Biography
Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an American singer and actress of stage, film and television. In her six decades of television, she 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 prostitute in Elmer Gantry (1960). She is probably best known as Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children in the situation-comedy television series The Partridge Family (1970–1974), co-starring her real-life stepson David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley Jones , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1961
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1961 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Adventures of Cinderella's Daughter
Over the Garden Wall
Victorious
Never Steal Anything Small
Good Luck Charlie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
That '70s Show
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
The Carol Burnett Show
Murder, She Wrote
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Raising Hope
Winner Take All
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Elmer Gantry
Hot in Cleveland
The Music Man
Childrens Hospital
McMillan & Wife
What's My Line?
The Partridge Family
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Women of the House
The Pet Set
Lux Video Theatre
The Cleaner
Oklahoma!
Ruby & The Rockits
Cougar Town
Grandma's Boy
The Drew Carey Show
The Cheyenne Social Club
Two Rode Together
Family Weekend
The Love Boat
El golfo
Pepe
The Irresistible Blueberry Farm
Great Performances
The Happy Ending
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Melrose Place
Ping!
Tank
Carousel
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
Frank and Ava