All All. Sign In. Die too young! People they dies before they 60 years old, they dies too young! Hi folks, look at my other lists "The best die young and Early Death, but not forgotten"! List activity. Anissa Jones. Actress To Rome with Love β. Anissa Jones was an American child actress of Lebanese descent. She is primarily remembered for the role of the orphan girl Buffy Davis in the hit sitcom "Family Affair" The series lasted for 5 seasons and episodes.
Jones' career rapidly declined following the end of the sitcom. She died due to "combined drug intoxication" when only years-old. In , Jones was born in West Lafayette, Indiana. West Lafayette is a college town, primarily known as the home of Purdue University. Jones' father was the engineer John Paul Jones, who was at that time a faculty board member at Purdue University. Jones spend the first few years of her life in Charleston, West Virginia, where her family had settled. Her father had accepted a job in aerospace engineering in California, and was eager to relocate to the West Coast.
The marriage of Jones's parents soon deteriorated, and they were already divorced by In , Jones made her debut at television commercials. She was only 6-years-old at the time. She begun pursuing acting roles in She had her big break in , when cast in a co-starring role in the new sitcom "Family Affair". She was 8-years-old at the time, but she was cast in the role of a 6-year-old. Jones was unusually short for her age, and she reportedly looked younger than her actual age.
Jones soon became a popular child actress, and she made several guest appearances in other television series. She served as a guest host in the variety show "The Hollywood Palace",.
She made her film debut in , with a small part in the drama film "The Trouble with Girls". The film's main star was Elvis Presley, in one of his last acting roles. The film depicted the murder of a pharmacist in Iowa, and the efforts of a band manager to profit from the crime. Despite auditioning for various roles over the following years, she was nearly always rejected.
