In my opinion, Carolyn Jones was the best Morticia ever! No one else even comes close!

You don't foster a career that spans decades unless you truly have talent. Looks can only get you so far, but the talent rides out for a lifetime. RIP CJ, you are part of our lives till they end.

I remember reading an article years ago that marriage counselors were telling their patients to watch the Addams Family to learn what a healthy marriage looked like. That’s how inspiring the chemistry between Carolyn Jones and John Aston as a married couple was. 💞

Carolyn Jones really did have that Queen of Diamonds power. I loved the Addams family as a kid in the 60's and I remember my mom saying how much she loved Carolyn too, how pretty she was and what a great actress she was. Cancer took my mother in 1971, bless her sweet soul.

I never realized that Aaron Spelling owed his career largely in part to Carolyn Jones....very well done documentary!

I loved it when Gomez called her Cara Mia ("my beloved"), and was driven wild by the slightest of her actions especially when she spoke French. I thought they were the sexiest couple on TV before I knew what sexy meant. Remember when he would kiss her arm up and down when she spoke French? Watching this video shocked me that the show was on for only 2 years. Carolyn wil never be forgotten as she was a beauty beyond the surface and a rare talent.

Addams Family is still my favorite! I loved the chemistry between Carolyn and John

I never really realized how progressive the Adam's Family was with their parenting as well as portraying a healthy marriage model. One that shows equality, open communication and support. The show was really ahead of the times. Thank you for making this video.

Never realized how many times I didn't recognize her appearances in movies and shows, until watching this loving tribute to her

Absolutely the best biography that I have heard of Carolyn Jones, a totally underrated broad range actress who delighted millions with her portrayals. Bravo to Cool Classics!

She was an amazing actress! She also played in King Creole with Elvis Presley. She was a terrific woman!

Yes I completely agree, she was a great self possessed actress with many crucial gifts, comedic timing, that chameleon quality that let her disappear into many characters and play dramatic and funny roles with equal skill.

Her dancing with Lurch is simply amazing :-)

She was far more influential than I thought. Love Morticia and Wednesday and the entire Addams Family!

I'm glad to know that she liked her role as Morticia. I always loved the Addamms Family.

Carolyn playing Mortica was sublime.

A lovely bio of a lovely woman. You really did ur homework, had no idea she was so hard working and diverse. I knew her as the divine Morticia. In my opinion she was made for that role, she created her character, no else comes close. As a 6th grader, she was the one I wanted to b like. So elegant yet playful and those sparkling eyes! RIP Carolyn u r one of a kind.

Growing up, I LOVED Morticia & wanted to look just like her! Those cheekbones, that hair! And the smoldering love she inspired in Gomez! Carolyn Jones was my ideal role model.

I watch the whole story. I am a fan of Carolyn specially The Addams Family. Morticia. Till this day l still watch it. 12/21/21. Thanks KZfaq for the upload.

A great overview of Carolyn's life. No mention was made or still shots from her supporting role in Marjorie Morningstar 1958...she won a Golden Globe for this....

I always feel a little sad these days when I see Carolyn Jones on the screen, Cancer is a terrible disease that never shows anyone any mercy . Still far too young to pass away . R.I.P Carolyn....

She was so beautiful. Being from Amarillo, my neighbor was her cousin. The family was so very proud of her. So I learned about her in my early years in the 60s. I couldn't appreciate the Spelling connection until later in my life. I loved watching this retrospect. Thanks for this.

"The Addams Family" has long been one of my ten all-time favorite television series. But it's only in the past few years I've really become acquainted with the depth and breadth of Carolyn's work. If anyone has not yet seen the movie "Career" (also stars Shirley MacLaine in one of her earliest parts) - it's a lost gem, and Carolyn's performance in that was one of the finest I've ever seen by ANY actress. I so respect her work ethic and her professionalism - never a sloppy half-hearted performance by her even if it wasn't the best part or production. This was a wonderful, comprehensive tribute that I'm sure Carolyn would be thrilled to watch herself.

Most noted for her unforgettable portrayal of Morticia Addams, this woman had a REMARKABLE career prior to that role. It's crazy to think she had such a wonderful run as a film and TV actress, only to be truly remembered for one classic character. That's the story of many of these television actors. Amazing. Thanks for all the hard work you do to bring these stories to life.

One of the best things about the Addams Family was that in spite of their eccentricities, Gomez and Morticia were obviously genuinely very much in love.

