Shirley Jones



Shirley Mae Jones (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.

Quotes

 * The lovely thing about being a grandparent is you can just love them to pieces, spoil them–and then give 'em back! You don't have that extra responsibility. You just have fun, FUN. It's inspiring for me to watch how they grow, and who they become through the nurturing of both their mother and their father.
 * Shirley speak on being a grandmother in 2008.
 * But I could sing. It was given to me; it was a gift. And I thought everybody could sing.
 * Shirley speak about being a singer in 2013.
 * And I thought, I want to tell people who I am, the life that I had as a child, being married all my life. I mean, you know, I never had affairs with a lot of men; that was not my case. But I was very devoted to the two husbands I've had.
 * Shirley speak on marriage in 2013.
 * It truly was incredible. It was so great for me. I did three shows while under contract with them. By the time I got into movies the studio system was over so in a way it was the best thing that ever happened to me. Because then I went on to do everything, from television to films and everything else.
 * Shirley share experience on shows in 2013.
 * To tell you the truth, I was never attracted to handsome men because they were so attracted to themselves!
 * Shirley express her thought about handsome men in 2014.
 * I tell the story of my life, how I got into show business, my two husbands and, of course, we show a lot of photographs.
 * Shirley tell her story in 2016.
 * I read. But to be very honest, I don't have time for hobbies. I've been working like crazy. I just came back from a signing. You take everything you have, records...pictures... movies... CD's and you have a booth where you sign them for the public.
 * Shirley speak about hobbies in 2018.
 * Yet I'm now seeing Patrick as an adult and an actor onstage. He's a damn good actor. It's wonderful to see how he works.
 * Shirley talk about her step son in 2019.

Quotes about

 * Shirley truly cares about her grandchildren, children, trees, the UPS man and me — in that order.
 * Shirley's husband, Marty Ingels talk about the actress.