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Shirley Jones

Actress / Musician / Television Actress / Film Actress / Stage Actress | * 03/31/1934 (90) | Charleroi, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
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Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) 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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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Kids & Family

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When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her act as a passionate preacher. The two make a succes ...

Elmer Gantry

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1960 | 3.7/5 | 2h 26min
Drama
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A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan. ...

The Music Man

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1962 | 3.6/5 | 2h 31min
Comedy, Kids & Family, Music, Romance / Love
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Billy Bigelow has been dead for 15 years. Now outside the pearly gates, he long ago waived his right to go back to Earth for a day. He has heard that there is a problem with his family: namely with hi ...

Carousel

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1956 | 3.0/5 | 2h 8min
Music, Romance / Love
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Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video game tester and his evenings developing the next big Xbox game. But when he gets kicked out of his apart ...

Grandma's Boy

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2006 | 3.3/5 | 1h 34min
Comedy
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The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom series about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career. ...

The Partridge Family

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1970 | 3.4/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy, Kids & Family
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Awards & Nominations for Shirley Jones

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Shirley Jones as Actress(60)

as Host2023 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2023 Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
as herself2020 Frank and Ava
as Ruth2016 The Irresistible Blueberry Farm
as Mrs. Ryburn2015 On the Wing
as Narrator2015 Looking for Mabel Normand
as Broadway Diva2014 Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
as Rita Goodrich2013 Miracle at Gate 213
as GG2013 Family Weekend
as Mildred2013 A Strange Brand of Happy
as Nana2013 Zombie Night
as Self - Hostess2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Victoria Claus (voice)2007 Christmas Is Here Again
as Aunt Batty2006 Hidden Places
as Charlotte2006 The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park
as Grace2006 Grandma's Boy
as Ethel Jeffries2003 Ping!
as Bunny2002 Manna from Heaven
as Nurse Kervorkian2000 Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
as Elly Morton1998 Gideon
as Ethel1997 Dog's Best Friend
as Host1996 Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies
as herself1995 Cops n Roberts
as herself1993 Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
as Self (archive footage)1988 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Susanne Millard1985 There Were Times, Dear
as herself1984 It's Ho-Ho Hope's Jolly Christmas Hour
as LaDonna1984 Tank
as herself1983 All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
as E.F. Crown1981 Inmates: A Love Story
as Betty Tisdale1980 The Children of An Lac
as Nurse Gina Rowe1979 Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Joan Muir1979 A Last Cry for Help
as Sarah Laver1978 Who'll Save Our Children?
as Constance Dobson1978 Evening in Byzantium
as Laura Talbot1977 Yesterday's Child
as Eleanor Anderson1975 Winner Take All
as Helen Doss1975 The Family Nobody Wanted
as Jenny Dolan1975 The Lives of Jenny Dolan
as Anne Baldwin1973 The Girls of Huntington House
as Evelyn Harris1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married!
as Jenny1970 The Cheyenne Social Club
as Flo Harrigan1969 The Happy Ending
as Katherine Johnson1969 Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969 El golfo
as Marigold Marado1965 The Secret of My Success
as Janice Claridge1965 Fluffy
as Karen Williams1964 Dark Purpose
as Janet Walker1964 Bedtime Story
as Elizabeth Marten1963 The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Amy Martin1963 A Ticklish Affair
as Marian Paroo1962 The Music Man
as Marty Purcell1961 Two Rode Together
as Lulu Bains1960 Elmer Gantry
as Suzie Murphy1960 Pepe
as Linda Cabot1959 Never Steal Anything Small
as Betty Barnaby1959 Bobbikins
as Liz Templeton1957 April Love
as Julie Jordan1956 Carousel
as Laurey Williams1955 Oklahoma!

TV Shows/Series with Shirley Jones as Actress(35)

as Burt's Mom2010 Raising Hope
as Sophie2010 Hot in Cleveland
as Linda Duncan2010 Good Luck Charlie
as herself2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories
2008 The Cleaner
as Grace Foster2006 Monarch Cove
as Felicity Bradshaw1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as herself1998 That '70s Show
as Self - Guest1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 E! True Hollywood Story
as Lydia1996 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1995 Women of the House
1992 Melrose Place
as Kathleen Lane1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Ann Owens Arden1984 Murder, She Wrote
1982 Hotel
as Shirley Miller1979 Shirley
as herself1971 The Pet Set
as herself1971 Great Performances
as Shirley Renfrew Partridge1970 The Partridge Family
1969 This Is Tom Jones
as herself1969 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 The Jim Nabors Hour
as Jackie Harding1968 The Name of the Game
as Self - Guest / Various Characters1967 The Carol Burnett Show
as herself1963 The Danny Kaye Show
as herself1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as herself1954 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
as herself1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as herself1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Judith Traherne1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - Singer1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as herself1948 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Full Name: Shirley Mae Jones
Born: Saturday, 03/31 1934 (March) in Charleroi, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 90 years + 19 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Record Label: Columbia Records, A&M Records, Bell Records
Spouses (current/former): Marty Ingels, Jack Cassidy
Shirley Jones frequently works together with these people:
Art Carney (13x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (12x, Actor)
Carol Burnett (12x, Actress)
Peggy Lee (12x, Actress)
Betty White (12x, Actress)
Laraine Day (12x, Actress)
Vincent Price (11x, Actor)
Roddy McDowall (11x, Actor)
Mickey Rooney (11x, Actor)
Robert Goulet (11x, Actor)
Jim Nabors (11x, Actor)
Richard Rodgers (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:78447, Added: 05/24/2018, Last updated: 03/28/2024