Carolyn Jones

Born: 1930-04-28, Amarillo, Texas, USA

Died: 1983-08-03

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 Love Boat (1977)
• Ironside (1967)
• Dr. Kildare (1961)
• Four Star Playhouse (1952)
• The Virginian (1962)
• Climax! (1954)
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
• Burke's Law (1963)
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
• The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972)
• Ellery Queen (1975)
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
• The Mod Squad (1968)
• Roots (1977)
• You Are There (1953)
• Ghost Story (1972)
• Treasury Men in Action (1950)
• The War of the Worlds (1953)
• The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
• The Seven Year Itch (1955)
• The Big Heat (1953)
• Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
• The Dream Merchants (1980)
• Désirée (1954)
• Eaten Alive (1976)
• King Creole (1958)