B-Movie Mania - I was just thinking of Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams (née Frump). Created by cartoonist Charles Addams, she was based on his first wife, Barbara Jean Day. Morticia first
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Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog - Mystery Foto #49 Solved: Charles Addams and his wife Barbara Jean in Southampton Updated:10/30/16
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Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog - Mystery Foto #49 Solved: Charles Addams and his wife Barbara Jean in Southampton Updated:10/30/16
![The Day - Barbara Jean Charley, 59 Manchester and East Hartford - News from southeastern Connecticut The Day - Barbara Jean Charley, 59 Manchester and East Hartford - News from southeastern Connecticut](https://www.theday.com/storyimage/NL/20091015/NWS11/310159606/AR/0/AR-310159606.jpg&Maxw=800&q=62)
The Day - Barbara Jean Charley, 59 Manchester and East Hartford - News from southeastern Connecticut
![Max Maven on Twitter: "@el_zombo This is the original, Barbara Jean Day (first wife of Charles Addams). https://t.co/HFaETdFKnt" / Twitter Max Maven on Twitter: "@el_zombo This is the original, Barbara Jean Day (first wife of Charles Addams). https://t.co/HFaETdFKnt" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EXWwWEvUwAAZmmw.jpg)
Max Maven on Twitter: "@el_zombo This is the original, Barbara Jean Day (first wife of Charles Addams). https://t.co/HFaETdFKnt" / Twitter
![Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog - Mystery Foto #49 Solved: Charles Addams and his wife Barbara Jean in Southampton Updated:10/30/16 Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog - Mystery Foto #49 Solved: Charles Addams and his wife Barbara Jean in Southampton Updated:10/30/16](https://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/images/blog/2015-12-07_20-53-21_edited-1.jpg)
Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog - Mystery Foto #49 Solved: Charles Addams and his wife Barbara Jean in Southampton Updated:10/30/16
![Barbara Jean Day, Charles Addams' first wife and the model for Morticia Addams, 1940s : r/OldSchoolCool Barbara Jean Day, Charles Addams' first wife and the model for Morticia Addams, 1940s : r/OldSchoolCool](https://preview.redd.it/o0ozns2ju5141.jpg?auto=webp&s=8285d3c57fc4e729167f087023709baaf74547e2)