
Carolyn Jones
Acting
Born 1930-04-28 · Amarillo, Texas, USA
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

Last Train from Gun Hill
1959 · Movie

The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Movie

The War of the Worlds
1953 · Movie

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · Movie

How the West Was Won
1962 · Movie

The Seven Year Itch
1955 · Movie

House of Wax
1953 · Movie

The Big Heat
1953 · Movie

King Creole
1958 · Movie

Road to Bali
1952 · Movie

Midnight Lace
1981 · Movie

Désirée
1954 · Movie

Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972 · Movie

Eaten Alive
1976 · Movie

Career
1959 · Movie

Marjorie Morningstar
1958 · Movie

A Hole in the Head
1959 · Movie

Off Limits
1952 · Movie

Mondo Hollywood
1967 · Movie

Heaven with a Gun
1969 · Movie

The Turning Point
1952 · Movie

The Tender Trap
1955 · Movie

Shield for Murder
1954 · Movie

Three Hours to Kill
1954 · Movie

Ice Palace
1960 · Movie

Creepy Classics
1987 · Movie

The Opposite Sex
1956 · Movie

Sail a Crooked Ship
1961 · Movie

The Bachelor Party
1957 · Movie

Demon and the Mummy
1976 · Movie

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979 · Movie

Halloween with the New Addams Family
1977 · Movie

A Ticklish Affair
1963 · Movie

Baby Face Nelson
1957 · Movie

Make Haste to Live
1954 · Movie

Geraldine
1953 · Movie

Color Me Dead
1969 · Movie

The Saracen Blade
1954 · Movie

The Man in the Net
1959 · Movie

Johnny Trouble
1957 · Movie

Little Ladies of the Night
1977 · Movie

Who Killed Julie Greer?
1961 · Movie

The Addams Family Album
1992 · Movie