Carolyn Sue Jones was an American actress of television and film. She began her film career in the early 1950s and by the end of the decade, in 1958, had achieved recognition with a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957) and that same year, won a Laurel Award for Top Supporting Female Performance, as well as a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for her turn in Marjorie Morningstar. Her film career continued for another 20 years. In 1964, Jones began playing the role of matriarch Morticia Addams in the black-and-white television sitcom The Addams Family.
Known For
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Cast Credits
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Margaret Jerome
- Episode 3x08: Cindy / Play by Play / What's a Brother For? (Oct 27, 1979)
Fantasy Island (1977)
Guest starring as Clora
- Episode 4x14: The Chateau / White Lightning (Feb 7, 1981)
Guest starring as Ellie Simpson
- Episode 3x08: The Handy Man / Tattoo's Romance (Nov 10, 1979)
Guest starring as Jessie De Winter
- Episode 4x06: With Affection, Jack the Ripper / Gigolo (Nov 29, 1980)
Wonder Woman (1975)
Guest starring as Queen Hippolyta
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x14: Wonder Woman in Hollywood (Feb 16, 1977) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x06: The Feminum Mystique (2) (Nov 8, 1976)
- Episode 1x05: The Feminum Mystique (1) (Nov 6, 1976)
Ellery Queen (1975)
Guest starring as Rita Radcliffe
- Episode 1x21: The Adventure of the Hard Hearted Huckster (Mar 21, 1976)
The New Perry Mason (1973)
Guest starring as Marian Ryan
- Episode 1x12: The Case of the Frenzied Feminist (Dec 16, 1973)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972)
Guest starring as Morticia Addams
- Episode 1x03: Wednesday is Missing (Sep 22, 1972)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1972)
Guest starring as Registrar
- Episode 1x16: Demon in Lace (Feb 7, 1975)
The Danny Thomas Hour (1967)
Guest starring as Stacey McCall
- Episode 1x05: Fame is a Four-Letter Word (Oct 30, 1967)
The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Guest starring as Panelist
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x11: November 10-14, 1969 (Nov 10, 1969)
- Episode 1x08: December 5-9, 1966 (Dec 5, 1966)
Batman (1966)
Guest starring as Marsha, Queen of Diamonds
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x44: Penguin's Disastrous End (3) (Feb 2, 1967)
- Episode 2x43: Penguin Sets a Trend (2) (Feb 1, 1967) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x42: Penguin is a Girl's Best Friend (1) (Jan 26, 1967) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x24: Marsha's Scheme of Diamonds (2) (Nov 24, 1966) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x23: Marsha, Queen of Diamonds (1) (Nov 23, 1966) [Special Guest Star]
The Addams Family (1964)
Starring as Morticia Frump Addams
(64 episodes)
- Episode 2x30: Ophelia's Career (Apr 8, 1966)
- Episode 2x29: Lurch's Grand Romance (Apr 1, 1966)
- Episode 2x28: The Addams Policy (Mar 25, 1966)
- Episode 2x27: Lurch's Little Helper (Mar 18, 1966)
- Episode 2x26: Cat Addams (Mar 11, 1966)
- Episode 2x25: Addams Cum Laude (Mar 4, 1966)
- Episode 2x24: Ophelia Visits Morticia (Feb 25, 1966)
- Episode 2x23: Morticia, the Decorator (Feb 18, 1966)
- Episode 2x22: Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump (Feb 11, 1966)
- Episode 2x21: Pugsley's Allowance (Feb 4, 1966)
- Episode 2x20: Ophelia Finds Romance (Jan 28, 1966)
- Episode 2x19: The Great Treasure Hunt (Jan 21, 1966)
- Episode 2x18: Fester Goes on a Diet (Jan 14, 1966)
- Episode 2x17: Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama (Jan 7, 1966)
- Episode 2x16: Uncle Fester, Tycoon (Dec 31, 1965)
- Episode 2x15: Christmas with the Addams Family (Dec 24, 1965)
- Episode 2x14: Morticia's Dilemma (Dec 17, 1965)
- Episode 2x13: Portrait of Gomez (Dec 10, 1965)
