Lily Munster Lily Munster Lily Munster 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 pilot "Mockingbird Lane". Lily was first introduced in the 2nd 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 who was scrapped as the producers felt she resembled Morticia
The Munsters (film series) has invited family and friends from the "old country" to stay for Christmas. Despite being released only a year after "Here Come the Munsters", the film features an entirely different cast. This film has been released on DVD. In August 2004, the brothers Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans negotiated a deal with Universal Pictures to produce a contemporary film adaptation of "The Munsters". In September 2006, Shawn Wayans revealed that "The Munsters" would be produced and written by the brothers and that it was slated for a 2007 release starring Rose McGowan as Marilyn Munster. Shawn also