Jones (Carolyn) papers, 1953-1965

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Summary

Title:
Carolyn Jones Scripts
Dates:
1953-1965
Creators:
Jones, Carolyn
Abstract:
Actress Carolyn Jones was best known for her role as the ghoulish Morticia in the television series The Addams Family. The collection consists of scripts and scrapbooks related to her acting career.
Extent:
10 boxes (5.0 linear ft.)
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Carolyn Jones Scripts (Collection 131). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of television and motion picture scripts related to the career of actress Carolyn Jones. Includes 18 bound volumes of motion picture scripts including, The Bachelor Party, Desiree, Marjorie Morningstar, The Seven Year Itch, and The Tender Trap, and 6 bound volumes of scripts for the television series The Addams family (1964-65). Also includes 3 scrapbooks and clippings documenting the career of Jones (1955-78).

Biographical / historical:

Jones was born in Amarillo, TX, Apr. 28, 1929. She attended Pasadena Community Playhouse in Pasadena, CA (1950). She made her stage debut in the 1940s followed by her television debut in 1951. She gained popularity in the mid-1960s in the role of Morticia in popular The Addams family television series. Her film credits include, Desiree (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), The Tender Trap (1955), The Bachelor Party (1957), for which she was nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role, and Majorie Morningstar (1958). She died Aug. 3, 1983 in Hollywood, CA.

Acquisition information:
Gift of a Peter Bailey-Britton; 1984.
Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Performing Arts Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by N. Vega and J. Graham
Date Prepared:
© 2005
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access and Notetab Pro; frontmatter gathered from MARC Record. Date of source: July 2005.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Carolyn Jones Scripts (Collection 131). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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