Carolyn: I love books. I've always been involved with books and I wanted to help the library in any way possible. I'm an avid reader.
Carolyn specifically asked her sister to have her tombstone read "She gave joy to the world."
Carolyn worked with Alfred Hitchcock in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956).
Carolyn spent two hours a day in make-up for her role as Morticia, and wore a wig made of human hair.
Carolyn's costume for The Addams Family needed no alterations, despite being made before her audition and casting, because of her already slim physique.
Carolyn appeared with Frank Sinatra in The Tender Trap (1955).
Carolyn appeared with Elvis Presley in King Creole (1958).
Carolyn won the Laurel Award for Top Female Supporting Performance in Marjorie Morningstar (1958).
Carolyn was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in The Bachelor Party (1957).
Carolyn was married 3 times, to Aaron Spelling from 1953 to 1964, to Herbert S. Greene from 1968 - 1977, and Peter Bailey-Britton from September 1982 to her death on August 3, 1983.
Though she was diagnosed with colon cancer, Carolyn still acted in a wheelchair in the soap opera "Capitol".
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