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20. Carolyn Jones — Morticia Addams on ‘The Addams Family’

Morticia Addams was of course creepy and spooky, mysterious and kooky…but she wanted nothing but the best for her children. She wore nothing but black, spoke French to drive her husband crazy with desire and kept the audience entertained with her unusual tactics.

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