Jones career was cut short as she started to take drugs. Her boyfriend claims to have checked on her in the wee hours of the morning and she was fine. From this television exposure, she became very popular with her image on lunch boxes, in coloring books, and her television doll "Mrs. Beasley," was successfully sold by Mattel Toys. A friend, fellow student and partymate Steve Hanford recalled the following about Anissa's death. She died from combined drug intoxication when she was 18. Father of Anissa Jones (Tv show Family Affair) and of John Paul Jones Jr. The weather was warm and dry. Brian got out of work quickly, but then you have children who cannot work full days. However, Jones' family also blamed her doctor Dr. Don Carlos Moshos for her death. As further evidence of her kindness, upon the death of Earl Graham, a janitor on theFamily Affairset, Anissa had her Mom take out a $400 ad inVarietyMagazine allowing Anissa to say goodbye to her good friend. If you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction issues, help is available. Jones, Anissa: (March 11, 1958 - August 28, 1976) Anissa Jones starred as Buffy in the 1960 -1970's CBS sitcom Family Affair. You have stars like Corey Haim, Drew Barrymore, Amanda Bynes, Macaulay Culkin so many kids went through their own private hell after being tossed aside by the same industry that made them who they were.Many of these young stars not only had their innocence robbed from them but they also were robbed of appropriate compensation for their hard work and sacrifices.Anissa fell into the same trap that claimed the lives of so many other child actors. She died from combined drug intoxication when she was 18. A neighbor who had a child making TV commercials suggested that Mrs. Jones get Anissa started in the same field. Sadly, it all came to an end for Anissa on August 28, 1976, at age 18, following a night of partying with a number of others, including her then-boyfriend, in the beach town of Oceanside, California. It never eats. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. The San Bernardino County Sun wrote, Buffy is a charming little girl, but one cannot help wondering why she is being subjected to such exploitation. The night Anissa died was wierd. But as the years went on, Jones began to tire of playing the little girl. We collect and tell stories of people from all around the world. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Her maternal grandparents were Lebanese and Jones' middle name means "Little Friend" in Arabic. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. He won and Anissa went to live with him, but he died very shortly after Anissa arrived, but she didnt go back to her mother, she moved in with a friend. Actress. But most of all it meant she could finally get rid of that stupid Mrs. Beasley doll that the producers insisted she continue to play with even though was now thirteen years old. Her life came to a tragic end at the age of 18 when she died of a drug overdose at a friends house in 1976. So, he says, not only are they working as actors in a weekly show, but theyre also required to do talk shows and publicity stunts and meet with the sponsors and fly across the country. Parents. This, along with the fact that Anissas grades at Westchester High in L.A. began to slip, infuriated her mother. When Anissa came out of the bedroom she said she and some friends were going down to Oceanside to visit her friend Helen Hennessey. On August 28, 1976, Anissa Jones went to a party in Oceanside, California with her boyfriend, Allan Kovan. She is always ready to say, Please call me Anissa when people refer to her as Buffy, her name on the show. Instead, she decided to enroll at Westchester High School in Los Angeles to try and achieve some sort of normalcy in her life. Anissa Jones was just eighteen years old. Please try again later. However, Jones wasn't interested in the opportunity. "Family Affair" premiered on CBS in September 1966 and tells the story of Bill Davis (Brian Keith), who has to raise his dead brother's children 15-year-old Cissy (Kathy Garver), and 5-year-old twins Buffy (Anissa Jones) and Jody (Johnny Whitaker). On August 28, 1976, Jones went to her friend's house in Oceanside, California with her boyfriend Allan Kovan and a few of her friends to have a party. Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories. Jones's mother, Mary Paula Jones, outlived her entire family. [5] Jones's mother, Mary Paula Jones, died in Detroit, Michigan, of natural causes on January 14, 2012. Today, Anissa Jones is best remembered for the role that made her famous. As she started to audition for movies, however, Jones felt pigeonholed by her reputation as the precocious and adorable Buffy.. Now, she stated, those pressures are permanently, tragically over. As the star of a hit TV series, Anissa naturally would quite often receive gifts. By age 8, she earned the role of Buffy. On August 28, 1976, while at a friends house party, Anissa took a cocktail of barbiturates, phencyclidine, cocaine, and methaqualone. She doesnt know, she said seriously, if she wants to stay in show business and confident that she hopes to retire when Im 14, which prompted a man in the crowd to say, Over her mothers dead body., Geoffrey emphasizes that the kids were doing the same work as adults with the same responsibilities. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Anissa would play Buffy for the shows entire run. Bad parenting. She left $63,000 in cash and more than $100,000 in savings bonds when she died. One role she auditioned for was Linda Blairs in 1973s The Exorcist, but director William Friedkin believed that the audience wouldnt see character Regan MacNeil possessed, but rather Buffy. The show hit number 1 in the ratings, turning Buffy and Jody into household names. Jones became a popular child celebrity the same year the TV series became a hit. Anissa, Geoffrey adds, was not taught how to be anything more than Buffy. In her early teen years, as reported by Outsider, she started shoplifting and often skipped school. Shortly after she and her family relocated to California, her parents divorced. Her father, who was an engineer, got a job at the University of Southern California and at the Hughes Aircraft Company, so the family relocated to The Golden State. However, it didnt really work out the way she hoped. To Fox News, Garver added that she believed that Jones had died of an overdose, not a suicide. Anissa Jones was born June 23, 1969, in Dallas, Texas. Chemotherapy was rough on Brian, and apparently, he also suffered from financial troubles. Anissa was born in Lafayette on March 11, 1958. Then, in 1971, CBS decided to cancel Family Affair. See Her Beautiful Bikini Photos, Having Fun at the Beach! The neighbors yards, she responded matter of factly. When she finally was given access to her television earnings, she quickly spiraled downwards with reckless abandon.Anissa's drug problem would eventually claim her life. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Pronounced (Uh-nee-suh), her name is Lebanese and means Little Friend.. But the poor bird is starving. She finds playing a mere child of 6 babyish, offered The Republic of Columbus, Indiana, and quickly reveals her true age to anyone willing to listen., By 1970, Anissa was doing public appearances every other weekend, drawing thousands of people, but allowed her very little private time. Eight years later her brother Paul also died from a drug overdose. I dont think theres any curse, she told Fox News. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Anissa Jones (4285)? On August 28, 1976, Jones was dead in a bedroom of her friends. "The night Anissa died was wierd. Her mother, Mary Paula Jones, studied zoology, while her father was an engineer. Her father, John Paul Jones, was, at the time of her birth, an engineering graduate and faculty board member at Purdue University. Her father and mother divorced, her mother was a pushy stage mother who, after Anissas father died, pushed her to be the family breadwinner.. Its no surprise that Anissas stardom led to a loss of identity at a young age. Anissa's first role was in a commercial for breakfast cereal. 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D C Thomas also said (in his notes) that rigor was evident on the neck jaw and extremities. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Thats a lot of pressure to put on someone less than 10 years old, less so where one has a good family life where one has parents really working on behalf of the children to make sure their lives are as normal as possible. RELATED: Kathy Garver Opens Up About The Tragic Death Of Her Family Affair Co-Stars. In four or five months," (via Closer Weekly). Do you think you know a lot about TV? You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Anissa and her brother eventually moved in with their father. He was just 24 years old. And they would all later be edited into the individual episodes., Then, he adds, the cast and whatever guest cast were there for that episode would have to come back and one by one they would shoot the episodes in order. At eight years old, Anissa was cast as Buffy on Family Affair, which aired from 1966 until 1971. Thats a lot of pressure to put on someone less than 10 years old, less so where one has a good family life where one has parents really working on behalf