Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Jones (April 28, 1929 - August 3, 1983) was an American actress.

Born Carolyn Sue Baker in Amarillo, Texas, Jones joined the Pasadena Playhouse in 1947. She secured a contract with Paramount Studios and made her first film in 1952.

In 1953 she married aspiring filmmaker Aaron Spelling, and her film career began to gain momentum. A role in House of Wax (1953) brought her good reviews, and she was cast in From Here to Eternity (also 1953), but illness forced her withdrawal. Donna Reed was cast in her role. She appeared in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1957), and received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957). In 1958 she shared a Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer" with Sandra Dee and Diane Varsi, and appeared with Elvis Presley in King Creole.

By 1963 she and Spelling were separated, and by 1964 they were divorced. In 1964 she began playing Morticia Addams in the television series The Addams Family, a role which brought her success as a comedienne and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Her acting career began to decline after the demise of "The Addams Family" in 1966, and while she continued to act, her roles were sporadic. While appearing in the television series Capitol in 1982, she was diagnosed with colon cancer and she played many of her scenes in a wheelchair. Chemotherapy did little to slow the course of the disease and she died the following year in West Hollywood, California. She was buried in Melrose Abbey Memorial Park Cemetery, Anaheim, California.


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She was buried in Melrose Abbey Memorial Park Cemetery, Anaheim, California. (Anne Lockhart married the son of actor Buck Taylor, in his turn the son of actor Dub Taylor). Chemotherapy did little to slow the course of the disease and she died the following year in West Hollywood, California. One, Junie Lockhart, also billed as Lizbeth Lockhart, had only a brief acting career, and the other, Anne Lockhart appeared in several television programs, most prominently Battlestar Galactica. While appearing in the television series Capitol in 1982, she was diagnosed with colon cancer and she played many of her scenes in a wheelchair. June Lockhart married John Lindsay in 1959, and they had two daughters. Her acting career began to decline after the demise of "The Addams Family" in 1966, and while she continued to act, her roles were sporadic. June Lockhart won a 1948 Tony Award for outstanding performance by a newcomer for her role in For Love or Money.

In 1964 she began playing Morticia Addams in the television series The Addams Family, a role which brought her success as a comedienne and a Golden Globe Award nomination. She was the daughter (and only child) of two actors: Gene Lockhart, who came to fame on Broadway in 1933 in Ah, Wilderness!, and his wife Kathleen, née Arthur, who appeared with her husband in many of his stage plays and several movies, including A Christmas Carol, in which June Lockhart, as a young child, also appeared. By 1963 she and Spelling were separated, and by 1964 they were divorced. Janet Craig on Petticoat Junction. In 1958 she shared a Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer" with Sandra Dee and Diane Varsi, and appeared with Elvis Presley in King Creole. She also appeared on television as Dr. She appeared in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1957), and received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957). June Lockhart (born 25 June 1925) is an American television actress best known for her roles as the mothers on Lassie and Lost in Space.

Donna Reed was cast in her role. A role in House of Wax (1953) brought her good reviews, and she was cast in From Here to Eternity (also 1953), but illness forced her withdrawal. In 1953 she married aspiring filmmaker Aaron Spelling, and her film career began to gain momentum. She secured a contract with Paramount Studios and made her first film in 1952.

Born Carolyn Sue Baker in Amarillo, Texas, Jones joined the Pasadena Playhouse in 1947. Carolyn Jones (April 28, 1929 - August 3, 1983) was an American actress.