Anissa Jones
| Anissa Jones | |
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Anissa Jones in 1970
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| Born |
Mary Anissa Jones March 11, 1958 West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | August 28, 1976 (aged 18) Oceanside, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Drug overdose |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1966–1971 |
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.
Jones was born in West Lafayette, Indiana and attended Paseo del Rey Elementary School, and, later, Orville Wright Junior High School. Her maternal grandparents were Lebanese, and Jones' middle name means "Little Friend" in Arabic.
At the time of her birth, Jones' father John Paul Jones was an engineering graduate and faculty board member at Purdue University, where her mother Mary Paula Jones (née Tweel) was a zoology student. Soon after the birth of Anissa's brother John Paul Jones, Jr., the family moved to Playa Del Rey, California, where John Paul, Sr. took a job in aerospace engineering.
When Anissa was two years old, her mother enrolled her in dance classes. In 1964, when Jones was six, Mary Paula took her daughter to an open audition for a breakfast cereal commercial, which became Jones' first television appearance.
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