Sri Chinmoy
Indian writer and spiritual teacher (1931-2007)
Shirley Jones is an acclaimed American actress and singer who has starred in numerous musical films and television series. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Elmer Gantry, and is best known for playing the lead role of Shirley Partridge in the popular TV show The Partridge Family.
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About the Shirley Jones
Shirley Mae Jonesis 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.
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Shirley Jones was born on March 31, 1934.
Shirley Jones often portrayed wholesome, musical characters in films such as Oklahoma!, Carousel, and The Music Man.
Shirley Jones won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a vengeful prostitute in the film Elmer Gantry.
Shirley Jones played the lead role of Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy television series The Partridge Family.
Shirley Jones’ real-life stepson, David Cassidy, the son of Jack Cassidy, co-starred with her in The Partridge Family.
Shirley Jones has had a career in show business spanning over six decades.
8 Quotes by Shirley Jones
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I’m a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That’s my kind of music.
Shirley JonesAmerican singer and actress
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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.
Shirley JonesAmerican singer and actress
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The musicals had a good, happy feeling, saying that the world is a better place. They say it’s not reality, but who cares? There’s too much reality these days.
Shirley JonesAmerican singer and actress
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We assume that celebrities have it easy and so love to watch them having to endure a bit of hardship.
Shirley JonesAmerican singer and actress
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise.
Shirley JonesAmerican singer and actress
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I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody knew my name.
Shirley JonesAmerican singer and actress
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It’s great to see that celebrities can be just like us – that they too have their highs and lows, that they don’t always wake up looking their best, that they have bad habits and annoying traits.
Shirley JonesAmerican singer and actress
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I feel very fortunate to have been associated with people such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. I think they were geniuses of their time.
Shirley JonesAmerican singer and actress