Lily Munster

Lily Munster
The Munsters character
Yvonne De Carlo as Lily Munster.
First appearance	"Munster Masquerade"
Last appearance	"A Visit from the Teacher"
Created by	Lily Richardson
Portrayed by	Yvonne De Carlo (1964–1966; 1981) Cynthia Adler (1973) Lee Meriwether (1988-1991) Veronica Hamel (1995) Ann Magnuson (1996) Portia de Rossi (2012)
Information
Nickname(s)	Mom, Aunt Lily
Species	Vampire
Gender	Female
Occupation	housewife
Spouse(s)	Herman Munster (1865–present)
Children	Eddie Munster
Relatives	Vladimir Dracula (father) Marilyn Munster (niece) Lester Dracula (brother)
Nationality	American (formerly Romanian)

Lily Munster, Countess of Shroudshire (née Dracula), 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 Mockingbird Lane.

In the original unaired color pilot her name was Phoebe Munster.

Lily was born in 1827 to Count Vladimir Dracula (Grandpa) and his 166th wife (referred to only as "Grandma"). She lived with Grandpa for some time in Transylvania (a region in Romania) before meeting Herman Munster and marrying him in 1865. She, Grandpa, and Herman moved to America sometime before the mid-1940s and adopted her sister's child, Marilyn. In the mid-1950s, she gave birth to Eddie, her and Herman's only child.

Her name is presumably derived from the tradition of the lily as a flower of death, or a vague reference to Lilith, a female demon of Jewish mythology.

Lily is the matriarch of the Munster family. She is very close with her niece, Marilyn. She has a werewolf for a brother, who appears in one episode, and a sister who is mentioned a few times who is Marilyn's mother. Lily is the voice of reason in the Munster household, often relied upon to set problems right, and typically mediates when Herman and Grandpa squabble.