
Carolyn Jones
Acting • Born 1930-04-28 – Died 1983-08-03
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
120 credits
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Movie • 1956
Cindy Fontaine

Heaven with a Gun
Movie • 1969
Madge McCloud

The Seven Year Itch
Movie • 1955
Miss Finch

Shield for Murder
Movie • 1954
Beth, Girl at Bar

Eaten Alive
Movie • 1976
Miss Hattie

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie • 1956
Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec

How the West Was Won
Movie • 1962
Julie Rawlings

A Hole in the Head
Movie • 1959
Shirl

Marjorie Morningstar
Movie • 1958
Marsha Zelenko

Baby Face Nelson
Movie • 1957
Sue Nelson

Last Train from Gun Hill
Movie • 1959
Linda, Craig's Girl

The Tender Trap
Movie • 1955
Helen

The Turning Point
Movie • 1952
Lilian Smith (uncredited)

The Man in the Net
Movie • 1959
Linda Hamilton

Ice Palace
Movie • 1960
Bridie Ballantyne

Sail a Crooked Ship
Movie • 1961
Virginia

House of Wax
Movie • 1953
Cathy Gray

King Creole
Movie • 1958
Ronnie

Make Haste to Live
Movie • 1954
Mary Rose

Creepy Classics
Movie • 1987
Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec - (archive footage)

Road to Bali
Movie • 1952
Eunice (uncredited)

A Ticklish Affair
Movie • 1963
Tandy Martin

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Movie • 1979
Beth

Color Me Dead
Movie • 1969
Paula Gibson

The Bachelor Party
Movie • 1957
The Existentialist

Career
Movie • 1959
Shirley Drake

Johnny Trouble
Movie • 1957
Julie Horton

Désirée
Movie • 1954
Mme. Tallien

Little Ladies of the Night
Movie • 1977
Marilyn Atkins

The Big Heat
Movie • 1953
Doris

Who Killed Julie Greer?
Movie • 1961
Julie Greer

The Saracen Blade
Movie • 1954
Elaine of Siniscola

Three Hours to Kill
Movie • 1954
Polly

Halloween with the New Addams Family
Movie • 1977
Morticia Addams/Ophelia Frump

The Opposite Sex
Movie • 1956
Pat

Off Limits
Movie • 1952
Deborah

The War of the Worlds
Movie • 1953
Blonde Party Guest (uncredited)

A Good Human Story
Movie • 1977

Midnight Lace
Movie • 1981
Bernadette Chance

Demon and the Mummy
Movie • 1976
Registrar

Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Movie • 1972
Morticia Addams (Voice)

The Addams Family Album
Movie • 1992
Morticia Addams (archive footage)

Geraldine
Movie • 1953
Kitty

Mondo Hollywood
Movie • 1967

The Dick Powell Show
TV • 1961
Julie Greer

Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Betsy Richards / Meredith Richards / Various Characters

The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self - Hazel

The New Scooby-Doo Movies
TV • 1972
Morticia Addams (voice)

Batman
TV • 1966
Marsha, Queen of Diamonds

The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
Lisa Whittaker / Ginny

Dragnet
TV • 1951

Wonder Woman
TV • 1975
Queen Hippolyta

General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Phyllis

Ironside
TV • 1967
Justine Cross

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV • 1974

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Pamela Waring

The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Emily Short

Capitol
TV • 1982

Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
June Sardo

Climax!
TV • 1954
Helen

Bracken's World
TV • 1969

Roots
TV • 1977
Mrs. Moore

The Addams Family
TV • 1964
Morticia Addams

Wire Service
TV • 1956
Eve

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Ella Clanton

Rango
TV • 1967

Star Stage
TV • 1955

Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Evy Schaller

City Detective
TV • 1953

State Trooper
TV • 1956
Betty Fowler

Treasury Men in Action
TV • 1950
Eadie Starr

The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self

Panic!
TV • 1957

Ghost Story
TV • 1972
Martha Alcott

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
Lena Murchak

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self

Mr. & Mrs. North
TV • 1952

Studio 57
TV • 1954
Corinna Rogers

The Dream Merchants
TV • 1980
Vera

The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Rita Kirby

Chevron Theatre
TV • 1952

Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Molly Kincaid

The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Carol Fletcher

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Girl

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Wealthy Wife

The Dick Powell Show
TV • 1961
Hannah Cole

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Sal - Rue Royale Proprietor

Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Carole Durand

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Julie Whiting

Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Dolores

The Virginian
TV • 1962
Annie Spencer

The French Atlantic Affair
TV • 1979
Peg

Fantasy Island
TV • 1978
Jessie DeWinter

Dragnet
TV • 1951
Laura Osborne

The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Margaret Jerome

Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Nurse Barbara Grayson

Dan August
TV • 1970
Margo

Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Victoria Sawyer

Ellery Queen
TV • 1975
Rita Radcliffe

Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Sybil Presstin

Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Vera

The Danny Thomas Hour
TV • 1967
Stacey McCall

The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Lydia Mulholland

The Lloyd Bridges Show
TV • 1962
Cathy

The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self

Studio 57
TV • 1954
Diana Flagg

Studio 57
TV • 1954
Carol Marshall

The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Marcia Bridges

Dragnet
TV • 1951
Donna Stewart

Studio 57
TV • 1954
Maria

Dragnet
TV • 1951
Marian Fuller

Passport to Danger
TV • 1954
Sally Towne

The Danny Kaye Show
TV • 1963
Self

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Sarah

Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV • 1953
Ingrid

The Jazz Age
TV • 1968
Pearl

The Misfit
TV • 1970
WPC Skinner

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV • 1953
Karen Brook