Carolyn Jones

Actor Apr 28 (died age 53) Amarillo, Texas, USA 1944–1992 (48 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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.

Known For

Film

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Cindy Fontaine

Film

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec

Film

The Seven Year Itch

Miss Finch

Film

The Addams Family

Morticia Addams

Film

The Big Heat

Doris

Film

The War of the Worlds

Blonde Party Guest (uncredited)

Film

How the West Was Won

Julie Rawlings

Film

House of Wax

Cathy Gray

Filmography

Acting (102)

Movies (44)

The Addams Family Album

1992

as Morticia Addams (archive footage)

Creepy Classics

1987

as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec - (archive footage)

6.3

Midnight Lace

1981

as Bernadette Chance

6.0

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979

as Beth

5.3

Halloween with the New Addams Family

1977

as Morticia Addams/Ophelia Frump

5.8

Little Ladies of the Night

as Marilyn Atkins

A Good Human Story

Demon and the Mummy

as Registrar

Eaten Alive

as Miss Hattie

Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family

1972

as Morticia Addams (Voice)

Color Me Dead

as Paula Gibson

Heaven with a Gun

as Madge McCloud

Mondo Hollywood

A Ticklish Affair

as Tandy Martin

How the West Was Won

as Julie Rawlings

Sail a Crooked Ship

as Virginia

Who Killed Julie Greer?

1961

as Julie Greer

Ice Palace

1960

as Bridie Ballantyne

5.8

Last Train from Gun Hill

1959

as Linda, Craig's Girl

A Hole in the Head

as Shirl

The Man in the Net

as Linda Hamilton

Career

as Shirley Drake

King Creole

as Ronnie

Marjorie Morningstar

as Marsha Zelenko

Baby Face Nelson

as Sue Nelson

The Bachelor Party

as The Existentialist

6.6

Johnny Trouble

1957

as Julie Horton

4.0

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956

as Cindy Fontaine

7.4

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956

as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec

The Opposite Sex

as Pat

The Seven Year Itch

as Miss Finch

The Tender Trap

as Helen

The Saracen Blade

as Elaine of Siniscola

Make Haste to Live

as Mary Rose

Désirée

as Mme. Tallien

Three Hours to Kill

as Polly

Shield for Murder

as Beth, Girl at Bar

The War of the Worlds

1953

as Blonde Party Guest (uncredited)

The Big Heat

as Doris

House of Wax

as Cathy Gray

Geraldine

as Kitty

The Turning Point

as Lilian Smith (uncredited)

Off Limits

as Deborah

Road to Bali

as Eunice (uncredited)

6.2

Television (58)

Capitol

The Dream Merchants

as Vera

The French Atlantic Affair

as Peg

Fantasy Island

as Jessie DeWinter

The Love Boat

as Margaret Jerome

Roots

as Mrs. Moore

Quincy, M.E.

as Nurse Barbara Grayson

Ellery Queen

as Rita Radcliffe

Wonder Woman

as Queen Hippolyta

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Ghost Story

as Martha Alcott

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

1972

as Morticia Addams (voice)

Dan August

as Margo

The Misfit

as WPC Skinner

Love, American Style

as Vera

Bracken's World

The Name of the Game

as Lydia Mulholland

The Mod Squad

as Lisa Whittaker / Ginny

6.2

The Jazz Age

1968

as Pearl

Ironside

1967

as Justine Cross

6.8

The Danny Thomas Hour

as Stacey McCall

Rango

Batman

as Marsha, Queen of Diamonds

The Addams Family

as Morticia Addams

Burke's Law

as Betsy Richards / Meredith Richards / Various Characters

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

The Virginian

as Annie Spencer

The Lloyd Bridges Show

as Cathy

Dr. Kildare

as Evy Schaller

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Dick Powell Show

as Julie Greer

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Lena Murchak

Wagon Train

as Molly Kincaid

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

as Self

7.0

Panic!

1957

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Ella Clanton

State Trooper

as Betty Fowler

Wire Service

as Eve

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Pamela Waring

The Millionaire

as Emily Short

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Marcia Bridges

Star Stage

Climax!

as Helen

Studio 57

as Corinna Rogers

Passport to Danger

as Sally Towne

The Oscars

as Self

City Detective

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

1953

as Ingrid

7.0

General Electric Theater

as Phyllis

Four Star Playhouse

as Dolores

Chevron Theatre

Mr. & Mrs. North

Dragnet

as Donna Stewart

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as June Sardo

7.2

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

as Self - Hazel

6.8

Treasury Men in Action

as Eadie Starr

Lux Video Theatre

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter