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- Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American actress of television and film. She 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 new actresses of 1959.
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In 1958, Jones was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957), and she also shared the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress with Sandra Dee and Diane Varsi, and appeared with Elvis Presley in King Creole (1958).
Oct 28, 2021 · Carolyn had turned down several offers to appear on television in the past because the idea of acting on TV never really appealed to her—she’d only ever wanted to become a movie star. But everything changed when an intriguing offer for a leading lady’s role on daytime TV caught her eye.
Jun 26, 2024 · When she signed on to portray matriarch Morticia Addams on the classic 60s sitcom The Addams Family, actress Carolyn Jones did so because she was intrigued by the part, and not, as some assume, because her film career had been slowing down.
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Actress: The Man Who Knew Too Much. Carolyn Sue Jones was born in 1930, in Amarillo, Texas, to homemaker Chloe (or Cloe) Jeanette Southern (1906-1979), and Julius Alfred Jones (1897-1979), a barber. Her sister was Bette (later Mrs. Moriarty).
- April 28, 1930
- August 3, 1983
Carolyn Jones. Actress: The Man Who Knew Too Much. Carolyn Sue Jones was born in 1930, in Amarillo, Texas, to homemaker Chloe (or Cloe) Jeanette Southern (1906-1979), and Julius Alfred Jones (1897-1979), a barber.
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- Amarillo, Texas, USA
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- West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Aug 18, 2018 · After being educated at Vancouver High School, Jones left for London at the age of 17, with the dream of becoming an actress. She worked hard to lose her Canadian accent and won a place at the...
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.
