Carolyn Jones: Morticia & More (Part 2)

Spectacular film clips, behind-the-scenes footage and rare interviews document the life of one of television's most recognizable faces.
For just two years, she played Morticia Addams, the mom of the ghoulish TV family based on cartoonist Charles Adams' creations. But she excelled on Broadway, won an Oscar® nomination and continually defied the expectations of casting directors and fans alike.
Carolyn Jones was named after the movie star Carole Lombard, and followed in her footsteps. After graduating high school, she attended the famous Pasadena Playhouse before making her screen debut opposite William Holden in The Turning Point. A series of comic roles with Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Micky Rooney left her hungering for more substantial parts, and at the same time that she was re-appraising her career, her decade-long marriage to Aaron Spelling was foundering. A year after their divorce, she landed the role of Morticia on The Addams Family, and soon she was a pop phenomena.
Filled with rare clips, outtakes and the recollections of friends and family, this BIOGRAPHY® follows Carolyn from her Texas childhood to her late-'70s comeback on Broadway, which was tragically cut short by cancer.

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[sdavenport1981]

I think she looks better with darker hair. Either way though, she was a truly great actress. She even starred in a short clip of The seven year itch with Marilyn Monroe

[dtexasnative]

Thanks so much for posting this. I never knew Carolyn Jones was in so many different movies I have seen.

[nikitikat2004]

she looks fantastic in king creole with elvis...she delivers

[WyldeRadio]

Thank you for posting this! I just saw an old episode of The Addams Family on Comcast's Xfinity and was curious about what Carolyn was like after the series. I googled her and not only found her, but found all about her, again, thanks to you!

She really was such a dynamic actress and as dtexasnative said, she was in far more film than I realized!

[RedVynil]

@dtexasnative I don't think they mention it here, but she was also supposed to be in, "War Of The Worlds". In fact she WAS in it, but only for about 2 or 3 seconds at a distance. They cut her part out just after it started.

[RedVynil]

Mmm!! Looks GREAT as a redhead, too!!!!

[darkseaofempathy]

It's a shame she never had children. Watching her interact with Lisa and Ken, who played Wednesday and Pugsley on The Addams, I thought she would've been great at it, and Lisa mentioned often how loving she was. I wonder if she ever regretted that...

[MrMelinus]

what a beautiful woman she was