Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Jones

Known for
Acting
Born
April 28, 1930
Died
August 3, 1983 (aged 53)
Birthplace
Amarillo, Texas, USA

Biography

Carolyn Sue 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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Filmography

1992
The Addams Family Album poster

The Addams Family Album

Movie · as Morticia Addams (archive footage)

1987
Creepy Classics poster

Creepy Classics

Movie · as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec - (archive footage)

1982
Capitol poster

Capitol

TV · 260 eps

1981
Midnight Lace poster

Midnight Lace

Movie · as Bernadette Chance

1980
The Dream Merchants poster

The Dream Merchants

TV · as Vera · 3 eps

1979
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff poster

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

Movie · as Beth

1979
The French Atlantic Affair poster

The French Atlantic Affair

TV · as Peg · 3 eps

1978
Fantasy Island poster

Fantasy Island

TV · as Jessie DeWinter · 1 ep

1977
Little Ladies of the Night poster

Little Ladies of the Night

Movie · as Marilyn Atkins

1977
Halloween with the New Addams Family poster

Halloween with the New Addams Family

Movie · as Morticia Addams/Ophelia Frump

1977
A Good Human Story

A Good Human Story

Movie

1977
Roots poster

Roots

TV · as Mrs. Moore · 1 ep

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Margaret Jerome · 1 ep

1977
The Sunday Drama

The Sunday Drama

TV · as Maggie · 1 ep

1976
Eaten Alive poster

Eaten Alive

Movie · as Miss Hattie

1976
Demon and the Mummy poster

Demon and the Mummy

Movie · as Registrar

1976
Quincy, M.E. poster

Quincy, M.E.

TV · as Nurse Barbara Grayson, Victoria Sawyer, Sybil Presstin · 1 ep

1975
Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman

TV · as Queen Hippolyta · 3 eps

1975
Ellery Queen poster

Ellery Queen

TV · as Rita Radcliffe · 1 ep

1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker poster

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

TV · 1 ep

1972
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family poster

Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family

Movie · as Morticia Addams (Voice)

1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies poster

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

TV · as Morticia Addams (voice) · 1 ep

1972
Ghost Story poster

Ghost Story

TV · as Martha Alcott · 1 ep

1970
Dan August poster

Dan August

TV · as Margo · 1 ep

1970
The Misfit poster

The Misfit

TV · as WPC Skinner · 1 ep

1969
Heaven with a Gun poster

Heaven with a Gun

Movie · as Madge McCloud

1969
Color Me Dead poster

Color Me Dead

Movie · as Paula Gibson

1969
Bracken's World poster

Bracken's World

TV · 1 ep

1969
Love, American Style poster

Love, American Style

TV · as Vera · 2 eps

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV · as Pam · 1 ep

1968
The Mod Squad poster

The Mod Squad

TV · as Lisa Whittaker / Ginny · 1 ep

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as Lydia Mulholland · 1 ep

1968
The Jazz Age

The Jazz Age

TV · as Pearl · 1 ep

1967
Mondo Hollywood poster

Mondo Hollywood

Movie

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · as Justine Cross · 2 eps

1967
Rango poster

Rango

TV · 1 ep

1967
The Danny Thomas Hour poster

The Danny Thomas Hour

TV · as Stacey McCall · 1 ep

1966
Batman poster

Batman

TV · as Marsha, Queen of Diamonds · 5 eps

1966
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1964
The Addams Family poster

The Addams Family

TV · as Morticia Addams · 64 eps

1963
A Ticklish Affair poster

A Ticklish Affair

Movie · as Tandy Martin

1963
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Betsy Richards / Meredith Richards / Various Characters, Carole Durand · 1 ep

1963
The Danny Kaye Show poster

The Danny Kaye Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
How the West Was Won poster

How the West Was Won

Movie · as Julie Rawlings

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Annie Spencer · 1 ep

1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show poster

The Lloyd Bridges Show

TV · as Cathy · 1 ep

1961
Sail a Crooked Ship poster

Sail a Crooked Ship

Movie · as Virginia

1961
Who Killed Julie Greer? poster

Who Killed Julie Greer?

