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Mary Anissa Jones (/ˈmɛəri əˈniːsə dʒoʊnz/; March 11, 1958 – August 28, 1976) was an American child actress known for her role as Buffy on the CBS sitcom Family Affair. She died from combined drug intoxication at the age of 18.
Full Name
Anissa Jones
Net Worth
$250,000
Date Of Birth
March 11, 1958
Died
August 28, 1976, Oceanside, California, United States
Death Cause
Drug overdose
Place Of Birth
West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Height
4' 11" (1.5 m)
Occupation
Actress
Profession
Actor
Education
Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets
Nationality
American
Parents
John Paul Jones, Mary Paula Jones
Siblings
John Paul Jones, Jr.
Nicknames
Anissa Jones, Jones, Anissa
IMDB
Movies
The Trouble with Girls
TV Shows
Family Affair
Star Sign
Pisces
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Trademark
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Curly Pigtails
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Quote
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On acting: "I don't know. I just do it. I don't think about it."
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I can read...except for a very big word we sometimes have. Like the word philosopher. Do you know what a philosopher is? Well...it's a man that thinks a lot, but doesn't do anything much about it.
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Shooting is work. I like going to my own school better. I see my friends there.
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Fact
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While working at Winchell's Donut Shop, she reportedly was embarrassed whenever customers recognized who she was.
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Her name is pronounced "AnEEsa", not "AnIssa" or "AnEssa".
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On losing the part in "The Exorcist". Director William Friedkin felt that with "Family Affair" in reruns, audiences would feel that Buffy was the one being possessed. The part then went to Linda Blair. She was reportedly ecstatic when she heard she didn't get the part.
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Came from Lebanese descent.
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After "Family Affair" ended, Brian Keith...Who played Uncle Bill Davis, offered her a role on his new show "The Brian Keith Show"...She declined saying she didn't want to act anymore.
Was considered for the role of Violet in Pretty Baby (1978) but she died before auditions began. Brooke Shields eventually was cast as Violet and became a controversial movie star.
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The Diodes, a Toronto band from the 1970s, had a song about her called "Child Star" (also released as a single, the flip side of "I'm Tired of Waking Up Tired"). The chorus goes: "Uncle Bill/Uncle Bill/I took some pills/Mr. French/Mr. French/I'm feeling tense".
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Her death is the subject of the song, "Buffy's Dead."
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Her name, Anissa, is Arabic for 'little friend'.
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Her fatal overdose was of a combination of cocaine, angel dust, Quaaludes and Seconal. The San Diego County coroner said it was one of the most severe cases of drug overdose he had ever seen in San Diego County.
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Attended Paseo Del Rey Grammar School.
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Briefly worked at a Winchell's donut shop in Playa del Rey, where she grew up.
