Carolyn Jones
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.
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Movie Appearances
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Cindy Fontaine
1956
Heaven with a Gun
as Madge McCloud
1969
The Seven Year Itch
as Miss Finch
1955
Shield for Murder
as Beth, Girl at Bar
1954
Eaten Alive
as Miss Hattie
1976
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
1956
How the West Was Won
as Julie Rawlings
1962
A Hole in the Head
as Shirl
1959
Marjorie Morningstar
as Marsha Zelenko
1958
Baby Face Nelson
as Sue Nelson
1957
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Linda, Craig's Girl
1959
The Tender Trap
as Helen
1955
The Turning Point
as Lilian Smith (uncredited)
1952
The Man in the Net
as Linda Hamilton
1959
Ice Palace
as Bridie Ballantyne
1960
Sail a Crooked Ship
as Virginia
1961
House of Wax
as Cathy Gray
1953
King Creole
as Ronnie
1958
Make Haste to Live
as Mary Rose
1954
Creepy Classics
as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec - (archive footage)
1987
TV Appearances
The Dick Powell Show
as Julie Greer
1961
Burke's Law
as Betsy Richards / Meredith Richards / Various Characters
1963
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Hazel
1950
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
as Morticia Addams (voice)
1972
Batman
as Marsha, Queen of Diamonds
1966
The Mod Squad
as Lisa Whittaker / Ginny
1968
Dragnet
1951
Wonder Woman
as Queen Hippolyta
1975
General Electric Theater
as Phyllis
1953
Ironside
as Justine Cross
1967
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Pamela Waring
1955