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Biography

Carolyn Sue Jones was born in Amarillo, Texas on April 28, 1930 (several biographical sources list 1929 and 1933 but her Birth Certificate, Death Certificate and Crypt list 1930 as actual birth year). She was named after actress Carole Lombard, and after moving to California, joined the Pasadena Playhouse in 1947. Although considered white, some claim that Jones also had some Comanche ancestry. Amarillo redirects here. ... Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress. ... The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic theatre located in Pasadena, California. ... For other uses, see Comanche (disambiguation). ...

She secured a contract with Paramount Pictures and made her first film in 1952. In 1953, she married aspiring film-maker Aaron Spelling (and converted to Judaism upon marriage), and her film career began to gain momentum. She had an uncredited but memorable bit part (as a nightclub hostess) in The Big Heat, and a role in House of Wax brought her good reviews. She was cast in From Here to Eternity, but illness forced her withdrawal. Donna Reed was recast in her role and won an Oscar for her performance. Jones appeared in Invasion of the Body Snatchers and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party. 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, and the following year played Frank Sinatra's girlfriend in Frank Capra's A Hole in the Head and an actor's manager opposite Dean Martin in Career. 1959 also saw a good role for Jones in Last Train from Gun Hill, as the mistress of Craig Belden, (played by Anthony Quinn) whom she courageously betrays to help Matt Morgan (played by Kirk Douglas) accost Belden's son for the rape and murder of Morgan's Native American wife. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... Aaron Spelling (April 22, 1923 – June 23, 2006) was an American film and television producer. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... The Big Heat is a 1953 Fritz Lang-directed motion film drama shot in black and white. ... House of Wax is a 1953 American psycho/horror film (its genre is debatable) starring Vincent Price. ... From Here to Eternity is a 1953 movie based on a James Jones novel in which characters work through ordinary bouts of intimidation and infidelity on a military base in the days preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... Donna Reed (January 27, 1921 - January 14, 1986) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 science fiction film. ... Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... The Bachelor Party is a 1957 film with Carolyn Jones and Don Murray. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Sandra Dee (April 23, 1942 - February 20, 2005) was an American film actress best known for her role as Gidget. // Alexandra Zuck was born to John and Mary Zuck, of Rusyn ancestry, in Bayonne, New Jersey, Dee was a professional model by the age of four. ... Diane Marie Varsi (February 23, 1938 - November 19, 1992) was an America film and television actor. ... Elvis redirects here. ... King Creole is a 1958 Elvis Presley film and soundtrack based on the 1952 Harold Robbins novel, A Stone for Danny Fisher. ... Sinatra redirects here. ... For other persons named Frank Capra, see Frank Capra (disambiguation). ... A Hole in the Head (1959)[1] is a bittersweet comedy movie featuring Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Keenan Wynn, Carolyn Jones, Thelma Ritter, and Joi Lansing. ... Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, film actor, television personality, and comedian. ... Career is a 1959 film drama about an actor (Tony Franciosa) bent on breaking into the big time at any cost. ... Last Train from Gun Hill is a 1959 Western by action director John Sturges. ... For other people named Anthony Quinn see Anthony Quinn (disambiguation) Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001) was a two-time Academy Award-winning Mexican/American actor, as well as a painter and writer. ... Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch[1] on December 9, 1916) is an iconic Academy Award-winning American actor and film producer known for his cleft chin, his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described as sons of bitches. He is also father...

By 1963, she and Spelling were separated, and by 1964 they were divorced. In 1964, with a waist-length coal black wig covering her naturally blonde hair, Jones 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. Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams in the 1960s television series Morticia Frump Addams is the fictional matriarch of The Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The Addams Family is an American television series based on the characters in Charles Addams New Yorker cartoons. ... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ...

Her acting career began to decline after the end 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. Carolyn's struggle with cancer, however, had begun far earlier. Lovely Me, the biography of best-selling pulp author Jacqueline Susann, reveals that Susann, herself battling cancer, inquired about Carolyn's condition. Susann died in 1974. The Addams Family is an American television series based on the characters in Charles Addams New Yorker cartoons. ... Capitol was the name of a television soap opera which aired on the daytime schedule of CBS from March 26, 1982 to March 20, 1987 for 1270 episodes. ... Diagram of the stomach, colon, and rectum Colorectal cancer includes cancerous growths in the colon, rectum and appendix. ... Flynns Detective Fiction from 1941. ... Jacqueline Susann (August 20, 1918 – September 21, 1974 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a Jewish-American author known for her mass-appeal novels. ...

Chemotherapy did little to slow the course of the disease and she died in 1983 at her home in West Hollywood, California. She had married long-time boyfriend, actor Peter Bailey-Britton, a month earlier. Jones told her sister, Bette Moriarty, that she wanted her epitaph to be, "She gave joy to the world." She was entombed at Melrose Abbey Memorial Park Cemetery in Anaheim, California, beside her mother. Chemotherapy, in its most general sense, refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells, specifically those of micro-organisms or cancer. ... Nickname: WeHo Location of Los Angeles County in California and West Hollywood within Los Angeles County Country United States State California County Los Angeles Incorporated 1984  - City Council John Heilman (mayor) Sal Guarriello John J. Duran Abbe Land Jeffrey Prang Area    - City  1. ... Anaheim redirects here. ...

Partial filmography

• The Turning Point (1952) (uncredited)
• Road to Bali (1952) (uncredited)
• House of Wax (1953)
• The Big Heat (1953)
• The Seven Year Itch (1955)
• The Tender Trap (1955)
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
• The Opposite Sex (1956)
• The Bachelor Party (1957)
• Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
• King Creole (1958)
• A Hole in the Head (1959)
• Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
• Career (1959)
• How the West Was Won (1962)
• Heaven with a Gun (1969)
• Eaten Alive (1977)

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