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Carolyn Jones

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

1977
Halloween with the New Addams Family

as Morticia Addams/Ophelia Frump

Movie
1962
How the West Was Won

as Julie Rawlings

Movie
1959
Last Train from Gun Hill

as Linda, Craig's Girl

Movie
1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much

as Cindy Fontaine

Movie