of the children to make sure their lives are as normal as possible. Actress. Closer Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. Copyright 1999 2023 GoDaddy Operating Company, LLC. She always demanded that an identical one for her brother accompany any gift she received. You may also light a candle in honor of Anissa Jones or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service. Said the Sacramento Bee in 1973, The shows cancelation after a six-year run represented a chance for its then 14-year-old leading lady to finally be herself free from the psychological burden of submerging her personality inside a screen character who never grew older.. Try again later. She and Paul moved into an apartment together. Since the poster chose not to identify him/herself we must take the information with a grain of salt. Well, when you control a young person and then all of a sudden theyre not wanted anymore, theyve got nothing to fall back on.. Read more on Wikipedia. Jones' personal life wasn't the best either. Shortly thereafter the family moved to Playa Del Rey, California, where her father worked at Hughes Aircraft while also teaching at USC. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Ending her promising acting career, her cause of death was listed as an accidental drug overdose. This account has been disabled. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. When "Family Affair" ended, Anissa Jones' co-star Brian Keith approached the young girl to join him in a new sitcom titled "The Brian Keith Show." The Heartbreaking Story Of Family Affair Star Anissa Jones And Her Untimely Death. Her mother would file a police report denoting her daughter as a runaway. Mary Anissa Jones was a child actress in the mid-20th century. Life is advocating for oneself. In four or five months.. And their roads to stardom never start off that way. Family Affairwould go on for five seasons and 138 total episodes. Make a life-giving gesture. Shortly before noon on August 28, 1976, after partying in the beach town of Oceanside, California, with her new boyfriend, Allan "Butch" Koven,[6] and others the night before, Jones, 18, was found dead in an upstairs bedroom of a house belonging to the father of a 14-year-old friend named Helen Hennessy. The coroner called it one of the most massive overdoses hed ever seen. In 1965, when she was 6, Jones' first TV appearance was in a commercial. She also expressed her preference for a pool over the ocean, mostly because youre unaware of what size wave youre going to get hit with. Instead of focusing on acting, she refocused on education and enrolled at Westchester High School in Los Angeles. . There were Buffy paper dolls,Family Affaircoloring books and lunch boxes, a Buffy line of childrens clothes, and a Buffy Cookbook in 1971, with Anissa featured on the cover. She was eight years old and famous. Note that Koven testified he went to breakfast twice once at 9:30 and again at 11:00, unusual for someone who had mainlined cocaine in the early hours of the morning. There was a problem getting your location. Unfortunately, Garver noted, many of Joness new friends were drug users. And the next five years saw Anissa Jones in the midst of a downward spiral. I want to be an artist, she said. Closer Weekly is part of the a360media Entertainment Group.Copyright a360media 2023. Suddenly she had more money than she knew what to do with. As much as Anissa tried to disassociate herself from the little girl she played on the show, I still found her the same person. Mary Anissa Jones /nis/[a] (March 11, 1958 August 28, 1976) was an American child actress known for her role as Buffy Davis on the CBS sitcom Family Affair, which ran from 1966 to 1971. Her parents were divorced prior to the start of her acting career in 1965. She stepped into showbiz with a breakfast cereal ad marking her first television feature when she was just six years old. We first encountered Buffy three years ago in San Antonio, where the clothes bearing that name first came to the attention of the fashion press. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Helen Slagle Smith Ward It looks like she was asleep although the arm may have been an attempt to reach out as much as a normal sleeping position. Described Edmund to The Valley Times in 1966, Its three Midwestern kids in wonderland. Anissas fame would continue to grow, as she went on to appear in numerous television specials includingRowan and Martins Laugh-In,To Rome With Love(TV series guest appearance), and as a presenter at the 1967 Emmy Awards. In 1966, producer Don Fedderson, who had created the Fred MacMurray series My Three Sons, collaborated with producer-writer Edmund Hartmann to create Family Affair. 