Carol Baker
Below is a complete filmography (list of movies she's appeared in) for Carol Baker . If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@chixinflix.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.
Killers (1996)
[ Nanette Biachi ]
The Chateau/White Lightning (1981)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Midnight Lace (1981)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Mary Crosby ]
With Affection, Jack the Ripper/Gigolo (1980)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Lynda Day George ]
The Dream Merchants (1980)
[ Morgan Fairchild ][ Carolyn Jones ][ Eve Arden ]
Tattoo's Romance/Handy Man (1979)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Shelley Fabares ][ Audrey Landers ]
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
[ Doris Roberts ][ Carolyn Jones ][ Dorothy Malone ]
Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
[ Kathleen Quinlan ][ Katherine Helmond ][ Carolyn Jones ][ Lana Wood ][ Linda Purl ]
Last of the Dinosaurs (1977)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Valleyview (1977)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Lisa Loring ]
Eaten Alive (1977)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Kyle Richards ][ Roberta Collins ]
The Feminum Mystique: Part 2 (1976)
[ Debra Winger ][ Carolyn Jones ]
The Feminum Mystique: Part 1 (1976)
[ Debra Winger ][ Carolyn Jones ][ Pamela Susan Shoop ]
Raise the Devil: Part 1 (1974)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Color Me Dead (1969)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Suzy Kendall ]
The Dance of Death (1969)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Heaven with a Gun (1969)
[ Barbara Hershey ][ Carolyn Jones ][ Barbara Babcock ][ Angelique Pettyjohn ]
Penguin Sets a Trend (1967)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Penguin Is a Girl's Best Friend (1967)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Marsha's Scheme of Diamonds (1966)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Marsha, Queen of Diamonds (1966)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Ophelia Visits Morticia (1966)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
The Great Treasure Hunt (1966)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Lisa Loring ]
Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama (1966)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Lisa Loring ]
Morticia's Dilemma (1965)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
A Ticklish Affair (1963)
[ Shirley Jones ][ Carolyn Jones ]
Who Killed Sweet Betsy? (1963)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
How the West Was Won (1962)
[ Debbie Reynolds ][ Agnes Moorehead ][ Carolyn Jones ][ Carroll Baker ]
The Jenna Douglas Story (1961)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Goodby, Hannah (1961)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Who Killed Julie Greer? (1961)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Sail a Crooked Ship (1961)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Picture of Sal (1960)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Wayfarers (1960)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Ice Palace (1960)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Shirley Knight ]
Career (1959)
[ Shirley McLaine ][ Carolyn Jones ][ Donna Douglas ]
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Ziva Rodann ]
A Hole in the Head (1959)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Eleonor Parker ][ Joi Lansing ]
The Man in the Net (1959)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
[ Natalie Wood ][ Carolyn Jones ][ Shelley Fabares ][ Lana Wood ]
King Creole (1958)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Ziva Rodann ]
The John Cameron Story (1957)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Baby Face Nelson (1957)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
The Girl in the Grass (1957)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Johnny Trouble (1957)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
The Bachelor Party (1957)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Until the Man Dies (1957)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
The Opposite Sex (1956)
[ Joan Collins ][ Agnes Moorehead ][ Carolyn Jones ][ June Allyson ][ Joan Blondell ]
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
[ Doris Day ][ Carolyn Jones ]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Dana Wynter ]
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
[ Marilyn Monroe ][ Carolyn Jones ]
The Case of the Elder Brother (1955)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
The Emily Short Story (1955)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
East of Eden (1955)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Pat Priest ]
The Key (1955)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Cavalcade (1955)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
The Tender Trap (1955)
[ Debbie Reynolds ][ Carolyn Jones ]
The Black Sheep's Daughter (1955)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Call from Robert Jest (1955)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
The Big Producer (1954)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
The Big Frame (1954)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Prisoner in the Town (1954)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
The Big Girl (1954)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
The Case of the Careless Murder (1954)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Desirée (1954)
[ Jean Simmons ][ Carolyn Jones ][ Merle Oberon ]
Three Hours to Kill (1954)
[ Donna Reed ][ Carolyn Jones ]
