Carolyn Jones - wikipedia Carolyn Jones For other people with the same name, see Carolyn Jones ( disambiguation ). Carolyn Jones Jones in 1956 Carolyn Sue Jones ( 1930 - 04 - 28 ) April 28, 1930 Amarillo, Texas, United States August 3, 1983 ( 1983 - 08 - 03 ) ( aged 53 ) West Hollywood, California, United States Cause of death Colon cancer Resting place Melrose Abbey Memorial Park Cemetery, Anaheim, California Education Amarillo High School Occupation Actress, singer Years active 1952 -- 1983 Spouse ( s ) Don Donaldson ( m. 1950 ; div. 1951 ) Aaron Spelling ( m. 1953 ; div. 1964 ) Herbert Greene ( m. 1968 ; div. 1977 ) Peter Bailey - Britton ( m. 1982 ; her death 1983 ) Carolyn Sue Jones ( April 28, 1930 -- August 3, 1983 ) was an American actress of television and film. Jones began her film career in the early 1950s, and by the end of the decade had achieved recognition with a nomination 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. Her film career continued for another 20 years. In 1964, she began playing the role of Morticia Addams ( as well as her sister Ophelia and the feminine counterpart of Thing, Lady Fingers ), in the original black and white television series The Addams Family. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life and illness 4 Marriages 5 Death 6 Selected filmography 6.1 Film 6.2 Television 7 Awards and honors 8 References 9 Bibliography 10 Further reading 11 External links Early Life Carolyn Jones was born in Amarillo, Texas, the daughter of Chloe Jeanette Southern, a housewife, and Julius Alfred Jones, a barber. After her father abandoned the family in 1934, Carolyn and her younger sister, Bette Rhea Jones, moved with their mother into her parents ' Amarillo home. Jones suffered from severe asthma that often restricted her childhood activities, and when her condition prevented her from going to the movies, she became an avid reader of Hollywood fan magazines and aspired to become an actress. She enrolled at the Pasadena Playhouse in California at seventeen, with her grandfather, Charles W. Baker, paying her tuition. Career Jones and John Astin as Gomez and Morticia Addams in The Addams Family 1964. Guest stars for the 1961 premiere episode of The Dick Powell Show, `` Who Killed Julie Greer ? ''. Standing, from left : Ronald Reagan, Nick Adams, Lloyd Bridges, Mickey Rooney, Edgar Bergen, Jack Carson, Ralph Bellamy, Kay Thompson, Dean Jones. Seated, from left, Carolyn Jones and Dick Powell. Carolyn Jones and John Church in the Broadway play The Homecoming ( 1967 ) After being spotted by a talent scout at the Playhouse, Jones secured a contract with Paramount Pictures and made her first film, The Turning Point, in 1952. In 1953, she married aspiring filmmaker Aaron Spelling. She appeared in several episodes of Dragnet, credited as Caroline Jones in at least one episode ; had an uncredited bit part as a nightclub hostess in The Big Heat, and a role in House of Wax as the woman who is converted by Vincent Price 's character into a Joan of Arc statue. In 1954, she played Beth in Shield for Murder, earning $500 per day for playing the role. Jones was cast in the film From Here to Eternity ( 1953 ) in the role of Alma `` Lorene '' Burke, which was written for her. However, a bout with pneumonia forced her to withdraw ; the role earned Donna Reed the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Jones made her television debut on the DuMont series Gruen Playhouse in 1952. She appeared in two Rod Cameron syndicated series, City Detective and State Trooper, as Betty Fowler in the 1956 episode, `` The Paperhanger of Pioche ''. She guest - starred in Ray Milland 's CBS sitcom, Meet Mr. McNutley. She made five appearances on the crime drama series Dragnet, starring Jack Webb, between 1953 and 1955. In 1955, Jones appeared on the CBS anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents in the episode `` The Cheney Vase '' as a secretary assisting her scheming boyfriend Darren McGavin in attempting an art theft, and opposite Ruta Lee. In 1956, Jones appeared in Invasion of the Body Snatchers and in Alfred Hitchcock 's remake of his own film, The Man Who Knew Too Much. In 1957, she had the lead in the episode `` The Girl in the Grass '' on CBS 's Schlitz Playhouse, with once again Ray Milland and Nora Marlowe. Jones appeared three times as a guest star on the television series Wagon Train, in