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Shirley Jones is an American singer and actress who had a successful career in entertainment. While specific details about her career accomplishments would require additional context, she represents an important figure in American entertainment history.
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- 1934-03-31
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Acting · Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA
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…
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- Frank and Ava — Self2020
- The Irresistible Blueberry Farm — Ruth2016
- Eco Teens Save The World — Mrs. Ryburn2015
- Looking for Mabel Normand — Narrator (voice)2015
- Waiting in the Wings: The Musical — Broadway Diva2014
- Over the Garden Wall — Beatrice's Mother / Additional Voices (voice)2014
- Over the Garden Wall — Beatrice's Mother (voice)2014
- Family Weekend — GG2013
- A Strange Brand of Happy — Mildred2013
- Zombie Night — Nana
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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). 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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