Since I was a kid I always loved her as Morticia,but as I got older and noticed her in other movies,(which she couldn't hide too much because her eyes always gave it away for me),and I learned she wore a wig for Morticia,I gained even more respect for her as an actress,and her talent for morphing into different characters,despite her health issues she carried on gracefully. After watching this,I stand corrected,because I thought I read in a article that the part for Morticia was done with her in mind for the part,and,her husband had to convince her she was perfect for it or something like that,thanks for that enlightening info. 🤷🏿‍♂🤦🏿‍♂

Wow. I didn't know anything of her background. She sounds like she had been a lovely person. It's sad that she had such a short life. 53 years is so young.

She was beautiful and the show was fun to watch with all the wild characters.

I knew about her career in motion pictures, and of her success in TV. "The Addams Family is among one of my favorites when I was a kid. Even in the commercials for "The Addams Family 2, whoever does Morticia's voice reminds me of her! Remember the days on "Capitol", she always looked stunning, but the first thought was always "Morticia" No one, (outside of Anjelica Huston in the movie), played the role better! I NEVER KNEW she was married to Aaron Spelling?!! She was a wonderful person to work with, I'm sure and really missed for her broad range of talent. Sorry, this was a little long, but thank you for the story.

Carolyn Jones also had a part in How the West was Won, she was the wife to George Peppard's part as a lawman. Another great movie.

She had both the looks AND the talent. She could play different types of characters with ease.

Among many other unknowns, I didn't realize Carolyn was such a versatile actress. I did notice one limitation towards playing an evil role, always a kind face and elegance, reminds me of a loving mother pretending to be mad at the kids. It's nice to know that her loving soul had ascended back to Source.. to be with the other Angels. Thank you, for sharing her life with us.

She was really good in Last Train from Gun Hill. I recently caught King Creole and loved her part in the movie. Of course, loved her as Morticia!

At the end at her wedding , I kinda teared up R/I.P. , Mrs Adams

Since I l loved The Addams Family as a kid (70 years old now), I’d always assumed the cast were beloved to me because of it. But the main characters drew me to whatever they performed in, and Carolyn Jones was the perfect Morticia. John Aston was her ideal spouse, and Ted Cassidy WAS Lurch. I appreciated him and all the others wherever I saw them, not ruling out Jackie Coogan, whom I already knew as an actor; why I didn’t mention him earlier. But no one EVER replaces Carolyn Jones in any role. ❤️

I loved Morticia. She cracked me up. One of the best

What a wonderful tribute to the awesome Carolyn Jones. She has been one of my favorite actresses forever. Thank you ... this was a treasure.

Amazing how awesome her life & she was...The Addams Family was my favorite show as a kid becuz of Lurch I truly admired her as Morticia tho...ty for sharing her story here...RIP Caroline Jones

The chemistry between Carolyn and Astin was love that both confessed to each other before she passed. During at least one scene when John kissed Carolyn's arm, she could not contain her excitation. It was not edited out.

Thank you so much for this feature about Carolyn Jones. I adored her in the Adams Family and then she was not acting. Now I know why. She was a wonderful actress with the nuance of timing to deliver her zinger lines. Her last wedding was a blessing for her. RIP Morticia.

Bravo for this well written, researched and narrated video!

I've always thought of her as the Lady with the Extraordinary Eyes. And every movie or tv show she appears in, that's how I spot her--those *eyes.*

Another great bio! Always thought Carolyn and John had great chemistry on Addams family. Would love to see a video on John Astin sometime 😊 Tfs and have a great weekend ❤👋

So beautiful & such a good actress & comedian. Totally underated talent!

What a lovely tribute. I remember seeing Carolyn guest star on lots of great 7Os-8Os crime dramas, here in Texas we were always so proud of her. It was nice to see a tribute like this from someone who "gets her."

Certainly one of the most iconic TV roles as Morticia. Also one of the most sublimely beautiful woman to grace the screen. Very well produced video about Carolyn. BTW, John Astin is still alive at the time of this writing (December 2021).

Very thorough bio. It should be noted that the character and mannerisms of Gomez Adams was fashioned after Groucho Marx. The line producer was Nat Perrin, who wrote and produced for Groucho for years. John Aston, captured the sly mannerisms, and delivery perfectly to .form the character of Devilish Gomez. Together with Carolyn, Jones, they were my favorite TV couple.

Thanks for this. Loved the Addams Family. I had a huge crush on Carolyn as a kid. She was beautiful! Her chemistry with the rest of the cast was perfect. No one will ever take her place as Morticia. So sad she died so young.

How can anybody not recognize Carolyn Jones on either the big or small screen? No matter the clothes, makeup, hairstyle....Carolyn's eyes and cheekbones were and remain distinct, unforgettable and easily recognizable. On another note: thank you for the mini-doc; I had no idea about her relationship with Aaron Spelling, nor about her nose remodel.

Nicely done, sir. She was a treasure.

what a Beautiful and fantastic actress Carolyn was, thank you for this biography. her play in Addams family is perfect, she is the perfect Morticia in my opinion...love her eyes and smile.

I loved this, thank you! My favorite stories of her came from Vincent Price. He said she was a delight to work with on House of Wax. When they went on tour to promote the movie, he quickly realized that in reality he had joined Carolyn and Aaron on their honeymoon.

Beautiful and touching story. Carolyn was a loving and caring soul right through to the end of her life.

Morticia,99, Jeanie. What a time to be alive!

Just like pretty much any man or boy who watched The Addams Family, I fell in love with Carolyn. The whole cast was so perfect, and the onscreen magic between her and John Astin is something akin to catching lightning in a bottle. But I never knew about her marriage to Aaron Spelling, nor the fact that he basically was responsible for her casting on the show. Sad that she only lived to be 53.

I too loved The Addans Family as a young boy and Carolyn Jones created a particular tone of caring and love discreetly into the show. Your video compilation and life of actor Ted Cassidy as Lurch was excellent.

It is totally understandable why Gomez was so passionate about Morticia. Wonderful sense of humor to and she had amazing eyes. Toe rings,,, my God I almost fainted.

She looks so much better in dark hair than as a blonde. I never associated her other roles with the same actress. Great episode!

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is one of my favorite movies but I wish she'd been given a bigger part in it. She was so talented she elevated every scene she was in.

Thank you for covering Carolyn Jones. One of my favorite actresses. Found out so many interesting things about her especially having been married and friends with Aaron Spelling. And love her as Morticia. Compared against the other two actresses up for that part, totally didn't fit at all. And the chemistry between her and John Austin was pure magic. 🥰

Very enjoyable and despite the tragic ending, on the whole a happy story. When you mentioned her first husband I almost swallowed my tongue! Surrounded by talent.

I had not realized that she had done so many other things after the Adams Family! (Although after reminding us, she was in stuff we have seen, just didn't realize it was her!) Thanks for the good memories!

I loved the Addams family she played Morticia so wonderfully. She was a great actor and will be missed.

Thanks for your production efforts and finding great clips, great biography of a beloved actress, Carolyn!

She was amazingly beautiful-I’ve seen most of her movies, and she was also an excellent actor.

Always loved her eyes,they always delivered half of the script.

Wow. She was gorgeous and so sweet. Cancer is so horrible. I wish she could've lived much longer but she graced us with so much amazing work in her life!

My mother is her doppelganger. Its actually disturbing how much they look alike lol i love it. I loved her as Morticia, thats my favorite role of hers

As a pre-teen, for me, she was hypnotysing and now as an old crusty i realise that her absolute beauty was amazing.

One of the most beautiful actresses of that era, gorgeous ❤️

I loved Carolyn Jones in every role she played.

When I was in 6th grade, if you didn't know the words the the Addems Family theme song, you just weren't cool! Click-Click

Carolyn was great in the movie with Glen Ford. Her role as Morticia is timeless and remembered her brief time on a soap opera. The Addams Family is top five TV show for me

Some, if not all, of her lines on The Addams Family are forever indelibly etched in my memory! She was the original Goth; along with dark humour, fantastic stage settings and an indefinable beauty and voice, she made the macabre sexy! Once she’s in your system, it’s impossible to shake her off….and now, for me at 60, I’m finally discovering the KZfaq Goth vids plus the Goth festivals, so much so that I am determined to dress as a Goth/ vampire for the next Whitby Goth festival in October 2022! RIP Carolyn, you are forever Morticia Addams!

21:10 Robin has his cape draped over his right arm because Burt Ward's arm had just been injured during that sword fight scene, and the cape is concealing the bandage that had been put on.

Thanks mate, it was lovely to learn about Carolyn's extended career, she was a hard working actor 💜

My favourite part of "The Addams Family". I've always had such an enormous crush on her. This little biopic is so special, I might even watch it... twice!

As always, you bring us a fantastic story!! She was the ultimate actress!! She really could play any part. Thank goodness her grandfather saw that too!! I really never noticed how much she resembled Bettie Davis as she got older. ❤️ Thank you for bringing us Carolyn’s story.

LOVE HER. She is the Queen of Cool.

Great presentation. It was a unique experience growing up in the 60s and early 70s, seeing tv shows like the Addams family when it first aired. It was perfectly cast. Carolyn was so beautiful....and always had perfect timing.

I always loved her. Even found a dress in a second-hand store in 1971-72 that was almost identical! Loved her eyes so much.

Your video does justice to this spectacular woman. I hope she's enjoying watching it wherever she is. I've been in love with her my whole life. No one else could ever be Morticia. The same goes for all the cast of "The Addams Family". What an amazing woman!

Wow, this is so cool. My dad was the lighting man at the Pasadena playhouse for a number of years & I actually had a part in a play when I was 4 tears old. Caroline & I also share the same birthday.

Thank you for sharing this. I had no idea she had done so much work. I have always loved her as Morticia and can't imagine anyone else playing the part like her.

Gorgeous..... only word for her .... never, ever thought hair color could be SOOOO important! 😵.... she should have turned permanently to dark hair!!!

Another lovely tribute to a class act ..... Thank you!...R.I.P. Carolyn Jones.

I am still watching The Addams Family. The chemistry was off the charts. I started watching a remake, that lasted about 10 minutes.

What a delightful video! I learned a lot I didn’t know.

Everybody knows her from the television show The Addams Family which ran from 1964 thru 1966 for a total of 64 episodes. Here's small sample of Carolyn's films in which she gave stellar performances especially in these films: Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956, Allied Artists), The House Of Wax (1953, Warner Brothers), Marjorie Morningstar (1958, Warner Brothers), King Creole (1958, Paramount Pictures), Ice Palace (1960, Warner Brothers), Career (1958, Paramount), and How The West Was Won (1962, MGM). Carolyn Sue Jones was born April 28, 1930, in Amarillo, Texas. The daughter of Chloe Jeanette Southern, a housewife, and Julius Alfred Jones, a barber. In 1934, her father abandoned the family, so Carolyn and her younger sister, Bette Rhea Jones, moved with their mother into her grandparents' Amarillo home. Carolyn suffered from severe asthma while growing up which often restricted her childhood activities. Carolyn loved to read books but she especially love to read movie magazines and and as she got older her one dream was to perform at the famous Pasadena Playhouse. In 1947 she was accepted and it was her grandfather who paid for her tuition while she was enrolled at the Playhouse. After graduating from the Pasadena Playhouse in 1950. Jones secured a contract at Paramount Pictures and made her screen debut in The Turning Point 1952. In 1953, she married aspiring film-maker Aaron Spelling (converting to Judaism upon their marriage) and her film career began to gain momentum. In the House of Wax (1953, Paramout), Jones was the woman who's murdered by Vincent Price and becomes the Joan of Arc statue, her performance brought her good reviews. She was cast in From Here to Eternity (1953, Columbia), but a bout with severe pneumonia forced her to withdraw. Donna Reed, was then cast as Alma almost a decade Jones's senior, was recast in her role and won an Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance. The year 1958 was a big year for Carolyn Jones she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party, (her famous line, "Just say you love me--you don't have to mean it!"). For this role, she surprised cast members by dying her hair black and cutting it short. This stunning look brought out her features and gave her a completely new image which served her well for a number of roles. Carolyn was one of a few actresses that looked good either as a blonde or brunette. For her eight minutes on screen, she received glowing reviews and the nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress but lost to Miyoshi Umeki for Sayonara. But she did get to share a Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer" along with Sandra Dee and Diane Varsi. However, she did win the Golden Globe Award and the Laurel Award for Herman Wouk's best selling novel Marjorie Morningstar (1958, Warner Brothers) portraying Natalie Wood's best friend Marsha Zelenko who tries to find some happiness. She followed this with an impressive appearance in King Creole (1958), as the girl Elvis becomes romantically involved with. King Creole is regarded as Elvis Presley's best film and performance of his career. Carolyn then gave arguably her best performance ever in the film Career (1959, Paramount Pictures), she plays Anthony Franciosa's lonely but faithful agent, but the film was not commercially successful. Jones was originally cast as the alcoholic Sharon Kensington but switched roles with Shirley MacLaine in order to play Shirley Drake (the agent) because she wanted the less flamboyant role. In the epic Western, How The West Was Won (1963, MGM), she played the role of Sheriff Jeb Rawlings' (George Peppard) wife. She appears with Peppard and Debbie Reynolds in the last speaking/singing scenes of the film. After ten years of marriage Aaron Spelling and Carolyn Jones separated in October 1963 and were amicably divorced in August 1964, with Carolyn asking for no alimony. They remained friends until her death in 1983. Soon, she got the part for which she will best be remembered, that of Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (1964). She spent two years in this role. The blatant sexual chemistry between Morticia and her husband Gomez (John Astin was shocking for the time, perhaps only matched by the sexuality displayed in "Bachelor Party" and "King Creole." The show was a big hit and she received all the fame she had craved. However, the network decided to cancel the show, despite its success, after only two years. Following the cancellation of The Addams Family in 1966, Carolyn Jones' career began to slide. With few film roles in sight, Jones made a number of television appearances, including a memorable turn on Batman as Marsha, Queen of Diamonds. She also went back to stage work, acting in Harold Pinter's play The Homecoming on Broadway for a period in 1967. She remarried the following year, this time to director Herbert Green; during this marriage Jones worked very little, taking on occasional roles in films and television. However, the marriage didn't last. Upon her divorce in the mid 1970s, she went back to work with a vengeance, acting in an episode of Ellery Queen and in several made-for-television films and miniseries (Roots was one of them). She did four episodes of Fantasy Island (1977) and one episode of The Love Boat (1977). She than played Myrna Clegg on the soap Capitol from 1982 to 1983, despite having been diagnosed with colon cancer in 1981. She had aggressive treatment for the cancer, but it returned during her time on the show and she was told it was terminal. She played some scenes despite being confined to a wheelchair and working in great pain. Although they knew she was dying, she married her boyfriend of five years, Peter Bailey-Britton, on September 1982. She died on August 3, 1983. Carolyn told her sister that she wanted her epitaph to be "She gave joy to the world." Which she did and had many friends who loved her. She donated her Morticia costume and wig to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, while a collection of Addams Family scripts were donated by Bailey-Britton to UCLA.