the first - season episode `` The John Cameron Story '' ( 1957 ) and in the later color episodes `` The Jenna Douglas Story '' ( 1961 ) and `` The Molly Kincaid Story '' ( 1963 ). In 1958, Jones was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party, and she also shared a Golden Globe Award for `` Most Promising Newcomer '' with Sandra Dee and Diane Varsi, and appeared with Elvis Presley in King Creole. In 1959, Jones played opposite Frank Sinatra in Frank Capra 's A Hole in the Head, Dean Martin in Career, and Anthony Quinn and Kirk Douglas in Last Train from Gun Hill. In 1960, she guest - starred with James Best and Jack Mullaney in the episode `` Love on Credit '' of CBS 's anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson, a Four Star Television production. In the 1962 -- 1963 season, Jones guest - starred on CBS 's The Lloyd Bridges Show, which Spelling created. While married to Spelling, she appeared on the NBC program Here 's Hollywood. In the epic Western, How The West Was Won ( 1963 ), she played the role of Sheriff Jeb Rawlings ' ( George Peppard ) wife. She appears with Peppard and Debbie Reynolds in the last speaking / singing scenes of the film. In 1964, using a long coal - black wig, the brunette Jones began playing Morticia Addams on the television series The Addams Family, a role which brought her success as a comedian and a Golden Globe Award nomination. She guest - starred on the 1960s TV series Batman, playing Marsha, the Queen of Diamonds, and in 1976 appeared as the title character 's mother, Hippolyta, on the Wonder Woman TV series. In 1977 she played a madam running a rural whorehouse in Tobe Hooper 's follow - up movie after The Texas Chain Saw Massacre which was Eaten Alive, and featured Neville Brand, Roberta Collins, and Robert Englund. Her last role was that of Myrna, the scheming matriarch of the Clegg clan, on the soap opera Capitol from the first episode in March 1982 until March 1983, though she already knew that she was dying of cancer. During her occasional absences, veteran actress Marla Adams subbed for her. Personal Life and illness Her acting career declined after The Addams Family ended in 1966. Sporadic roles in the 1970s included that of Mrs. Moore, the wife of the plantation owner in the miniseries Roots. Jones landed the role of the power - driven political matriarch Myrna Clegg in the CBS daytime soap opera Capitol in 1981. The following year, shortly after Capitol debuted, she was diagnosed with colon cancer, and played many of her scenes in a wheelchair. The cancer spread quickly to her liver and stomach. Despite the pain, Carolyn finished the first season. Marriages Jones was married four times. While studying at the Pasadena Playhouse, Jones married Don Donaldson, a 28 - year - old fellow student. The couple soon divorced. Jones was subsequently married to television producer Aaron Spelling from 1953 until their 1964 separation and divorce ; Jones converted to Judaism when she married Spelling. Her third marriage, in 1968, was to Tony Award - winning Broadway musical director, vocal arranger and co-producer Herbert Greene ( who was her vocal coach ) ; she left him in 1977. In September 1982, realizing she was dying, Jones married her boyfriend of five years, actor Peter Bailey - Britton. She wore a lace and ribbon cap to hide the loss of her hair from chemotherapy. Death Jones was diagnosed with colon cancer in March 1981, but continued to work while telling colleagues she was being treated for ulcers. After a period of apparent remission, the cancer returned in 1982. In July 1983, she fell into a coma at her home in West Hollywood, California, where she died on August 3, 1983. She donated her Morticia costume and wig to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, while a collection of Addams Family scripts were donated by Bailey - Britton to UCLA. Selected filmography Film Jones and Aaron Spelling in 1960 Year Film Role Notes 1952 The Turning Point Miss Lillian Smith Uncredited 1952 Road to Bali Eunice Uncredited 1952 Off Limits Deborah 1953 The War of the Worlds Blonde Party Guest Uncredited 1953 House of Wax Cathy Gray 1953 The Big Heat Doris 1953 Geraldine Kitty 1954 Make Haste to Live Mary Rose 1954 The Saracen Blade Elaine of Siniscola 1954 Shield for Murder Girl at Bar 1954 Three Hours to Kill Polly 1954 Désirée Mme. Tallien Uncredited 1955 The Seven