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Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American actress of television and film. [1] [2] She began her film career in the early 1950s, and by the end of the decade had achieved recognition with a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957) and a Golden Globe Award as one of the most promising new actresses of 1959.
Morticia Addams has been portrayed by several actresses in various Addams Family media, including Carolyn Jones in the television series The Addams Family (1964–1966), Anjelica Huston in the feature films The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993), and Catherine Zeta-Jones in the streaming television series Wednesday (2022).
Carolyn Jones: Morticia Addams (née Frump) A cultivated and beautiful woman, she knits, dabbles in art, plays the shamisen, raises a carnivorous plant, and trims roses by clipping off the buds and arranging the thorny stems in a vase.
This seasonal made-for-TV special is an extension of the 1960s live-action show, with many original cast members, such as John Astin and Carolyn Jones (Morticia on the '60s show), returning.
Aug. 10—It all started in 1964 with Carolyn Jones playing Morticia Addams on "The Addams Family." Several Morticias later, the torch is being passed to another Jones — Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Halloween with the New Addams Family is a 1977 American made-for-television comedy horror film based on the 1964–1966 sitcom The Addams Family.In contrast to the "new" in the title, most of the original series regulars reprised their roles, including John Astin, Carolyn Jones (billed as a "special guest star"), Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy, Lisa Loring, Ken Weatherwax and Felix Silla.
Again, Zeta-Jones' interpretation of the role is just as liberating. In Wednesday, Morticia handles her daughter’s teenage angst with the a level of cool, calm affection we should all aspire to ...
The film featured a new cast, Blossom Rock (Grandmama) having died in 1978, Ted Cassidy (Lurch) in 1979, Carolyn Jones (Morticia) in 1983 and Jackie Coogan (Fester) in 1984. Production on the film was troubled, with Sonnenfeld blacking out on set, and a burst blood vessel in Raul Julia's eye further delaying the shoot.