I'm falling in love with this channel, keep it up! Also Morticia and Gomez are still an amazing couple and fantastic parents. The Addams should be seen by everyone as a gold standard for a healthy family.

Ms. Jones was such a great actress. I agree with the narrator, she embodied every role. Also great bio piece.

Thanks for memories Carolyn GodBless ❤️🙏

Outstanding upload!!! Such memories. Thank you very much for sharing.

She had so many looks. A real actress for sure. This was a very well done video. These are better than most documentaries on tv.

I love Carolyn, she was always and forever be my Morticia and her as Hippolyta is the only time I don't mind the character being blonde.

The Adams family 💖 God I wish they still made t.v like that. The entire cast was just fabulous.

I LOVED the Addams Family & it’s still my favorite ever. I loved the sets and at 5&6 yrs old was redecorating our house - much to the surprise of my mum! I today am a designer and my house, and clients when they let me, is a beautiful collection of antiques, mounts, Persian carpets, plants, fabulous drapes, musical instruments & lots of oddities - all inspired at my young age devouring every minute of the show. I often wonder what it would have looked like in color! The series is so underrated- the acting, the persona and chemistry between Gomez & Morticia is unmatched, the writing clever, the characters, the names, the sets and music perfect. I record the shows now and still watch one a few times a week before bed - everything about it makes me happy, and Lord knows a sweet respite from our turbulent times is a good thing. Thanks so much for your video - more reasons to love it :)

Talented, versatile, and so lovely! Carolyn Jones brings to my mind the best facial features of Liz Taylor and Vivien Leigh, combined in a way that was uniquely her own. Carolyn’s acting was always spot-on. She was a gem. I’m happy that she found lasting love and happiness in her later years, and that her illness could not dim her spirit. What an inspiration she was, and a joy to remember. Thank you for this video.

I absolutely loved her in the Addams Family,there was something really special about her,thankyou for doing this video,its really cheered me up and made me think of happier times.x

She was absolutely gorgeous ,and so talented