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 | http://imdb.com/name/nm0427490 |
Movies | The Trouble with Girls |
TV Shows | Family Affair |
Star Sign | Pisces |
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1 | While working at Winchell's Donut Shop, she reportedly was embarrassed whenever customers recognized who she was. |
2 | Her name is pronounced "AnEEsa", not "AnIssa" or "AnEssa". |
3 | 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. |
4 | Came from Lebanese descent. |
5 | 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. |
6 | Was offered the role of Iris in Taxi Driver (1976). The part went to Jodie Foster. |
7 | 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. |
8 | 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". |
9 | Her death is the subject of the song, "Buffy's Dead." |
10 | Her name, Anissa, is Arabic for 'little friend'. |
11 | 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. |
12 | Attended Paseo Del Rey Grammar School. |
13 | Briefly worked at a Winchell's donut shop in Playa del Rey, where she grew up. |
14 | Tried out for the role of Regan in The Exorcist (1973), but lost out to Linda Blair. |
15 | Had a brother who died from a drug overdose in 1984. |
16 | Attended Westchester High School from 1973-1976. |
17 | Attended Orville Wright Junior High School. |
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