Carolyn Jones
Born: 1930-04-28 in Amarillo, Texas, USA
Died: 1983-08-03
Known For: Acting
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
1992
- The Addams Family Album as Morticia Addams (archive footage)
1987
- Creepy Classics as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec - (archive footage)
1982
1981
- Midnight Lace as Bernadette Chance
1980
- The Dream Merchants as Vera
1979
- The French Atlantic Affair as Peg
- Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff as Beth
1978
- Fantasy Island as Jessie DeWinter
1977
- The Love Boat as Margaret Jerome
- Roots as Mrs. Moore
- The Sunday Drama as Maggie
- Halloween with the New Addams Family as Morticia Addams/Ophelia Frump
- Little Ladies of the Night as Marilyn Atkins
- A Good Human Story
1976
- Quincy, M.E. as Nurse Barbara Grayson
- Eaten Alive as Miss Hattie
- Demon and the Mummy as Registrar
1975
- Wonder Woman as Queen Hippolyta
- Ellery Queen as Rita Radcliffe
1972
- Ghost Story as Martha Alcott
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies as Morticia Addams (voice)
- Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family as Morticia Addams (Voice)
1970
- Dan August as Margo
- The Misfit as WPC Skinner
1969
- Love, American Style as Vera
- Bracken's World
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Pam
- Heaven with a Gun as Madge McCloud
- Color Me Dead as Paula Gibson
1968
- The Name of the Game as Lydia Mulholland
- The Mod Squad as Lisa Whittaker / Ginny
- The Jazz Age as Pearl
1967
- Ironside as Justine Cross
- Rango
- The Danny Thomas Hour as Stacey McCall
- Mondo Hollywood
1966
- Batman as Marsha, Queen of Diamonds
1964
- The Addams Family as Morticia Addams
1963
- Burke's Law as Betsy Richards / Meredith Richards / Various Characters
- The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- A Ticklish Affair as Tandy Martin
1962
- The Virginian as Annie Spencer
- The Lloyd Bridges Show as Cathy
- How the West Was Won as Julie Rawlings
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Dr. Kildare as Evy Schaller
- The Dick Powell Show as Julie Greer
- Who Killed Julie Greer? as Julie Greer
- Sail a Crooked Ship as Virginia
1960
- Ice Palace as Bridie Ballantyne
1959
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Lena Murchak
- Last Train from Gun Hill as Linda, Craig's Girl
- A Hole in the Head as Shirl
- The Man in the Net as Linda Hamilton
- Career as Shirley Drake
1958
- King Creole as Ronnie
- Marjorie Morningstar as Marsha Zelenko
1957
- Wagon Train as Molly Kincaid
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- Panic!
- The Bachelor Party as The Existentialist
- Baby Face Nelson as Sue Nelson
- Johnny Trouble as Julie Horton
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Ella Clanton
- State Trooper as Betty Fowler
- Wire Service as Eve
- The Man Who Knew Too Much as Cindy Fontaine
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
- The Opposite Sex as Pat
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Pamela Waring
- The Millionaire as Emily Short
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Rita Kirby
- The Seven Year Itch as Miss Finch
- Star Stage
- The Tender Trap as Helen
1954
- Climax! as Helen
- Studio 57 as Corinna Rogers
- Passport to Danger as Sally Towne
- Désirée as Mme. Tallien
- Shield for Murder as Beth, Girl at Bar
- Three Hours to Kill as Polly
- The Saracen Blade as Elaine of Siniscola
- Make Haste to Live as Mary Rose
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Ingrid
- City Detective
- The War of the Worlds as Blonde Party Guest (uncredited)
- General Electric Theater as Phyllis
- House of Wax as Cathy Gray
- The Big Heat as Doris
- Geraldine as Kitty
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Dolores
- Mr. & Mrs. North
- Chevron Theatre
- The Turning Point as Lilian Smith (uncredited)
- Road to Bali as Eunice (uncredited)
- Off Limits as Deborah
1951
- Dragnet
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as June Sardo
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self - Hazel
- Lux Video Theatre
- Treasury Men in Action as Eadie Starr
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter