Carolyn Jones
Department: 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.
Known For
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
Heaven with a Gun
1969
The Seven Year Itch
1955
Shield for Murder
1954
Eaten Alive
1976
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
How the West Was Won
1962
A Hole in the Head
1959
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
Baby Face Nelson
1957
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
The Tender Trap
1955
The Turning Point
1952
The Man in the Net
1959
Ice Palace
1960
Sail a Crooked Ship
1961
House of Wax
1953
King Creole
1958
Make Haste to Live
1954
Creepy Classics
1987
Road to Bali
1952
A Ticklish Affair
1963
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
Color Me Dead
1969
The Bachelor Party
1957
Career
1959
Johnny Trouble
1957
Désirée
1954
Little Ladies of the Night
1977
The Big Heat
1953
Who Killed Julie Greer?
1961
The Saracen Blade
1954
Three Hours to Kill
1954
Halloween with the New Addams Family
1977
The Opposite Sex
1956
Off Limits
1952
The War of the Worlds
1953
A Good Human Story
1977
Midnight Lace
1981
Demon and the Mummy
1976
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972
The Addams Family Album
1992
Geraldine
1953
Mondo Hollywood
1967
The Dick Powell Show
1961
Burke's Law
1963
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
Batman
1966
The Mod Squad
1968
Dragnet
1951
Wonder Woman
1975
General Electric Theater
1953
Ironside
1967
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Millionaire
1955
Capitol
1982
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Climax!
1954
Bracken's World
1969
Roots
1977
The Addams Family
1964
Wire Service
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Rango
1967
Star Stage
1955
Dr. Kildare
1961
City Detective
1953
State Trooper
1956
Treasury Men in Action
1950
The Oscars
1953
Panic!
1957
Ghost Story
1972
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Studio 57
1954
The Dream Merchants
1980
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Chevron Theatre
1952
Wagon Train
1957
The Millionaire
1955
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Dick Powell Show
1961
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Burke's Law
1963
Four Star Playhouse
1952
The Virginian
1962
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
Fantasy Island
1978
Dragnet
1951
The Love Boat
1977
Dan August
1970
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Ellery Queen
1975
Love, American Style
1969
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Name of the Game
1968
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
Studio 57
1954
Studio 57
1954
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Dragnet
1951
Dragnet
1951
Studio 57
1954
Passport to Danger
1954
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
The Jazz Age
1968
The Misfit
1970
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953