The Munsters Today Morton (Grandpa), Hilary Van Dyke (Marilyn) and Jason Marsden (Eddie), and broadcast 73 episodes from October 8, 1988, to May 25, 1991, giving it more first-run episodes than the original series. The pilot explained the 22-year gap following the original series by showing the family as they were in 1966 when an accident took place; the family then proceeds to wake up in 1988. It was created following a failed attempt to revive the show with most of the original cast (Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis and Yvonne De Carlo) in the 1981 NBC telefilm "The Munsters' Revenge". In the living
Marilyn Munster the 1981 film "The Munsters' Revenge", she was portrayed by Jo McDonnell. In "Here Come the Munsters", Marilyn is the daughter of Herman's sister (Elsa). In this version her name is said to be Marilyn Hyde. The role was played by Christine Taylor. In NBC's 2012 pilot "Mockingbird Lane", a darker reformatting of the series, Marilyn is the daughter of Lily's sister but was raised by her aunt, uncle and grandfather after her mother attempted to eat her. Marilyn Munster Marilyn Munster is a fictional character in the CBS sitcom "The Munsters", originally played by Beverley Owen and later by