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In September 1954,<ref>{{cite news|title=Yvonne De Carlo yesterday was cast by Cecil B. DeMille in the role of Sephora, Jethro's daughter and the shepherd girl who married Moses, in ''The Ten Commandments''|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 15, 1954}}</ref> producer-director Cecil B. DeMille cast her as [[Zipporah|Sephora]], the wife of Moses (played by [[Charlton Heston]]), in his biblical epic ''The Ten Commandments'', a [[Paramount Pictures]] production that premiered in November 1956. In his autobiography, DeMille explained he decided to cast De Carlo as Moses' wife after his casting director, Bert McKay, called his attention to one scene she played in ''Sombrero''. Even though the film "was a picture far removed in theme from ''The Ten Commandments''," wrote DeMille, "I sensed in her a depth, an emotional power, a womanly strength which the part of Sephora needed and which she gave it."<ref name="The autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille">{{cite book|last=DeMille|first=Cecil Blount|title=The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille|url=https://archive.org/details/autobiographyofc0000demi|url-access=registration|year=1959|publisher=Prentice-Hall|page=[https://archive.org/details/autobiographyofc0000demi/page/416 416]}}</ref>
She prepared extensively for the role, taking weaving lessons at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], and shepherding lessons in the [[San Fernando Valley]].{{sfn|Orrison|1999|p=113}} Months before filming began, she had worked on the part with a drama coach.<ref name="Hard Work Pays Off For Yvonne">{{cite news|title=Hard Work Pays Off For Yvonne|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19580718&id=T3svAAAAIBAJ&pg=6984,3681522|access-date=October 16, 2014|work=[[Deseret News|The Deseret News]]|date=July 18, 1958|archive-date=April 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427211517/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19580718&id=T3svAAAAIBAJ&pg=6984%2C3681522|url-status=live}}</ref> Her scenes were shot on Paramount's sound stages in 1955. Her performance received praise from critics. Crowther, the ''New York Times'' critic, was impressed: "Yvonne De Carlo as the
She fell in love with stuntman Bob Morgan while visiting the filming of ''The Ten Commandments'' in Egypt in 1954.{{sfn|Foster|2003|p=135}} They married in 1955, and their first son, Bruce, was born in 1956. DeMille became Bruce's godfather.{{sfn|Orrison|1999|p=113}} Her second pregnancy meant she had to turn down the role of the female pirate DeMille had given her in his next production, ''[[The Buccaneer (1958 film)|The Buccaneer]]'' (1958).{{sfn|Orrison|1999|p=113}}
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