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Shirley Jones

Acting • 1934-03-31 • Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA

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

Known For

The Drew Carey Show

The Drew Carey Show

1995

The Music Man

The Music Man

1962

Oklahoma!

Oklahoma!

1955

Grandma's Boy

Grandma's Boy

2006

The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family

1970

Two Rode Together

Two Rode Together

1961

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Filmography

2018
Frank and AvaFilm
Self
★ 5.2
2016
The Irresistible Blueberry FarmFilm
Ruth
★ 6.1
2015
Eco Teens Save The WorldFilm
Mrs. Ryburn
★ 4.0
2015
Looking for Mabel NormandFilm
Narrator (voice)
2014
Over the Garden WallTV
Beatrice's Mother / Additional Voices (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.6
2014
Over the Garden WallTV
Beatrice's Mother (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.6
2014
Waiting in the Wings: The MusicalFilm
Broadway Diva
★ 5.0
2013
Family WeekendFilm
GG
★ 6.3
2013
Zombie NightFilm
Nana
★ 3.8
2013
Miracle at Gate 213Film
Rita Goodrich
★ 6.0
2013
A Strange Brand of HappyFilm
Mildred
★ 3.5
2012
The Real LoveFilm
2010
VictoriousTV
Mona Patterson • 1 episodes
★ 8.2
2010
Good Luck CharlieTV
Linda Duncan • 2 episodes
★ 7.9
2010
Hot in ClevelandTV
Sophie • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2010
Raising HopeTV
Burt's Mom • 2 episodes
★ 7.5
2010
Raising HopeTV
Christine • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2009
Cougar TownTV
Anne • 2 episodes
★ 6.5
2009
Celebrity Ghost StoriesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
2009
Ruby & The RockitsTV
Shirley Gallagher • 1 episodes
★ 6.6
2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970'sFilm
Host
★ 8.0
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and SingingFilm
Self - Host
★ 6.0
2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000sFilm
Host
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great DepressionFilm
Self - Host
2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960'sFilm
Self - Host
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the MusicalFilm
Host
2008
Childrens HospitalTV
Grandma Shirley • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2008
The CleanerTV
★ 6.7
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical HistoryFilm
Self - Hostess
★ 8.0
2008
Elvis & Pat Boone Rockin' RivalsFilm
Self
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood MusicalFilm
Host
2007
Christmas Is Here AgainFilm
Victoria Claus (voice)
★ 4.8
2007
Dick Van Dyke In Rare FormFilm
Self
2006
Grandma's BoyFilm
Grace
★ 6.5
2006
Hidden PlacesFilm
Aunt Batty
★ 7.7
2006
Monarch CoveTV
Grace Foster • 14 episodes
★ 9.5
2004
Raising GeniusFilm
Aunt Sis
★ 4.5
2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the MoviesFilm
Self
★ 8.3
2003
The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer ParkFilm
Charlotte
★ 5.4
2002
Manna from HeavenFilm
Bunny
★ 10.0
2001
Ping!Film
Ethel Jeffries
★ 5.7
2000
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13thFilm
Nurse Kervorkian
★ 4.7
2000
The Adventures of Cinderella's DaughterFilm
Fairy Godmother
★ 10.0
2000
Frank Sinatra MemorialFilm
Self
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTV
Felicity Bradshaw • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1998
That '70s ShowTV
Shirley Jones • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
1998
GideonFilm
Elly Morton
★ 6.4
1997
Dog's Best FriendFilm
Ethel
★ 3.0
1996
Sabrina, the Teenage WitchTV
Lydia • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
1996
E! True Hollywood StoryTV
★ 8.1
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell ShowTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 4.1
1996
Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of MoviesFilm
Host
★ 10.0
1995
The Drew Carey ShowTV
Celia • 3 episodes
★ 6.5
1995
Deadly GamesTV
Shirley Ashborne/Evil Shirley • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1995
Women of the HouseTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1995
Cops n RobertsFilm
Herself
★ 9.0
1994
Burke's LawTV
Barbara Manchester • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1994
Burke's LawTV
Barbara Mansfield • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1993
Intimate PortraitTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.5
1993
Jack L. Warner: The Last MogulFilm
Self
★ 6.7
1992
Melrose PlaceTV
★ 5.8
1991
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War IIFilm
Self
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodFilm
Self
★ 6.0
