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Carolyn Jones
AuthorBooks · Second hand1930-1983
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 Morticia Addams in the black-and-white television sitcom The Addams Family.
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About Carolyn Jones
Birth
1930
Death
1983
First book
1952
Years writing
31
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 Morticia Addams in the black-and-white television sitcom The Addams Family.
Carolyn Jones was born in the city of Amarillo, Texas, in 1930.
Her versatile career spanned film, television, and voice acting.
Beyond acting, she stood out as an author with a work focused on Central Asia.
Her bibliography includes a total of 30 published works on various topics.
Her writings explore areas as diverse as Mayan languages and botany.