Movie · as Julie Greer

1961
The Dick Powell Show poster

The Dick Powell Show

TV · as Julie Greer, Hannah Cole · 1 ep

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Evy Schaller · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1960
Ice Palace poster

Ice Palace

Movie · as Bridie Ballantyne

1959
A Hole in the Head poster

A Hole in the Head

Movie · as Shirl

1959
Last Train from Gun Hill poster

Last Train from Gun Hill

Movie · as Linda, Craig's Girl

1959
The Man in the Net poster

The Man in the Net

Movie · as Linda Hamilton

1959
Career poster

Career

Movie · as Shirley Drake

1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson poster

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

TV · as Lena Murchak · 1 ep

1958
Marjorie Morningstar poster

Marjorie Morningstar

Movie · as Marsha Zelenko

1958
King Creole poster

King Creole

Movie · as Ronnie

1957
Baby Face Nelson poster

Baby Face Nelson

Movie · as Sue Nelson

1957
The Bachelor Party poster

The Bachelor Party

Movie · as The Existentialist

1957
Johnny Trouble poster

Johnny Trouble

Movie · as Julie Horton

1957
Panic! poster

Panic!

TV · 1 ep

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as Molly Kincaid · 1 ep

1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much poster

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Movie · as Cindy Fontaine

1956
Invasion of the Body Snatchers poster

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Movie · as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec

1956
The Opposite Sex poster

The Opposite Sex

Movie · as Pat

1956
Wire Service poster

Wire Service

TV · as Eve · 1 ep

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Ella Clanton, Sal - Rue Royale Proprietor, Julie Whiting · 1 ep

1956
State Trooper poster

State Trooper

TV · as Betty Fowler · 1 ep

1955
The Seven Year Itch poster

The Seven Year Itch

Movie · as Miss Finch

1955
The Tender Trap poster

The Tender Trap

Movie · as Helen

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Pamela Waring · 1 ep

1955
The Millionaire poster

The Millionaire

TV · as Emily Short, Carol Fletcher · 1 ep

1955
Star Stage poster

Star Stage

TV · 1 ep

1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour poster

The 20th Century Fox Hour

TV · as Rita Kirby, Marcia Bridges · 1 ep

1954
Shield for Murder poster

Shield for Murder

Movie · as Beth, Girl at Bar

1954
Make Haste to Live poster

Make Haste to Live

Movie · as Mary Rose

1954
Désirée poster

Désirée

Movie · as Mme. Tallien

1954
The Saracen Blade poster

The Saracen Blade

Movie · as Elaine of Siniscola

1954
Three Hours to Kill poster

Three Hours to Kill

Movie · as Polly

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Helen · 1 ep

1954
Studio 57 poster

Studio 57

TV · as Corinna Rogers, Diana Flagg, Carol Marshall, Maria · 1 ep

1954
Passport to Danger

Passport to Danger

TV · as Sally Towne · 1 ep

1953
House of Wax poster

House of Wax

Movie · as Cathy Gray

1953
The Big Heat poster

The Big Heat

Movie · as Doris

1953
The War of the Worlds poster

The War of the Worlds

Movie · as Blonde Party Guest (uncredited)

1953
Geraldine poster

Geraldine

Movie · as Kitty

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Phyllis · 1 ep

1953
City Detective poster

City Detective

TV · 2 eps

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

TV · as Ingrid, Karen Brook · 1 ep

1953
You Are There poster

You Are There

TV · 1 ep

1952
The Turning Point poster

The Turning Point

Movie · as Lillian Smith (uncredited)

1952
Road to Bali poster

Road to Bali

Movie · as Eunice (uncredited)

1952
Off Limits poster

Off Limits

Movie · as Deborah

1952
Mr. & Mrs. North poster

Mr. & Mrs. North

TV · 3 eps

1952
Chevron Theatre

Chevron Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1952
Four Star Playhouse poster

Four Star Playhouse

TV · as Dolores · 1 ep

1951
Dragnet poster

Dragnet

TV · as Laura Osborne, Donna Stewart, Marian Fuller · 2 eps

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as June Sardo, Girl, Wealthy Wife, Sarah · 1 ep

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

TV · as Self - Hazel · 1 ep

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1950
Treasury Men in Action poster

Treasury Men in Action

TV · as Eadie Starr · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep