Carolyn Jones

Actor
Carolyn Jones

About

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Also Known As
Carolyn Sue Jones
Birth Place
Amarillo, Texas, USA
Born
April 28, 1930
Died
August 03, 1983
Cause of Death
Cancer

Biography

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Talented character player and occasional lead with a distinctive alto voice and enormous eyes. Most typically in offbeat roles, Jones received an Oscar nomination for her supporting turn as a quirky, artsy type encountered by a group of men out on the town in "The Bachelor Party" (1957). At one time the wife of producer Aaron Spelling, Jones is best remembered for her highly amusing char...

Filmography

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Living Proof: HIV and the Pursuit of Happiness (1993)
Herself
Midnight Lace (1981)
Bernadette Chase
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
Beth
Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
Marilyn Atkins
Eaten Alive (1976)
Heaven With a Gun (1969)
Madge McCloud

Photos & Videos

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The Tender Trap - Carolyn Jones Publicity Stills
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Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) -- (Movie Clip) It's No Dead Man
A Hole in the Head - Movie Poster
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How the West Was Won - Program Book
39 Photos
Hole In The Head A (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Water's Good For You

Family & Companions

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Aaron Spelling
Husband
TV producer. Married 1953-65.
Herbert Greene
Husband
Vocal coach. Divorced.
Peter Bailey-Britton
Husband
Actor. Married 1981-83.

Biography

Talented character player and occasional lead with a distinctive alto voice and enormous eyes. Most typically in offbeat roles, Jones received an Oscar nomination for her supporting turn as a quirky, artsy type encountered by a group of men out on the town in "The Bachelor Party" (1957). At one time the wife of producer Aaron Spelling, Jones is best remembered for her highly amusing characterization of the deliberately ghoulish Morticia on the ABC TV sitcom "The Addams Family" (1964-66).

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Living Proof: HIV and the Pursuit of Happiness (1993)
Herself
Midnight Lace (1981)
Bernadette Chase
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
Beth
Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
Marilyn Atkins
Eaten Alive (1976)
Heaven With a Gun (1969)
Madge McCloud
Color Me Dead (1969)
Paula Gibson
How the West Was Won (1963)
Julie Rawlings
A Ticklish Affair (1963)
Tandy Martin
Sail a Crooked Ship (1962)
Virginia
Ice Palace (1960)
Bridie Ballantyne
Career (1959)
Shirley Drake
The Man in the Net (1959)
Linda Hamilton
A Hole in the Head (1959)
Shirl
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
Linda
King Creole (1958)
Ronnie
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
Marsha Zelenko
Baby Face Nelson (1957)
Sue Nelson
The Bachelor Party (1957)
The Existentialist
Johnny Trouble (1957)
Julie Horton
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Theodora "Teddy" Belicec
The Opposite Sex (1956)
Pat
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Cindy Fontaine, also known as Elsa McDuff
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Miss Finch
The Tender Trap (1955)
Helen
Shield for Murder (1954)
Girl at bar
Désirée (1954)
Madame Tallien
Make Haste to Live (1954)
Mary Rose
Three Hours to Kill (1954)
Polly
Geraldine (1954)
Kitty
The Saracen Blade (1954)
Elaine of Siniscola
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Bird-brained blonde
House of Wax (1953)
Cathy Gray
The Big Heat (1953)
Doris
Off Limits (1953)
Deborah
Road to Bali (1953)
Eunice
The Turning Point (1952)
Lily Smith

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Living Proof: HIV and the Pursuit of Happiness (1993)
Other

Cast (Special)

The Addams Family (1977)
Morticia Addams; The Mother; Ophelia Frump; Morticia'S Sister
Amos Burke: Who Killed Julie Greer? (1961)
Julie Greer

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

The Dream Merchants (1980)
The French Atlantic Affair (1979)
Roots (1977)

Life Events

1950

Met future husband Aaron Spelling, who susequently cast her in the stage production, "The Live Wire"

1951

TV debut, performed on "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars"

1952

Signed contract with Paramount, and made feature debut in William Dieterle's "The Turning Point"

1956

First worked with husband Aaron Spelling, "Zane Grey Theater"; a TV series he produced and wrote for

1961

Featured as the deceased model title character in the TV pilot, "Amos Burke: Who Killed Julie Greer"

1964

Entered TV fame with her portrayal of Morticia Addams in the ever-popular series, "The Addams Family"

1977

Final TV-movie, "Little Ladies of the Night"

1977

TV miniseries debut, "Roots"

1979

Final feature, "Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff"

1979

Final collaboration with Aaron Spelling, "The French Atlantic Affair"

1982

Final TV appearance as Myrna Clegg on the CBS daytime soap "Capitol"

Photo Collections

 
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The Tender Trap - Carolyn Jones Publicity Stills
Here are a few stills of Carolyn Jones (and Butch the dog), taken to help publicize The Tender Trap (1955). Publicity stills were specially-posed photos, usually taken off the set, for purposes of publicity or reference for promotional artwork.
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A Hole in the Head - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Frank Capra's A Hole in the Head (1959), starring Frank Sinatra. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
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How the West Was Won - Program Book
Here is the souvenir Program Book sold at Roadshow engagements for the 1962 epic in Cinerama, How the West Was Won.
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A Hole in the Head - Pressbook
Here is the campaign book (pressbook) for Frank Capra's A Hole in the Head (1959), starring Frank Sinatra. Pressbooks were sent to exhibitors and theater owners to aid them in publicizing the film's run in their theater.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - Lobby Card Set
Here is a set of Lobby Cards from Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Videos

Movie Clip

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) -- (Movie Clip) It's No Dead Man So far doc Miles (Kevin McCarthy), newly enchanted by his old high school flame Becky (Dana Wynter), has heard only of a widespread delusion in town, but writer pal Jack (King Donovan) and wife (Carolyn Jones) have found something way more weird, in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, 1956.
Hole In The Head A (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Water's Good For You Brother Mario (Edward G. Robinson), with wife Sophie (Thelma Ritter), is too candid as he introduces widow Eloise (Eleanor Parker) to his brother, cash-strapped Miami hotel owner and single dad Tony (Frank Sinatra), Eddie Hodges the kid, Frank Capra directing, in A Hole In The Head, 1959.
Hole In The Head, A (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Catch Me On The Ninth Wave Various states of undress for Carolyn Jones as Shirl, divorceè girlfriend of single dad Tony (Frank Sinatra), who’s also her landlord and owner of a struggling Miami Beach hotel, discussing his options, including seeking funds from his grumpy brother, early in Frank Capra’s A Hole In The Head, 1959.
House Of Wax (1953) -- (Movie Clip) It Was So Late Sue (Phyllis Kirk), failing to duck the landlady (Riza Royce), upstairs discovering her roommate can't be wakened, meeting that masked guy (Still unidentified but could-be Vincent Price), pursuit into foggy New York streets, in House Of Wax, 1953.
House Of Wax (1953) -- (Movie Clip) They Always Want A Corpse Burke (Roy Roberts), believing he's successfully offed his partner in a fire and collected the insurance money, boasting for cute but conniving Cathy (Carolyn Jones), then assailed by a phantom guy (Who might be Vincent Price!), in House Of Wax, 1953.
Opposite Sex, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Open Season On Husbands Big scene for Joan Collins as showgirl Crystal (drawn from the Joan Crawford role in the 1939 original The Women), with trouper Pat (Carolyn Jones, Dean Jones the stage-hand), Leslie Nielsen her target and Dolores Gray and Joan Blondell catching on, in the musical re-make, The Opposite Sex, 1956.
Opposite Sex, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Young Man With A Horn At a party flashing back, and convinced that Steven (Leslie Nielsen) is cheating, June Allyson (as singer Kay) "remembers" what is actually an original written by George Stoll and Ralph Freed for this picture, featuring Harry James, in the re-make of The Women, The Opposite Sex, 1956.
Bachelor Party, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) We're From Terre Haute Well-lubricated and rolling down 6th Avenue, the party (Philip Abbott, Larry Blyden, E.G. Marshall, Jack Weston as "Eddie" and Don Murray as "Charlie"), New Yorkers all, encounters Carolyn Jones, credited only as "the existentialist," in writer Paddy Chayefsky's The Bachelor Party, 1957.
Heaven With A Gun -- (Movie Clip) We Play For High Stakes Locally presumed to be a hired gun, preacher Killian (Glenn Ford) plays poker with local bully Coke (David Carradine), saloon keeper Madge (Carolyn Jones) intervening just in time, in Heaven With A Gun, 1969.

Trailer

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - (Original Trailer) Kevin McCarthy sees fit to address the audience directly in the trailer, sort-of, which on the whole seems appropriate, considering the premise, from the original Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, 1956.
Desiree - (Original Trailer) A young woman (Jean Simmons) wins the heart of Napoleon (Marlon Brando), though the two can never be together in Desiree (1954).
Heaven With A Gun - (Original Trailer) Glenn Ford stars in Heaven With A Gun (1969) as a gunslinger-turned-preacher who is forced to return to his old ways.
Hole In The Head, A - (Original Trailer) Frank Sinatra is a single father whose swinging lifestyle could cost him custody of his son in Frank Capra's A Hole In The Head (1959).
Man in the Net, The - (Original Trailer) When his wife disappears, a commercial artist (Alan Ladd) is suspected in The Man in the Net (1959).
Tender Trap, The - (Original Trailer) A swinging bachelor finds love when he meets a girl immune to his charms in The Tender Trap (1955) starring Frank Sinatra.
Ticklish Affair, A - (Original Trailer) Naval commander Gig Young gets mixed up with widow Shirley Jones and her three children in the comedy A Ticklish Affair (1963).
Seven Year Itch, The - (Textless Trailer) A married man whose wife is on vacation falls for the blonde bombshell (Marilyn Monroe) upstairs in Billy Wilder's The Seven Year Itch (1955).
Big Heat, The - (Re-issue trailer) Police detective Glenn Ford teams with gangster's moll Gloria Grahame after his wife is murdered by the mob in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat (1953).
House Of Wax - (Original Trailer) Vincent Price had his first horror role in the color and 3-D classic House Of Wax (1953), directed by Andre de Toth.
Opposite Sex, The - (Original Trailer) June Allyson and Joan Collins star in MGM's 1956 musical remake of The Women (1940).
How the West Was Won - (Original Trailer) Three directors and an all-star cast tell How The West Was Won (1962) starring James Stewart, Gregory Peck, Debbie Reynolds, John Wayne, and Henry Fonda.

Companions

Aaron Spelling
Husband
TV producer. Married 1953-65.
Herbert Greene
Husband
Vocal coach. Divorced.
Peter Bailey-Britton
Husband
Actor. Married 1981-83.

Bibliography

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