Carolyn Jones Biography

Fast Facts

• Her role in "The Bachelor Party" lasted for only eight minutes on screen, which garnered her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
• Loved reading Hollywood magazines and going to the movies growing up, dreaming of being an actress she moved to California to pursue a career and to study at Pasadena Playhouse
• Performed as the understudy at the Players Ring Theater, at which she was seen by a talent scout who offered her a role in "The Turning Point․"
• Spent two years on the series "The Addams Family" as the lead Morticia Addams, until the show's cancellation in 1966
• Despite her diagnosis of colon cancer in 1981, she appeared on the series "Capitol" for a year, until having to leave the show due to her declining health
• After her success with "House of Wax," she proposed to Aaron Spelling and married in 1953, but the two split after his career took off in 1963
• While suffering through chemotherapy and treatment for her cancer, she kept her illness a secret and covered by telling friends she had ulcers