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
• The Seven Year Itch as Miss Finch
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
• How the West Was Won as Julie Rawlings
• Last Train from Gun Hill as Linda, Craig's Girl
• The Big Heat as Doris
• Heaven with a Gun as Madge McCloud
• Shield for Murder as Beth, Girl at Bar
• Eaten Alive as Miss Hattie
• A Hole in the Head as Shirl

TV

• The New Scooby-Doo Movies as Morticia Addams (voice)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Pamela Waring
• The Addams Family as Morticia Addams
• The Dick Powell Show as Julie Greer
• Burke's Law as Betsy Richards / Meredith Richards / Various Characters
• The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self - Hazel
• Batman as Marsha, Queen of Diamonds
• The Mod Squad as Lisa Whittaker / Ginny
• Dragnet
• Wonder Woman as Queen Hippolyta