Year Itch Miss Finch 1955 The Tender Trap Helen 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Theodora ' Teddy ' Belicec 1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much Cindy Fontaine 1956 The Opposite Sex Pat 1957 The Bachelor Party The Existentialist Nominated -- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1957 Johnny Trouble Julie Horton 1957 Baby Face Nelson Sue Nelson 1957 Marjorie Morningstar Marsha Zelenko Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year -- Actress ( with Sandra Dee and Diane Varsi ) 1958 King Creole Ronnie 1959 The Man in the Net Linda Hamilton 1959 Last Train from Gun Hill Linda 1959 A Hole in the Head Shirl 1959 Career Shirley Drake 1960 Ice Palace Bridie Ballantyne 1961 Sail a Crooked Ship Virginia 1962 How the West Was Won Julie Rawlings 1963 A Ticklish Affair Tandy Martin 1969 Heaven with a Gun Madge McCloud 1969 Color Me Dead Paula Gibson 1976 Eaten Alive Miss Hattie 1979 Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff Beth Television Year Film Role Notes 1952 - 1954 Mr. and Mrs. North Various characters 3 episodes 1953 - 1955 Dragnet Various characters 5 episodes ; billed as Caroline Jones 1954 The Pepsi - Cola Playhouse Karen Brook 3 episodes 1954 - 1955 Studio 57 Various characters 4 episodes 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Pamela Waring Episode : `` The Cheney Vase '' 1954 - 1957 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Various characters 4 episodes 1955 - 1957 The Millionaire Carol Fletcher ; Emily Short 2 episodes 1957 - 1961 Zane Grey Theater Various characters 3 episodes 1957 - 1963 Wagon Train Various characters 3 episodes 1961 - 1962 The Dick Powell Show Various characters 3 episodes 1962 Dr. Kildare Evy Schaller Episode : `` The Mask Makers '' 1963 - 1964 Burke 's Law Richards quintuplets ( 1963 ) ; Carole Durand ( 1964 ) 2 episodes Nominated -- Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Female ( 1963 ) 1964 - 1966 The Addams Family Morticia Addams ; Ophelia Frump ; Lady Fingers 64 episodes 1966 - 1967 Batman Marsha, Queen of Diamonds 5 episodes 1969 The Mod Squad Lisa Whittaker ; Ginny Episode : `` Lisa '' 1969 Storybook Squares Morticia Addams Series debut 1969 Love, American Style Vera Segment : `` Love and the Geisha '' 1971 Men From Shiloh Annie Spencer Episode : `` The Legacy of Spencer Flats '' 1972 The New Scooby - Doo Movies Morticia Addams ( voice ) Episode : `` Wednesday is Missing '' 1973 Match Game ' 73 Panelist Game Show Ironside Justine Cross 2 episodes 1976 Ellery Queen Rita Radcliffe Episode : `` The Adventure of the Hardhearted Huckster '' 1976 - 1977 Wonder Woman Queen Hippolyta 3 episodes 1977 Roots Mrs. Moore Television miniseries 1977 Halloween with the New Addams Family Morticia Addams ; Ophelia Frump Television film 1977 Little Ladies of the Night Marilyn Atkins Television film 1977 - 1981 Quincy, M.E. Various characters 3 episodes 1979 The French Atlantic Affair Peg Television miniseries 1979 The Love Boat Margaret Jerome Segment : `` Cindy '' 1979 -- 1982 Fantasy Island Various characters 3 episodes 1980 The Dream Merchants Vera Television miniseries 1981 Midnight Lace Bernadette Chance Remake of 1960 feature film 1982 Capitol Myrna Clegg 8 episodes ; final acting role 1982 Tattletales Guest 5 episodes ; ( final appearance ) Awards and honors Year Award Title of work Result 1957 Academy Award Best Supporting Actress The Bachelor Party Nominated 1957 Golden Globe Award New Star of the Year -- Actress Marjorie Morningstar Won 1963 Golden Globe Award Best TV Star - Female Burke 's Law Nominated References ^ Jump up to : Birth Certificate ^ Jump up to : Pylant, 2012 ^ Jump up to : The Addams Family 's Carolyn Jones : A Descendant of Geronimo ? Archived 2008 - 06 - 10 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Stroder, Chris ( 2000 ). Swingin ' Chicks of the ' 60s : A Tribute to 101 of the Decade 's Defining Women. Cedco Publishing. ISBN 0768322324. Jump up ^ Donnelley, Paul ( 2003 ). Fade to Black : A Book of Movie Obituaries. Music Sales Group. ISBN 0711995125. Jump up ^ 1940 United States Census ( Retrieved December 30, 2016 ). Jump up ^ Thise, Mark M. ( 2008 ). Hollywood Winners and Losers, A to Z. Limelight Editions. p. 97. ISBN 978 - 0879103514. ^ Jump up to : `` Carolyn Jones Is Dead at 50 ; A TV Actress ''. The New York Times. United Press International. August 4, 1983. Jump up ^ Carolyn Jones at the Internet Broadway Database Jump up ^ Weaver, Tom ( 2010 ). A Sci - Fi Swarm and Horror Horde : Interviews with 62 Filmmakers. McFarland & Company. p. 174. