Carolyn Jones

Acting · Born 1930-04-28 in Amarillo, Texas, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

• The Man Who Knew Too Much as Cindy Fontaine
• Heaven with a Gun as Madge McCloud
• The Seven Year Itch as Miss Finch
• Shield for Murder as Beth, Girl at Bar
• Eaten Alive as Miss Hattie
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
• How the West Was Won as Julie Rawlings
• A Hole in the Head as Shirl
• Marjorie Morningstar as Marsha Zelenko
• Baby Face Nelson as Sue Nelson