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
Beverley Owen Beverley Owen Beverley Owen (born Beverley Ogg; May 13, 1937) is a retired American television actress, best known for having played the original role of Marilyn Munster during the first season of "The Munsters". Owen received an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan. She was a student of Sanford Meisner. Owen left her role on "The Munsters" to get married to writer and producer Jon Stone. They were married for ten years (1964–1974). She has two daughters, Polly and Kate. She continued to pursue her studies in Early American History, for which she earned a master's degree in 1989.