archytele The Vault

Shirley Jones

Acting Born Mar 31, 1934 Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA 142 credits

Biography

Shirley Mae Jones is an American singer and actress born on March 31, 1934, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA. Active in stage, film, and television, her career spans six decades with 134 known acting credits. She starred in musical films such as Oklahoma! in 1955, Carousel in 1956, and The Music Man in 1962. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a prostitute in Elmer Gantry in 1960. She is also known for starring as Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the television situation-comedy series The Partridge Family, which aired from 1970 to 1974 and co-starred her real-life stepson David Cassidy, the son of Jack Cassidy.

Advertisement
Career

Career overview

Shirley Mae Jones was born on March 31, 1934, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an American singer and actress of stage, film, and television with known credits totaling 134. Throughout her career in entertainment, she has worked across multiple mediums, establishing herself as an accomplished performer in musical films and television series.

In film, she starred as wholesome characters in well-known musical films, including Oklahoma! in 1955, Carousel in 1956, and The Music Man in 1962. She also played a prostitute in the film Elmer Gantry, a role for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

On television, she is perhaps best known for starring as Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children in the situation comedy television series The Partridge Family, which aired from 1970 to 1974. In the series, she co-starred with her real-life stepson David Cassidy, who was the son of Jack Cassidy.

Ask the Vault

Ask anything about Shirley Jones.

Frequent co-stars

Career timeline

Frank and Ava
The Irresistible Blueberry Farm
Eco Teens Save The WorldLooking for Mabel Normand
Over the Garden WallOver the Garden WallWaiting in the Wings: The Musical
Family WeekendZombie NightA Strange Brand of HappyMiracle at Gate 213
The Real Love
Hot in ClevelandVictoriousGood Luck CharlieRaising HopeRaising Hope
Cougar TownCelebrity Ghost StoriesRuby & The RockitsHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the MusicalHollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Childrens HospitalThe CleanerHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical HistoryElvis & Pat Boone Rockin' RivalsHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Christmas Is Here AgainDick Van Dyke In Rare Form
Grandma's BoyMonarch CoveHidden Places
Raising GeniusAFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park
Manna from Heaven
Ping!
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the ThirteenthFrank Sinatra MemorialThe Adventures of Cinderella's Daughter
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
That '70s ShowGideon
Dog's Best Friend
Sabrina, the Teenage WitchThe Rosie O'Donnell ShowE! True Hollywood StoryRodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies
The Drew Carey ShowDeadly GamesWomen of the HouseCops n Roberts
Burke's LawBurke's Law
Intimate PortraitJack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
Melrose Place
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodThere Were Times, DearJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Murder, She WroteMurder, She WroteTankIt's Ho-Ho Hope's Jolly Christmas HourBetsy
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
HotelThe Adventures of Pollyanna
Inmates: A Love Story

Full filmography