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She died in Detroit Michigan of natural cause on January 14, 2012. But she never returned home. It was a much less exacting science in those days. Jones fatally overdosed on a combination of drugs including cocaine, angel dust, Seconal, and Quaaludes at the age of 18. Born on March 11, 1958, to parents John Jones and Mary Tweel in West Lafayette, Indiana, the family moved to Playa del Rey, California when Anissa was still very young. Paramedic Meritt (a father himself,) took her for a much younger girl and frantically tried to resuscitate and found the arm was in rigor. She also started seeing a guy named Allan Kovan who did nothing to stop her downward spiral. About six days later, her doctor, Don Carlos Moshos, was charged with manslaughter for illegally prescribing Seconal to her. She and some other kids stayed in a bedroom taking angel dust and coke. The coroner who examined Jones reported she died from one of the most severe drug overdoses he had ever seen. While other children her age played, Mary drove Anissa to learn more skills that would count in her favor in the industry. On the surface, the saccharine level seems pretty high, and yet it connected with the audience and an adult audience at that, considering that it originally aired at 9:30 p.m. after the kiddies were off to bed. With her blond pigtails and eager smile, Anissa Jones charmed TV audiences in her role as Buffy on Family Affair. Her mother and father had fought bitterly over custody of Anissa and her brother, Paul, Geoffrey states. Please reset your password. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Anissa Jones I found on Findagrave.com. Surprisingly though, Anissa was thrilled that the shows run was over as it would now mean she could finally go to school, hang out with her friends, and just be a normal girl. If you are the site owner (or you manage this site), please whitelist your IP or if you think this block is an error please open a support ticket and make sure to include the block details (displayed in the box below), so we can assist you in troubleshooting the issue. Mary Anissa Jones her middle name meaning Little Friend in Arabic entered the world on March 11, 1958, in Lafayette, Indiana. Although she refused the roles, she was offered a role in "The Brian Keith Show" and "Taxi Driver." On March 15, 1984, Jones' brother Paul also died of a drug overdose. Unable to get past the death of his daughter and deal with everything else on top of it all, he decided to end it all on June 24, 1997, when he shot himself in the head. She received a little less than $200,000, which she blew almost immediately. COPYRIGHT 2020 By TheLifeandTimesofHollywood.com, Stories From The Life and Times of Hollywood. And anyone who knows anything about drugs, would have been watching her behavior and would have known. Allen Koven took her keys and left at 9:30 a.m. Carla Machado testified that she found her dead after showering just before 11:30, however no phone call was placed to the paramedics until 12:29 p.m. (Hence Candy McGirrs recollection of the ensuing panic, phone calls, and call to her parents to come pick her up. Her father, who was an engineer, got a job at the University of Southern California and at the Hughes Aircraft Company, so the family relocated to The Golden State. A neighbor who had a child making TV commercials suggested that Mrs. Jones get Anissa started in the same field. The parents divorced shortly after moving to California and Mrs. Jones suddenly had to look for a job. [5] Jones was 12 when the series ended in 1971. So it seems like she had no port in the storm and the storm finally overtook her literally at the beach., On August 13, 1976, syndicated columnist Marilyn Beck wrote a moving column about Anissa, noting that she had first spoken to the actress when she was 8, and told at the time that Anissa wanted to eventually be a mommy with six kids and work as a veterinarian taking care of puppies and kitten. Here's What Happened to 'Family Affair' Star Brian Keith, The 1960s: Your Guide to 101 Classic (and Not-So-Classic) TV Shows From Your Youth, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Out for a Swim! There was just so much pressure. Buffys doll, Mrs. Beasley, would also become the best-selling doll in America at one time during the shows run. Geoffrey Mark, who worked on documentaries, said, "She received a little less than $200,000, which she blew almost immediately. [H]er mom had said, Kathy, I wish youd spend some more time with Anissa because I really think that shes in with a bad group of people,' Garver told Fox News. However, she had a difficult time living on the straight and narrow, and she went back to shoplifting and using drugs. