
Shirley Jones
Known for Acting · 135 credits
- Born
- 1934-03-31 (age 92)
- Place of birth
- Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Shirley Mae Jones
Biography
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (55)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Felicity Bradshaw

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Kathleen Lane / Ann Owens Arden

The Love Boat
1977
as Priscilla / Priscilla Moore

Melrose Place
1992

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter

The Drew Carey Show
1995
as Celia

That '70s Show
1998
as Shirley Jones

Great Performances
1971
as Self

Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Sophie

What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Lydia

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Hotel
1982
as Claire Langley

The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest / Various Characters

Childrens Hospital
2008
as Grandma Shirley

Good Luck Charlie
2010
as Linda Duncan

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Victorious
2010
as Mona Patterson

Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self

The Name of the Game
1968
as Jackie Harding

Raising Hope
2010
as Burt's Mom / Christine

Cougar Town
2009
as Anne

Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self

The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self

Dinah!
1974
as Self

People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter

The Partridge Family
1970
as Shirley Renfrew Partridge

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self

McMillan & Wife
1971
as Ellyn Mandrake

Burke's Law
1994
as Barbara Manchester / Barbara Mansfield
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Self / Judith Traherne

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self

Over the Garden Wall
2014
as Beatrice's Mother / Additional Voices (voice) / Beatrice's Mother (voice)

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self

The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self / Self - Hostess

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Aunt Polly Harrington / Self
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self

The Cleaner
2008

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest

Deadly Games
1995
as Shirley Ashborne/Evil Shirley

The Pet Set
1971
as Self

DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Gretchen Van Damm

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1948
as Self

Women of the House
1995
as Self

The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
as Peggy Ruby

This Is Tom Jones
1969
as Self
The Jim Nabors Hour
1969
Shirley
1979
as Shirley Miller

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Ruby & The Rockits
2009
as Shirley Gallagher
Monarch Cove
2006
as Grace Foster
Movies (80)

Grandma's Boy
2006
as Grace

Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
2000
as Nurse Kervorkian

Oklahoma!
1955
as Laurey Williams

Carousel
1956
as Julie Jordan

Tank
1984
as LaDonna

The Music Man
1962
as Marian Paroo

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
as Nurse Gina Rowe

Family Weekend
2013
as GG

Elmer Gantry
1960
as Lulu Bains

The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
as Jenny

Gideon
1998
as Elly Morton

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self

Two Rode Together
1961
as Marty Purcell

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
as Self

Never Steal Anything Small
1959
as Linda Cabot

Ping!
2001
as Ethel Jeffries

The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963
as Elizabeth Marten

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self - Hostess

The Happy Ending
1969
as Flo Harrigan

Pepe
1960
as Suzie Murphy

Mickey's 50
1978
as Self

Christmas Is Here Again
2007
as Victoria Claus (voice)

Bedtime Story
1964
as Janet Walker

Manna from Heaven
2002
as Bunny

Zombie Night
2013
as Nana

The Irresistible Blueberry Farm
2016
as Ruth

El golfo
1969
as María O'Hara

Evening in Byzantium
1978
as Constance Dobson

The Children of An Lac
1980
as Betty Tisdale

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Host

The Secret of My Success
1965
as Marigold Marado
It's Ho-Ho Hope's Jolly Christmas Hour
1984
as Self

A Ticklish Affair
1963
as Amy Martin

Bobbikins
1959
as Betty Barnaby

Hidden Places
2006
as Aunt Batty

Fluffy
1965
as Janice Claridge

Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
2014
as Broadway Diva

Inmates: A Love Story
1981
as E.F. Crown

Raising Genius
2004
as Aunt Sis

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
as Host

But I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970
as Evelyn Harris

The Girls of Huntington House
1973
as Anne Baldwin

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
as Host

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
as Self - Host

Visions of Christmas Past
1979
as Shirley Miller

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
as Self

The Adventures of Pollyanna
1982
as Aunt Polly Harrington

Frank and Ava
2020
as Self

The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975
as Jenny Dolan

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
as Self - Host

Cops n Roberts
1995
as Herself

Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969
as Katherine Johnson

Winner Take All
1975
as Eleanor Anderson

The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park
2003
as Charlotte

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
as Self - Host

Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
1993
as Self

There Were Times, Dear
1987
as Susanne Millard

Dark Purpose
1964
as Karen Williams

Who'll Save Our Children?
1978
as Sarah Laver

April Love
1957
as Liz Templeton

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008
as Host
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
1991
as Self

Miracle at Gate 213
2013
as Rita Goodrich

The Family Nobody Wanted
1975
as Helen Doss

The Adventures of Cinderella's Daughter
2000
as Fairy Godmother
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
1977

Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form
2007
as Self

Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000
as Self

Elvis & Pat Boone Rockin' Rivals
2008
as Self

The Real Love
2012

Dog's Best Friend
1997
as Ethel

A Last Cry for Help
1979
as Joan Muir
Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies
1996
as Host

Eco Teens Save The World
2015
as Mrs. Ryburn

Yesterday's Child
1977
as Laura Talbot

The Big Slide
1956
as May Marley

A Strange Brand of Happy
2013
as Mildred

Looking for Mabel Normand
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Betsy
1984
About Shirley Jones
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),… With 135 credits spanning from 1944 to 2020, Shirley Jones has appeared in 80 films and 55 TV shows.
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Most Popular Shirley Jones Movies
- Grandma's Boy (2006) — as Grace
- Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000) — as Nurse Kervorkian
- Oklahoma! (1955) — as Laurey Williams
- Carousel (1956) — as Julie Jordan
- Tank (1984) — as LaDonna
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