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

In the very early 1980s, she played Portia in a production of William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" at the New Theatre, Cardiff.

In 2005, she played Vera Flannigan in Channel 5's soap opera Family Affairs

In 2012, she appeared in two episodes of EastEnders as Joy. Within These Walls as Lily Hever (1974–75) The Sweeney as Irene Biggleswade (1975) Crossroads as Sharon Metcalfe (1977–84) Family Affairs as Vera Flannigan (2005) EastEnders as Joy (2012)

Selected radio The Archers as Ursula Titchener (2016–18)