Shirley Jones
Shirley Jones
Shirley Mae Jones is an American singer and actress of stage, film and television. In her six decades of show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of well-known musical films, such as Oklahoma!, Carousel, and The Music Man. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful prostitute in Elmer Gantry. She played the lead role of Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy television series The...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth31 March 1934
CityCharleroi, PA
CountryUnited States of America
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I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music.
What can I do? I call and call, and no one will take me.
I wanted some family structure and stability, and that's what The Partridge Family afforded me, not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids.