Biography
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 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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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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Good Luck Charlie
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
Women of the House
Elmer Gantry
Hot in Cleveland
The Music Man
McMillan & Wife
What's My Line?
Childrens Hospital
The Partridge Family
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Pet Set
Lux Video Theatre
Ruby & The Rockits
The Cleaner
Oklahoma!
Cougar Town
Grandma's Boy
The Drew Carey Show
The Children of An Lac
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
Frank and Ava
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure