Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American actress. She performed in movies and television series. She began her career in the early 1950s. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1957. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1959. Beginning in 1964, she played Morticia Addams in the television show The Addams Family.
Jones was born in Amarillo, Texas. She died near Hollywood, California due to colon cancer at the age of 53.
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Jones and John Astin as Morticia Addams and Gomez in The Addams Family (1964)
Guest stars for the 1961 premiere episode of The Dick Powell Show, "Who Killed Julie Greer?". Standing, from left: Ronald Reagan, Nick Adams, Lloyd Bridges, Mickey Rooney, Edgar Bergen, Jack Carson, Ralph Bellamy, Kay Thompson, Dean Jones. Seated, from left, Carolyn Jones and Dick Powell.
Carolyn Jones and John Church in the Broadway production of The Homecoming by Harold Pinter in 1967
Jones and Aaron Spelling in 1960