Shield for Murder (1954)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
The Silence (1954)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Account Closed (1954)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
The Saracen Blade (1954)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Make Haste to Live (1954)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Storm Signal (1954)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
The War of the Worlds (1953)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
House of Wax (1953)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Off Limits (1953)
[ Leslie Hope ][ Carolyn Jones ]
Geraldine (1953)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
The Big Heat (1953)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Gloria Grahame ]
Dead Man's Tale (1952)
[ Carolyn Jones ]
Road to Bali (1952)
[ Leslie Hope ][ Jane Russell ][ Carolyn Jones ][ Dorothy Lamour ]
The Turning Point (1952)
[ Carolyn Jones ][ Rachel Ames ]


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Carolyn Jones was born April 28, 1929, in Amarillo, Texas. Her mother was Jeannette and her sister was Bette (Moriarty). She was an imaginative child, much like her mother. In 1934, her father abandoned the family and her mother moved them in with her parents, also in Amarillo. As a child Carolyn suffered from severe asthma. Although she loved movies, she was often too sick to attend, so she listened to her favorites, Danny Kaye and Spike Jones and read as many movie fan magazines as she could. She dreamed of attending the famed Pasadena Playhouse and received many awards at school for speech, poetry, and dramatics. In 1947, she was accepted as a student at the Pasadena Playhouse, and her grandfather agreed to pay for her classes. She worked in summer stock to supplement her income, graduating in 1950. She gave herself a complete head-to-toe makeover, including painful cosmetic nose surgery to make herself ready for movie roles. Working as an understudy at the Players Ring Theater, she stepped in when the star left to get married. She was seen by a talent scout from Paramount and given a screen test, which went well. She made her first appearance in The Turning Point (1952). She did some other work during her 6-month contract, but when it ended, Paramount, suffering from television's impact, let it lapse. She quipped, "They let me and 16 secretaries go!"She started working in television but kept busy on stage as well. There she met Aaron Spelling, and they became a couple. She made a breakthrough in the 3-D movie House of Wax (1953) and garnered excellent reviews. Aaron was still struggling, so he felt he wasn't able to propose to Carolyn; she finally proposed to him. They were married in April 1953. Neither was earning much, but they really enjoyed each other and their life. Many saw them as an ideal couple. Carolyn decided against children, since she felt she could not juggle the demands of both a career and a family.Columbia Pictures saw her and wanted to test her for the part of prostitute Alma Burke in From Here to Eternity (1953), but she got extremely sick with pneumonia and the part went to Donna Reed instead. She did, however, achieve success in the sci-fi classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), a subtle allegory of the times (McCarthyism). Aaron had little success as an actor and Carolyn pushed him to become a writer, even threatening to leave him. She constantly promoted his scripts whenever she could and he was ultimately hired by Dick Powell. Carolyn meanwhile was successful once more in The Bachelor Party (1957) (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 served her well for a number of roles. For her eight minutes on screen, she received glowing reviews and was nominated for an Academy Award but lost. She followed this with an impressive appearance in King Creole (1958), generally regarded as Elvis Presley's best film. She then gave arguably her best performance ever in Career (1959), but the film was not commercially successful. She played a serious role in this, leaving the kooky role she might have played to Shirley MacLaine.As Aaron's career soared, the marriage started to fail. They separated in October 1963 and were amicably divorced in August 1964, with Carolyn asking for no alimony. They remained friends, and those who know him say he never quite got over her. She worked at various roles until 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. Her costume was designed to copy the cartoon drawings and no doubt inspired such imitators as Cassandra Peterson (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark). The show went head-to-head with "The Munsters" (1964) and "Bewitched" (1964). The quite 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. Typecast as Morticia but without the income that a few more years would have provided, she found life difficult and roles few. While acting on the road, she married her voice coach, Herbert S. Greene, a man who was not much liked in the industry, and he persuaded her to retire to Palm Springs, California, where she lost contact with many friends. After seven unhappy years, she left him and returned to Hollywood, determined to try to restart her career. She was surprisingly successful and performed in several shows, including an episode of "Fantasy Island" (1978) in 1978, a show on which Aaron was the producer. She played Myrna Clegg on the soap "Capitol" (1982) 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, in 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." She certainly had many friends who loved her greatly, and many fans who enjoyed her wonderful performances.


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