Lily Munster got on well. De Carlo approached the role with Donna Reed as her primary inspiration. 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
Munster Mansion the second-story center window and the replacement of the columns and railings of the widow's walk tower. The original first floor front porch was replaced with a larger wrap-around porch. The house then fell into a state of severe disrepair and by 1987 was unable to be used for the original TV pilot of "The Munsters Today". Stock footage was again used from "Munster, Go Home". The house, after production had ceased on "The Munsters Today", appeared in many films and TV shows again – including "The 'Burbs", "Dragnet" and on the TV series "Coach" starring Craig T. Nelson. In