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Carolyn Jones (April 28, 1929 in film|1929 -
August 3, 1983 in film|1983) was an United
States|American actor|actress.

Born Carolyn Sue Baker in Amarillo, Texas, Jones
joined the Pasadena Playhouse in 1947. She secured
a contract with Paramount Studios and made her
first film in 1952.

In 1953 she married aspiring filmmaker Aaron
Spelling (and converted to List of converts to
Judaism|Judaism upon marriage), and her film
career began to gain momentum.  A role in House of
Wax (1953 movie)|House of Wax (1953) brought her
good reviews, and she was cast in From Here to
Eternity (also 1953), but illness forced her
withdrawal.  Donna Reed was cast in her role.  She
appeared in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1957),
and received a nomination for an Academy Award for
Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party
(1957).  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.

By 1963 she and Spelling were separated, and by
1964 they were divorced.   In 1964 she began
playing Morticia Addams in the television series
The Addams Family, a role which brought her
success as a comedy|comedienne and a Golden Globe
Award nomination.  Her acting career began to
decline after the demise of  "The Addams Family"
in 1966, and while she continued to act, her roles
were sporadic.  While appearing in the television
series Capitol (TV series)|Capitol in 1982,  she
was diagnosed with colon cancer and she played
many of her scenes in a wheelchair.  Chemotherapy
did little to slow the course of the disease and
she died the following year in West Hollywood,
California.  She was entombed at Melrose Abbey
Memorial Park Cemetery in Anaheim, California.