Shirley Jones | |
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![]() Jones in the 1970s | |
Born | Shirley Mae Jones[1] March 31, 1934 Charleroi, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Years active | 1950–present |
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Children | Shaun born 1958
Patrick born 1962 Ryan born 1966 |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
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Website | castproductions |
Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934)[1] is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as Oklahoma! (1955), Carousel (1956), and The Music Man (1962). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful prostitute in Elmer Gantry (1960). She played the lead role of Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy television series The Partridge Family (1970–1974), which co-starred her real-life stepson, David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy.
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