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5
1987
There Were Times, DearFilm
Susanne Millard
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
Kathleen Lane • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
Ann Owens Arden • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1984
TankFilm
LaDonna
★ 5.6
1984
BetsyFilm
1984
It's Ho-Ho Hope's Jolly Christmas HourFilm
Self
1983
All-Star Party for Frank SinatraFilm
Self
★ 6.0
1982
HotelTV
Claire Langley • 2 episodes
★ 6.7
1982
The Adventures of PollyannaFilm
Aunt Polly Harrington
1981
Inmates: A Love StoryFilm
E.F. Crown
★ 8.0
1980
The Children of An LacFilm
Betty Tisdale
★ 6.4
1979
Beyond the Poseidon AdventureFilm
Nurse Gina Rowe
★ 5.0
1979
A Last Cry for HelpFilm
Joan Muir
★ 10.0
1979
ShirleyTV
Shirley Miller • 13 episodes
★ 6.0
1979
Visions of Christmas PastFilm
Shirley Miller
1978
Who'll Save Our Children?Film
Sarah Laver
★ 7.0
1978
Mickey's 50Film
Self
★ 9.0
1977
The Love BoatTV
Priscilla • 2 episodes
★ 6.3
1977
Yesterday's ChildFilm
Laura Talbot
★ 8.0
1977
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three SonsFilm
1975
People's Choice AwardsTV
Self - Presenter • 1 episodes
★ 8.2
1975
Winner Take AllFilm
Eleanor Anderson
★ 7.4
1975
The Family Nobody WantedFilm
Helen Doss
★ 6.4
1975
The Lives of Jenny DolanFilm
Jenny Dolan
★ 7.0
1974
Dinah!TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.4
1973
The Girls of Huntington HouseFilm
Anne Baldwin
★ 7.5
1971
Great PerformancesTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 6.1
1971
McMillan & WifeTV
Ellyn Mandrake • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1971
The Pet SetTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1970
The Partridge FamilyTV
Shirley Renfrew Partridge • 96 episodes
★ 6.8
1970
The Cheyenne Social ClubFilm
Jenny
★ 6.4
1970
But I Don't Want to Get Married!Film
Evelyn Harris
★ 10.0
1969
The Happy EndingFilm
Flo Harrigan
★ 6.1
1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime HourTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1969
This Is Tom JonesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1969
El golfoFilm
María O'Hara
★ 6.3
1969
Silent Night, Lonely NightFilm
Katherine Johnson
★ 7.3
1969
The Jim Nabors HourTV
★ 7.0
1968
The Name of the GameTV
Jackie Harding • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1967
The Carol Burnett ShowTV
Self - Guest / Various Characters • 2 episodes
★ 7.7
1967
The Danny Thomas HourTV
Peggy Ruby • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1965
FluffyFilm
Janice
★ 7.0
1965
The Secret of My SuccessFilm
Marigold Marado
★ 7.0
1964
Bedtime StoryFilm
Janet Walker
★ 6.3
1964
Dark PurposeFilm
Karen Williams
★ 6.2
1963
The Courtship of Eddie's FatherFilm
Elizabeth Marten
★ 5.9
1963
The Danny Kaye ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.0
1963
A Ticklish AffairFilm
Amy Martin
★ 5.9
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
Self • 5 episodes
★ 7.6
1962
The Merv Griffin ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1962
The Music ManFilm
Marian Paroo
★ 7.1
1961
Two Rode TogetherFilm
Marty Purcell
★ 6.4
1960
Elmer GantryFilm
Lulu Bains
★ 7.3
1960
PepeFilm
Suzie Murphy
★ 6.4
1959
The Bell Telephone HourTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 8.0
1959
The Bell Telephone HourTV
Self - Hostess • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1959
Never Steal Anything SmallFilm
Linda Cabot
★ 8.2
1959
BobbikinsFilm
Betty Barnaby
★ 6.0
1957
April LoveFilm
Liz Templeton
★ 6.5
1957
DuPont Show of the MonthTV
Gretchen Van Damm • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1956
CarouselFilm
Julie Jordan
★ 5.3
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1956
The Big SlideFilm
May Marley
1955
Oklahoma!Film
Laurey Williams
★ 6.6
1954
The Wonderful World of DisneyTV
Aunt Polly Harrington • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
1954
The Wonderful World of DisneyTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
1954
The George Gobel ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
1953
The OscarsTV
Self • 7 episodes
★ 7.1
1950
What's My Line?TV
Self - Mystery Guest • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1950
The Colgate Comedy HourTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1950
The Bob Hope ShowTV
Self • 7 episodes
★ 7.0
1950
Lux Video TheatreTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1950
Lux Video TheatreTV
Judith Traherne • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 6.8
1948
Macy's Thanksgiving Day ParadeTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1944
Golden Globe AwardsTV
Self - Presenter • 1 episodes
★ 7.0