Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania) is an actress, arguably best known for her starring role as Shirley Partridge in the television series The Partridge Family. An only child, she was named after Shirley Temple.
Before starring in The Partridge Family, Shirley was already a famous singer and actress. She starred in several movies such as Oklahoma!, Carousel, The Music Man, and won an Academy Award as a prostitute corrupted by Burt Lancaster, who then takes revenge upon him in Elmer Gantry.
She married actor Jack Cassidy on August 5, 1956, with whom she had 3 sons, Shaun, Patrick and Ryan; David Cassidy became her stepson. Shirley and David both starred in The Partridge Family. Divorcing Cassidy, she married one-time comic Marty Ingels on November 13, 1977. Despite several separations (she filed then withdrew a divorce petition in 2002), they remain married.
She is a registered Republican who appeared at the 1988 Republican Convention and sang the National Anthem.
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