywood. In the epic The Ten Commandments she played the wife of Moses, co-starring opposite Charlton Heston. The film was a major success and her acting is unmatched.
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After playing Sephora, the wife of Moses (Charlton Heston) in Cecil B DeMille's mammoth The Ten Commandments (1956), and a beautiful mulatto opposite Clark Gable in Band of Angels (1957), De Carlo found a new career in television. She appeared in Bonanza and The Virginian, before landing the role that would introduce her to a new generation, and for which she is mostly known today.
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Yvonne got a more permanent contract from Universal when she was given the lead in “Salome, Where She Danced”, a new Technicolor Western. By the end of the 1940s Yvonne was considered a box office draw, but had picked up the label of “vixen”. Universal eventually dropped her; Yvonne ended up taking parts in disposable moves. By 1955 she was working full time, but she was far from the public eye. One year later, after a lot of work, Yvonne was cast in Cecil B. DeMille’s landmark production of “The Ten Commandments” alongside Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner.
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Cast in The Ten Commandments (1956) in a leading role (as Zipporah... spelled Sephora, Moses' wife), De Carlo was part of a major hit. The film was a huge success and De Carlo was among those to be praised for her restrained work.
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