"I'm in love with everything about show business. The only thing that ever came easy to me in life has been acting."
Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American television and movie actress.
She is probably best remembered as the first actress to portray Morticia Addams in the 1960s series The Addams Family, but she's also remembered for her roles in House of Wax and the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers. She received an Oscar nomination for her supporting role in The Bachelor Party (1957).
Producer Aaron Spelling was her third husband. She passed away at only age 53 from colon cancer. Her onscreen Addams husband, John Astin, gave the eulogy at her funeral.
Selected roles:
- The Big Heat (1953) as Doris
- House of Wax (1953) as Cathy Gray
- Shield for Murder (1954) as Beth, Girl at Bar
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Pamela Waring (Episode: "The Cheney Vase")
- The Seven Year Itch (1955) as Miss Finch
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) as Cindy Fontaine
- King Creole (1958) as Ronnie
- Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) as Linda
- The Addams Family (1964-1966) as Morticia Addams, Ophelia Frump and Lady Fingers
- Batman (1966-1967) as Marsha the Queen of Diamonds
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972) as Morticia Addams
- The New Perry Mason (1973) as Marian Ryan
- Wonder Woman (1976-1977) as Queen Hippolyta
- Eaten Alive! (1976) as Miss Hattie
- Roots (1977) as Mrs. Moore
- The Love Boat (1979) as Margaret Jerome
