Shirley Jones

Actor Mar 31 (age 92) Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA 1944–2020 (76 year career)

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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 tel…

Known For

Film

Grandma's Boy

Grace

Film

Elmer Gantry

Lulu Bains

Film

The Music Man

Marian Paroo

Film

Oklahoma!

Laurey Williams

Film

Family Weekend

Film

Two Rode Together

Marty Purcell

Film

Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth

Nurse Kervorkian

Film

The Cheyenne Social Club

Jenny

Filmography

Acting (135)

Movies (80)

Frank and Ava

2020

as Self

4.9

The Irresistible Blueberry Farm

2016

as Ruth

6.0

Eco Teens Save The World

2015

as Mrs. Ryburn

4.0

Looking for Mabel Normand

2015

as Narrator (voice)

Waiting in the Wings: The Musical

as Broadway Diva

Family Weekend

as GG

Zombie Night

as Nana

Miracle at Gate 213

as Rita Goodrich

A Strange Brand of Happy

2013

as Mildred

3.5

The Real Love

2012

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

2009

as Host

8.0

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

2009

as Self - Host

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

2009

as Self - Host

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

2009

as Host

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

2009

as Self - Host

6.0

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

2009

as Host

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical

2008

as Host

Elvis & Pat Boone Rockin' Rivals

2008

as Self

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

2008

as Self - Hostess

8.0

Christmas Is Here Again

2007

as Victoria Claus (voice)

4.0

Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form

2007

as Self

Grandma's Boy

as Grace

Hidden Places

as Aunt Batty

Raising Genius

as Aunt Sis

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

2004

as Self

8.0

The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park

2003

as Charlotte

4.5

Manna from Heaven

2002

as Bunny

Ping!

2001

as Ethel Jeffries

5.6

Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth

2000

as Nurse Kervorkian

4.7

Frank Sinatra Memorial

2000

as Self

The Adventures of Cinderella's Daughter

2000

as Fairy Godmother

Gideon

as Elly Morton

Dog's Best Friend

as Ethel

Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies

1996

as Host

Cops n Roberts

1995

as Herself

Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul

1993

as Self

6.5

Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II

1991

as Self

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7

There Were Times, Dear

1987

as Susanne Millard

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Tank

1984

as LaDonna

5.7

It's Ho-Ho Hope's Jolly Christmas Hour

1984

as Self

Betsy

1984

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

1983

as Self

6.0

The Adventures of Pollyanna

1982

as Aunt Polly Harrington

Inmates: A Love Story

1981

as E.F. Crown

The Children of An Lac

1980

as Betty Tisdale

6.0

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

as Nurse Gina Rowe

A Last Cry for Help

as Joan Muir

Visions of Christmas Past

1979

as Shirley Miller

Evening in Byzantium

1978

as Constance Dobson

Mickey's 50

1978

as Self

Who'll Save Our Children?

as Sarah Laver

Yesterday's Child

as Laura Talbot

A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons

1977

Winner Take All

1975

as Eleanor Anderson

7.0

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

1975

as Jenny Dolan

The Family Nobody Wanted

1975

as Helen Doss

5.8

The Girls of Huntington House

1973

as Anne Baldwin

6.0

The Cheyenne Social Club

1970

as Jenny

6.3

But I Don't Want to Get Married!

1970

as Evelyn Harris

The Happy Ending

as Flo Harrigan

El golfo

as María O'Hara

Silent Night, Lonely Night

1969

as Katherine Johnson

7.0

The Secret of My Success

as Marigold Marado

Fluffy

as Janice Claridge

Dark Purpose

as Karen Williams

Bedtime Story

as Janet Walker

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Elizabeth Marten

A Ticklish Affair

as Amy Martin

The Music Man

as Marian Paroo

Two Rode Together

as Marty Purcell

Pepe

as Suzie Murphy

Elmer Gantry

as Lulu Bains

Never Steal Anything Small

as Linda Cabot

Bobbikins

as Betty Barnaby

April Love

as Liz Templeton

Carousel

as Julie Jordan

The Big Slide

as May Marley

Oklahoma!

1955

as Laurey Williams

6.6

Television (55)

Over the Garden Wall

2014

as Beatrice's Mother / Additional Voices (voice)

Victorious

as Mona Patterson

Raising Hope

as Christine

Hot in Cleveland

as Sophie

Good Luck Charlie

as Linda Duncan

Cougar Town

as Anne

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

Ruby & The Rockits

as Shirley Gallagher

Childrens Hospital

as Grandma Shirley

The Cleaner

Monarch Cove

as Grace Foster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Felicity Bradshaw

That '70s Show

as Shirley Jones

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996

as Lydia

7.8

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

as Self - Guest

3.9

E! True Hollywood Story

The Drew Carey Show

as Celia

Women of the House

as Self

Deadly Games

as Shirley Ashborne/Evil Shirley

8.3

Burke's Law

1994

as Barbara Manchester

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Melrose Place

Murder, She Wrote

as Kathleen Lane

Hotel

Shirley

as Shirley Miller

The Love Boat

as Priscilla

People's Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

Dinah!

as Self

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self

Great Performances

as Self

McMillan & Wife

as Ellyn Mandrake

The Pet Set

as Self

The Partridge Family

as Shirley Renfrew Partridge

6.8

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

as Self

This Is Tom Jones

as Self

The Jim Nabors Hour

The Name of the Game

as Jackie Harding

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

7.7

The Danny Thomas Hour

as Peggy Ruby

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959

as Self

7.3

DuPont Show of the Month

1957

as Gretchen Van Damm

6.8

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

as Self

6.0

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Self

7.8

The George Gobel Show

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Lux Video Theatre

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter