Carolyn Jones

Actress

Born: April 28, 1930 (53 years old)

Died: August 3, 1983

Place of birth: 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 (60)

• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956, ★ 7.4)
• The Seven Year Itch (1955, ★ 7.1)
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, ★ 7.5)
• How the West Was Won (1962, ★ 7)
• Last Train from Gun Hill (1959, ★ 7.1)
• House of Wax (1953, ★ 6.9)
• The Big Heat (1953, ★ 7.7)
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972, ★ 7.7)
• Batman (1966, ★ 7.3)
• Wonder Woman (1975, ★ 7)
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974, ★ 7.6)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955, ★ 7.8)
• Shield for Murder (1954, ★ 6.6)
• Roots (1977, ★ 7.4)
• The Addams Family (1964, ★ 8)
• A Hole in the Head (1959, ★ 6.1)
• Marjorie Morningstar (1958, ★ 6.2)
• The Tender Trap (1955, ★ 6.1)
• The Turning Point (1952, ★ 6.2)
• Sail a Crooked Ship (1961, ★ 6)
• King Creole (1958, ★ 6.4)
• Creepy Classics (1987, ★ 6.3)
• Road to Bali (1952, ★ 6.2)
• The Bachelor Party (1957, ★ 6.6)
• Career (1959, ★ 6.5)
• Désirée (1954, ★ 6.5)
• The War of the Worlds (1953, ★ 6.8)
• Burke's Law (1963, ★ 6)
• The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950, ★ 6.8)
• The Mod Squad (1968, ★ 6)