Mary Anissa Jones (/əˈniË sÉ™/; March 11, 1958 â€" August 28, 1976)
was an American child actress known for her role as Buffy on the CBS
sitcom Family Affair, which ran from 1966 to 1971. She died from
combined drug intoxication at the age of 18.Jones was born in
Lafayette, Indiana. 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. (called "Paul" by the family),
the family moved to Playa Del Rey, California, where John Paul, Sr.
took a job in aerospace engineering and Jones attended Paseo del Rey
Elementary School, then Orville Wright Junior High School.
was an American child actress known for her role as Buffy on the CBS
sitcom Family Affair, which ran from 1966 to 1971. She died from
combined drug intoxication at the age of 18.Jones was born in
Lafayette, Indiana. 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. (called "Paul" by the family),
the family moved to Playa Del Rey, California, where John Paul, Sr.
took a job in aerospace engineering and Jones attended Paseo del Rey
Elementary School, then Orville Wright Junior High School.
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