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. She was born on March 11, 1958, in Indiana to John Paul Jones and Mary Paula Jones. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Anissa had grown tired of show biz. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. You never know how deep it is, she said., but in a pool its marked 2-feet, 3-feet, so you know. Blogs; Online will; Shop. 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Soon after the birth of Anissa's brother John Paul Jones, Jr. (called "Paul" by the family), the family moved to Playa Del Rey, California, where John Paul, Sr. took a job in aerospace engineering and Anissa attended Paseo del Rey Elementary School, then Orville Wright Junior High School.[3]. Thanks for your help! Life is making decisions and making changes when its necessary. Robin Williams, just to name an example). Her life was not only short-lived but it was also full of tragedy, heartbreak, and controversy.Like this content? She wasn't being very social. All rights reserved. On March 15, 1984, Jones's brother, Paul, died of a drug overdose. She had an abundance of talent and liked making friends with the guests who appeared.. All Rights Reserved. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Disillusioned, Jones also turned down a role on her former co-star Brian Keiths new show, The Brian Keith Show, as well as a chance to audition for the role of Iris Easy Steensma in Taxi Driver (1976). Find the obituary of Kenneth Jones (1955 - 2019) from Springville, UT. Anissa Jones' drug use intensified when she gained access to her wealth. A painting artist. Salma Hayeks Best Bikini Photos, Inside Dr. Phil and Wife Robin McGraw's Sprawling Beverly Hills Home, She's a Perfect 10! She auditioned for the lead role of "Regan" in "The Exorcist" in 1973, but lost out to Linda Blair. Verify and try again. View Source Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Created by: DEBI (PEACHES SISTER) Added: 22 Mar 2017 This goes from Shirley Temple and Judy Garland and Jackie Coogan all the way through to todays young people. She was a little girl whom other little girls envied, but who, in truth, experienced tremendous pressures during those years that should be reserved for the simple joys of childhood, wrote Marilyn. Paula enrolled Anissa in a dance class when she was four years old. Widely covered in the media, her private physician Don Carlos Moshos was questioned about the source of the drugs. When you hear the name Buffy, what usually comes to mind? If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Weve updated the security on the site. They were on set with him to make sure he was being treated well. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Geoffrey Mark, one of the creative forces behind a number of Inside Televisions GreatestandBehind the Famedocumentaries, states how child actors were required the same responsibilities as that of an adult actor. Jones also worked on other projects and had guest appearances on talk shows, and everyone adored the beautiful and talented little girl. He was 24. Family members linked to this person will appear here. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. When she turned 18 years old in 1976, Jones finally had access to the salary she acquired from "Family Affair." Anissa is in the sixth grade at Paseo del Rey Grammar School when not filming Family Affair or making personal appearances. When the show was abruptly canceled in 1971, Jones then 13 years old was eager to turn over a new leaf. I bet hes got blue eyes and is bald-headed and is a big, big man who looks just like Yul Brynner. How tragic that that should be the one dream Anissa got a chance of realizing at age 18., Geoffrey sees the blame pretty clearly: Young actors are not protected. Six days later, her doctor, Don Carlos Moshos, was arrested and charged with manslaughter for illegally prescribing Seconal to her. For Family Affair costar Brian Keith life was also hard to cope with. They said that Dr. Moshos illegally prescribed the drug Seconal to Jones, which contributed to her death. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered over the Pacific Ocean. She had a brief cameo role in 1968 on television's Rowan and Martin "Laugh-In." [7] She left $63,000 in cash and more than $100,000 in savings bonds when she died (equivalent to $776,204 today). Anissa Jones (Child Actress) Mary Anissa Jones was an American child actress who rose to stardom playing Ava Elizabeth 'Buffy' Patterson-Davis on the American television sitcom 'Family Affair'. 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