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7864 - 4658 - 2. Jump up ^ `` Carolyn Jones and Marshall Thompson ''. Here 's Hollywood. Episode 1.39. 23 November 1960. NBC. Jump up ^ Paul Donnelley, She was one of the stars on the hit TV game show Match Game 1973. Fade To Black : A Book of Movie Obituaries, page 369 ( Omnibus Press, 2003 ). ISBN 0 - 7119 - 9512 - 5 Jump up ^ Del Vecchio, Deborah ( 2012 ). Beverly Garland : Her Life and Career. McFarland & Company. p. 149. ISBN 978 - 0786465019. Jump up ^ Christopher Schemering, The Soap Opera Encyclopedia ( Ballantine Books, 1987 ). ISBN 0 - 345 - 35344 - 7 Jump up ^ Milwaukee Sentinel August 9, 1959 p. 27 Jump up ^ Spelling, Aaron ; Graham, Jefferson ( 1996 ). A Prime - Time Life : An Autobiography. New York : St. Martin 's Press. p. 51. ISBN 0 - 312 - 14268 - 4. Jump up ^ `` Do you think you know film ? The ' TCM Classic Movie Trivia ' book has more than 4,000 questions to test your knowledge '', Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2011. Jump up ^ Bennett, Ray ( April 28, 2015 ). `` Why Carolyn Jones did not want to kiss Elvis Presley ''. The Cliff Edge. Retrieved January 26, 2018. Jump up ^ Pylant ( 2012 ), p. 207 Bibliography Pylant, James ( 2012 ). In Morticia 's Shadow : The Life & Career of Carolyn Jones. Jacobus Books. ISBN 978 - 0984185757. Further reading Jones, Carolyn ( 1971 ). Twice Upon a Time. Trident Press. ISBN 978 - 0671270742. External links Biography portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carolyn Jones. Carolyn Jones on IMDb Carolyn Jones at the Internet Broadway Database Carolyn Jones at the Internet Off - Broadway Database Carolyn Jones at AllMovie Carolyn Jones at Film Reference Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year -- Actress Lois Maxwell ( 1948 ) Mercedes McCambridge ( 1950 ) Pier Angeli ( 1952 ) Colette Marchand ( 1953 ) Pat Crowley / Bella Darvi / Barbara Rush ( 1954 ) Shirley MacLaine / Kim Novak / Karen Sharpe ( 1955 ) Anita Ekberg / Victoria Shaw / Dana Wynter ( 1956 ) Carroll Baker / Jayne Mansfield / Natalie Wood ( 1957 ) Sandra Dee / Carolyn Jones / Diane Varsi ( 1958 ) Linda Cristal / Susan Kohner / Tina Louise ( 1959 ) Angie Dickinson / Janet Munro / Stella Stevens / Tuesday Weld ( 1960 ) Ina Balin / Nancy Kwan / Hayley Mills ( 1961 ) Ann - Margret / Jane Fonda / Christine Kaufmann ( 1962 ) Patty Duke / Sue Lyon / Rita Tushingham ( 1963 ) Ursula Andress / Tippi Hedren / Elke Sommer ( 1964 ) Mia Farrow / Celia Kaye / Mary Ann Mobley ( 1965 ) Elizabeth Hartman ( 1966 ) Jessica Walter ( 1967 ) Katharine Ross ( 1968 ) Olivia Hussey / Marianne McAndrew ( 1969 ) Ali MacGraw ( 1970 ) Carrie Snodgress ( 1971 ) Twiggy ( 1972 ) Diana Ross ( 1973 ) Tatum O'Neal ( 1974 ) Susan Flannery ( 1975 ) Marilyn Hassett ( 1976 ) Jessica Lange ( 1977 ) Irene Miracle ( 1979 ) Bette Midler ( 1980 ) Nastassja Kinski ( 1981 ) Pia Zadora ( 1982 ) Sandahl Bergman ( 1983 ) WorldCat Identities BNE : XX1118254 BNF : cb141911039 ( data ) GND : 137109962 ISNI : 0000 0001 1764 0061 LCCN : n95075142 SNAC : w64b5j2x SUDOC : 168121360 VIAF : 54357515 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carolyn_Jones&oldid=864553210 '' Categories : 1930 births 1983 deaths Actresses from Texas American film actresses American soap opera actresses American television actresses People from Amarillo, Texas Amarillo High School alumni 20th - century American actresses Burials in Orange County, California Converts to Judaism Jewish American actresses Deaths from cancer in California Deaths from colorectal cancer Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Internet Broadway Database person ID same as Wikidata Articles with IBDb links Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with BNE identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu বাংলা Català Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano עברית Latina Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Simple English Suomi Svenska Tagalog اردو 14 more Edit links This page was last edited on 17 October 2018, at 23 : 46 ( UTC ). 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Question: who played morticia in the original addams family
Answer: Carolyn Sue Jones