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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).
March 31, 1934 · Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA. Birth name. Shirley Mae Jones. Height. 5′ 2¼″ (1.58 m) Mini Bio. Named after child star Shirley Temple , Shirley Jones started singing at the age of six. She started formal training at the age of 12 and would dream of singing with her idol, Gordon MacRae.
Shirley Jones. Actress: The Music Man. Named after child star Shirley Temple, Shirley Jones started singing at the age of six. She started formal training at the age of 12 and would dream of singing with her idol, Gordon MacRae. Upon graduating from high school, Shirley went to New York to audition for the casting director of Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Mar 27, 2024 · Shirley Jones (born March 31, 1934, Charleroi, Pennsylvania, U.S.) American actress who was a musical star in the 1950s and early ’60s before becoming better known for her role as Shirley Partridge, the matriarch of a family singing group, in the television sitcom The Partridge Family (1970–74).
Apr 4, 2024 · The Oscar-winning actress and The Partridge Family icon hit the big 9-0 on Sunday, March 31 — and celebrated in an intimate party in a snowy mountain getaway. Jones' son Shaun Cassidy, 65,...
Aug 2, 2023 · But the 89-year-old is best known as the beloved matriarch of the hit television series The Partridge Family, where she become an emblem of warmth, love and music in the early 1970s. Join us as we...
Aug 16, 2013 · AARP. Published August 16, 2013. Two curiously linked admissions bracket the eponymous new tell-all memoir from Shirley Jones. The future working mother of The Partridge Family (1970-1974) was all of 6 years old, she confesses, when she stole a pack of gum from the only drugstore in her hometown of Smithton, Pa.
