Shirley Mae Jones is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of well-known 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 (1970–74), which co-starred her real-life stepson, David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy.
Shirley Jones
Active - 1955 - 2021 |
Birth - Mar 31, 1934 |
Genres - Comedy, Drama, Music, Family, Romance
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Subgenres - Musical, Romantic Comedy, Comedy Drama, Western Film, Biographical Film
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Miss Pittsburgh 1952, Shirley Mae Jones, The Resident Dream Girl-
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