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carolyn sue jones was born april 28 1930 in amarillo texas the daughter of chloe southern and
julius jones after her father abandoned the family during the great depression in 1934 carolyn and
her younger sister along with their mother moved into her grandparents home jones had severe asthma
at that time which prevented her from playing with other children or going to the movies she was
married four times and didn't have any children while studying at the pasadena playhouse starting
at age 17 she married don donaldson a 28 year old fellow student the marriage didn't last long
a talent scout spotted her at the pasadena play house and she secured a contract with paramount
pictures and made her first film the turning point in 1952. in 1953 she also appeared in
house of wax with vincent price this is when she met and married television producer aaron spelling
their marriage lasted until 1964. carolyn was cast in the film from here to eternity in 1953 however
a bout with pneumonia forced her to withdraw jones also started appearing on tv shows in the 1950s
like alfred hitchcock presents wagon train and dragnet in 1956 she appeared in the classic sci-fi
film the invasion of the body snatchers and in 1957 alfred hitchcock's the man who knew too much
in 1958 she was nominated for an academy award for best supporting actress for the bachelor party and
caroline also shared a golden globe award for most promising newcomer with sandra d and diane varsi
later that year jones appeared with elvis presley and king creel in 1959 she played opposite frank
sinatra in the film a hole in the head and in last train from gun hill with anthony quinn and kirk
douglas in 1964 using a long black wig brunette jones began playing the memorable martisha adams
on the television series the addams family a role which brought her success as a comedian
and a golden globe award nomination while playing morticia on the adams family she guest starred
on the tv series batman playing marsha the queen of diamonds her acting career declined after the
addams family ended in 1966. she had sporadic roles in the 1970s one of them being mrs moore
the wife of the plantation owner in the miniseries roots her third marriage in
1968 was to broadway musical director herbert green she left him in 1977. carolyn got the
role of the political matriarch mirna clegg in the cbs daytime soap opera capital in 1981.
unfortunately the following year shortly after capital debuted she was diagnosed with colon
cancer and played many of the scenes in a wheelchair the cancer quickly spread and
despite the pain jones finished the first season in september 1982 realizing she was dying jones
married her boyfriend of five years actor peter bailey britton in july 1983 she fell into a coma
at her home in west hollywood california where she died on august 3 1983 she was only 53 years
old carolyn jones was buried next to her mother at melrose abbey memorial park in anaheim california
john leslie coogan was born october 26 1914 in los angeles california he was the son of john henry
coogan jr and lillian rita doliver jackie started performing as an infant in films in vaudeville
he appeared in skinner's baby in 1917 while performing at the orpheum theater in los angeles
he was discovered by charlie chaplin he appeared with charlie chaplin in the movie
the kid in 1921. the next year he played in the film oliver twist as a child star jackie earned
up to four million dollars a year this included merchandising his image to sell everything from
peanut butter to whistles to figurines and records coogan was privately tutored until the age of 10.
he attended several prep schools and colleges but eventually dropped out of santa clara university
due to bad grades he was the sole survivor of a car crash that killed his father and others
after a day of dove hunting his father was driving and was forced off the road and down an embankment
by an oncoming vehicle in 1935. jackie's mother married the family's financial advisor in 1936
unfortunately when jackie came of age he discovered that practically his entire fortune
had been spent by his mother and stepfather arthur bernstein jackie's mother has been quoted as
saying no promises were ever made to give jackie anything and claimed that he was a bad boy coogan
eventually had to sue his own mother for his earnings he received just 126 thousand dollars
this battle over earnings between jackie and his mother brought about what is now called the cougar
act the coogan act is designed to protect child actors interests in regard to schooling work hours
time off and finances in 1938 he appeared with betty grable in the film college swing
and later starred in his own radio program titled forever earnest after the attack on pearl harbor
he enlisted in the army and requested a transfer to the army air forces
as a glider pilot he volunteered for hazardous duty and in 1944 he flew british troops into india
landing them at night behind japanese lines after returning from the war coogan mostly
took character roles in television such as cowboy g-men the martha ray show the outlaws
and the andy griffith show fact he appeared four separate times on the prairie mason program
jackie coogan is probably most famous for playing uncle fester on the addams family
from 1964 until 1966. in 1965 he appeared in girl happy with elvis presley after the addams family
he appeared in several other shows including the brady bunch i dream of jeannie here's lucy
the partridge family hawaii 5-0 and many others jackie coogan was married four times and had four
children the most notable marriage was to betty grable they were married from 1937 until 1939
in the 1980s coogans suffered several strokes and his kidneys started to fail sadly on march 1 1984
jackie coogan died at santa monica hospital from cardiac arrest he was only 69 years old he was
buried at holy cross cemetery in culver city at his request his funeral was open to the public
theodore crawford cassidy was born july 31 1932 in pittsburgh pennsylvania and was brought up
in west virginia cassidy was a gifted child and was a freshman in high school by age 11
where he played basketball and football after graduating from high school cassidy attended
west virginia wesleyan college where he was a member of the alpha sigma 5 fraternity later
he transferred to stetson university in florida where he played college basketball after earning
a degree in speech and drama he married margaret jesse in 1956 and they moved to dallas texas
his acting career started while he was working as a midday disc jockey in dallas
he also appeared on wfaa tv channel 8 playing creech an outer space creature
on the dialing for dollars afternoon program he gave an in-studio report from wfaa radio
station on the day john f kennedy was assassinated ted cassie was very tall standing six feet nine
and had a deep bass voice he starred on many tv shows including star trek i dream of genie
bonanza ironside lost in space the six million dollar man and many many others he is perhaps best
known for playing the part of lurch on the addams family where he also played the part of thing
cassidy as lurch ad-libbed his signature line you rang thereafter it was a recurring phrase
written into the show script cassidy was a very prolific voice actor in his career
lending his talents to shows like the incredible hulk he also voiced frankenstein jr in
frankenstein jr and the impossible space ghost the new fantastic four and many other animated series
in 1965 he released a 45 rpm record with the song the lurch he performed the dance and
song the lurch on the show shindig cassidy also appeared in films including butch cassidy and
the sundance kid in 1969 mckenna's gold the last remake of bojes in 1977 and going coconuts in 1978
in his last years he suffered from health problems due to his size and he died on january 16
1979 from complications following open heart surgery he was only 46 years old
ted cassidy was cremated and his ashes were buried in his backyard of his home
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