Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Phyllis Jones (18 April 1941 – 25 July 2018) was a British actress, best known for playing the "amorous motel garage secretary" Sharon Metcalfe in the ITV soap Crossroads. Early life Jones was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Reg Jones, a journalist, and Jean Jones (nee Staniforth), a secretary, and educated at Vancouver High School and LAMDA Career Having appeared in a semi-regular role as Lily Hever in ITV prison drama Within These Walls, in 1975, Jones appeared in the second episode of the first series of The Sweeney, playing the role of Irene Biggleswade. In the very early 1980s, she played Portia in a production of William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" at the New Theatre, Cardiff.