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Carolyn Jones

Acting · 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.

Movies with Carolyn Jones

• How the West Was Won (1962) — Julie Rawlings
• The War of the Worlds (1953) — Blonde Party Guest (uncredited)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) — Cindy Fontaine
• The Seven Year Itch (1955) — Miss Finch - Nurse
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) — Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
• House of Wax (1953) — Cathy Gray
• The Big Heat (1953) — Doris
• Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) — Linda, Craig's Girl
• King Creole (1958) — Ronnie
• Eaten Alive (1976) — Miss Hattie
• Heaven with a Gun (1969) — Madge McCloud
• Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979) — Beth

TV shows with Carolyn Jones

• Batman (1966) — Marsha, Queen of Diamonds
• Capitol (1982)
• The Addams Family (1964) — Morticia Addams
• Hollywood Squares (1966) — Self