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 wellknown 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 situationcomedy television series The Partridge Family 19701974 costarring her reallife stepson David Cassidy son of Jack Cassidy Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley Jones licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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