Carolyn Jones
Born April 28, 1930 · Amarillo, Texas, USA
Carolyn Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American film and television actress. She began her career in the early 1950s and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957) and a Golden Globe Award as one of the most promising actresses of 1959. In 1964 she began playing the role of Morticia Addams in the television series The Addams Family.
Notable Appearances
Movies
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The War of the Worlds
The Seven Year Itch
How the West Was Won
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
House of Wax
The Big Heat
Last Train from Gun Hill
Désirée
Eaten Alive
King Creole
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Three Hours to Kill
Heaven with a Gun
A Hole in the Head
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Little Ladies of the Night
Road to Bali
Baby Face Nelson
The Man in the Net
The Opposite Sex
Demon and the Mummy
The Tender Trap
Ice Palace
Make Haste to Live
The Turning Point
Halloween with the New Addams Family
Marjorie Morningstar
A Ticklish Affair
Off Limits
Mondo Hollywood
Shield for Murder
Career
The Bachelor Party
Geraldine
Sail a Crooked Ship
Creepy Classics
Who Killed Julie Greer?
Color Me Dead
The Saracen Blade
Johnny Trouble
Midnight Lace
The Addams Family Album
TV Shows
Dr. Kildare
Quincy, M.E.
Love, American Style
Wagon Train
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Name of the Game
Dragnet
Capitol
Four Star Playhouse
The Virginian
Batman
Climax!
Burke's Law
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
The Oscars
Fantasy Island
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
The Addams Family
The Millionaire
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Ellery Queen
The Danny Kaye Show
Studio 57
The Mod Squad
Wonder Woman
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
You Are There
City Detective
Ghost Story
Mr. & Mrs. North
The Dick Powell Show
Roots
Hollywood Squares
Treasury Men in Action
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Dan August
The Danny Thomas Hour
Panic!