- Episode 2x12: Gomez, the Cat Burglar (Dec 3, 1965)
- Episode 2x11: Feud in the Addams Family (Nov 26, 1965)
- Episode 2x10: Gomez, the Reluctant Lover (Nov 19, 1965)
- Episode 2x09: Morticia, the Sculptress (Nov 12, 1965)
- Episode 2x08: Morticia, the Writer (Nov 5, 1965)
- Episode 2x07: Halloween - Addams Style (Oct 29, 1965)
- Episode 2x06: Cousin Itt's Problem (Oct 22, 1965)
- Episode 2x05: Gomez, the People's Choice (Oct 15, 1965)
- Episode 2x04: Morticia Meets Royalty (Oct 8, 1965)
- Episode 2x03: Morticia's Romance (2) (Oct 1, 1965)
- Episode 2x02: Morticia's Romance (1) (Sep 24, 1965)
- Episode 2x01: My Fair Cousin Itt (Sep 17, 1965)
- Episode 1x34: The Winning of Morticia Addams (May 21, 1965)
- Episode 1x33: Lurch, the Teenage Idol (May 14, 1965)
- Episode 1x32: Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor (May 7, 1965)
- Episode 1x31: Uncle Fester's Toupee (Apr 30, 1965)
- Episode 1x30: Progress and the Addams Family (Apr 23, 1965)
- Episode 1x29: Morticia's Favorite Charity (Apr 16, 1965)
- Episode 1x28: My Son, the Chimp (Apr 9, 1965)
- Episode 1x27: The Addams Family and the Spacemen (Apr 2, 1965)
- Episode 1x26: Morticia, the Breadwinner (Mar 26, 1965)
- Episode 1x25: Lurch and His Harpsichord (Mar 19, 1965)
- Episode 1x24: Crisis in the Addams Family (Mar 12, 1965)
- Episode 1x23: Thing is Missing (Mar 5, 1965)
- Episode 1x22: Amnesia in the Addams Family (Feb 19, 1965)
- Episode 1x21: The Addams Family in Court (Feb 12, 1965)
- Episode 1x20: Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family (Feb 5, 1965)
- Episode 1x19: The Addams Family Splurges (Jan 29, 1965)
- Episode 1x18: Uncle Fester's Illness (Jan 22, 1965)
- Episode 1x17: Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family (Jan 15, 1965)
- Episode 1x16: The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man (Jan 8, 1965)
- Episode 1x15: The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik (Jan 1, 1965)
- Episode 1x14: Art and the Addams Family (Dec 18, 1964)
- Episode 1x13: Lurch Learns to Dance (Dec 11, 1964)
- Episode 1x12: Morticia, the Matchmaker (Dec 4, 1964)
- Episode 1x11: The Addams Family Meet the V.I.P.'s (Nov 27, 1964)
- Episode 1x10: Wednesday Leaves Home (Nov 20, 1964)
- Episode 1x09: The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family (Nov 13, 1964)
- Episode 1x08: Green-Eyed Gomez (Nov 6, 1964)
- Episode 1x07: Halloween with the Addams Family (Oct 30, 1964)
- Episode 1x06: Morticia Joins the Ladies League (Oct 23, 1964)
- Episode 1x05: The Addams Family Tree (Oct 16, 1964)
- Episode 1x04: Gomez, the Politician (Oct 9, 1964)
- Episode 1x03: Fester's Punctured Romance (Oct 2, 1964)
- Episode 1x02: Morticia and the Psychiatrist (Sep 25, 1964)
- Episode 1x01: The Addams Family Goes to School (Sep 18, 1964)
The Virginian (1962)
Guest starring as Annie Spencer
- Episode 9x17: The Legacy of Spencer Flats (Jan 27, 1971) [Special Guest Star]
Wagon Train (1957)
Guest starring as Molly Kincaid
- Episode 7x01: The Molly Kincaid Story (Sep 16, 1963)
Guest starring as Julie Cameron
- Episode 1x03: The John Cameron Story (Oct 2, 1957)
Guest starring as Jenna Douglas
- Episode 5x06: The Jenna Douglas Story (Nov 1, 1961)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)
Guest starring as Carolyn Jones
- Episode 1962-04-02: Apr 2, 1962 (Apr 2, 1962)
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955)
Guest starring as Marcia Bridges
- Episode 1x01: Cavalcade (Oct 5, 1955)
Guest starring as Rita Kirby
- Episode 1x18: The Hefferan Family (Jun 13, 1956)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Guest starring as Pamela Waring
- Episode 1x13: The Cheney Vase (Dec 25, 1955) [Co-Star]
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Carolyn Jones
- Episode 1962-04-09: The 34th Annual Academy Awards (Apr 9, 1962)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Guest starring as June Sardo
- Episode 3x36: Prisoner in the Town (May 7, 1954)