Early Years
Jones was born in West Lafayette, Indiana. Her maternal grandparents were Lebanese; her middle name means little friend in Arabic (rhyming with Lisa, rather than Melissa). Her parents were students at Purdue University at the time of her birth and they soon moved to Playa Del Rey, California. When she was two years old, her mother enrolled Jones in dance classes. In 1964, when she was six, Jones' mother took her to an open audition for a breakfast cereal commercial, which became her first television appearance. She attended Paseo Del Rey Grammar School (and, later, Orville Wright Junior High School).
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