Shirley Mae Jones is an American singer and actress of stage, film and television. In her six decades of show business, she has 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 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 (1970–74), which co-starred her real-life stepson David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Haunting of... (2012)
Guest starring as Shirley Jones
- Episode 1x27: Shirley Jones (Jan 25, 2014)
Raising Hope (2010)
Guest starring as Christine Chance
(3 episodes)
- Episode 4x12: Hot Dish (Jan 17, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 3x21: Burt-Mitzvah: The Musical (Mar 28, 2013) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x07: Burt's Parents (Nov 15, 2011) [Special Guest Star]
RuPaul's Drag U (2010)
Guest starring as Judge
- Episode 2x08: A Family That Drags Together (Aug 15, 2011)
Childrens Hospital (2010)
Guest starring as Grandma Shirley
- Episode 7x11: Grandparents Day (Apr 1, 2016)
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
Guest starring as Shirley Jones
- Episode 2x05: Shirley Jones, Lindsay Wagner, Mykelti Williamson, Matthew Settle (Aug 14, 2010)
Cougar Town (2009)
Guest starring as Anne
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x14: Don't Fade on Me (Apr 9, 2013)
- Episode 4x12: This Old Town (Mar 26, 2013)
Ruby & The Rockits (2009)
Guest starring as Shirley Gallagher
- Episode 1x09: 50 Ways to Heave Your Mother (Sep 15, 2009)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Felicity Bradshaw
- Episode 5x07: Choice (Nov 4, 2003)
That '70s Show (1998)
Guest starring as Shirley Jones
- Episode 3x02: Red Sees Red (Oct 10, 2000) [Special Guest Star]
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
Guest starring as Lydia
- Episode 4x04: Little Orphan Hilda (Oct 15, 1999) [Special Guest Star]
The Drew Carey Show (1995)
Guest starring as Celia
(3 episodes)
- Episode 4x15: A House Reunited (Jan 13, 1999)
- Episode 4x13: Drew's Holiday Punch (Dec 16, 1998)
- Episode 4x12: Drew Dates a Senior (Dec 9, 1998)
Melrose Place (1992)
Guest starring as Teresa Lewis
- Episode 7x09: Where the Hookers Grow (Sep 21, 1998) [Special Guest Star]
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Guest starring as Ann Owens Arden
- Episode 6x20: Shear Madness (Apr 29, 1990)
Guest starring as Kathleen Lane
- Episode 4x22: The Body Politic (May 8, 1988)
Hotel (1982)
Guest starring as Claire Langley
- Episode 1x01: Hotel (Pilot) (Aug 21, 1982)
Guest starring as Joan Gilbert
- Episode 4x12: Discoveries (Jan 14, 1987)
Shirley (1979)
Starring as Shirley Miller
(13 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: The Three Dates of Shirley Miller (Jan 18, 1980)
- Episode 1x12: Fenced In (Jan 11, 1980)
- Episode 1x11: On the Skids (Jan 4, 1980)
- Episode 1x10: Visions of Christmas Past (Dec 28, 1979)
- Episode 1x09: Separate Agendas (Dec 21, 1979)
- Episode 1x08: Twenty Years to Life (Dec 14, 1979)
- Episode 1x07: A Play on Words (Dec 7, 1979)
- Episode 1x06: The One That Got Away (Nov 30, 1979)
- Episode 1x05: Things Your Mother Forgot to Tell You (Nov 23, 1979)
- Episode 1x04: Teddy Roosevelt Slept Here (Nov 16, 1979)
- Episode 1x03: Son of a Gun (Nov 9, 1979)
- Episode 1x02: Hard Hat (Nov 2, 1979)
- Episode 1x01: Is This What Dad Really Wanted? (Oct 26, 1979)
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Priscilla Moore
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x19: Isaac's Aegean Affair / The Captain and the Kid / Poor Rich Man / The Dean and the Flunkee (2) (Feb 5, 1983)
- Episode 6x18: Isaac's Aegean Affair / The Captain and the Kid / Poor Rich Man / The Dean and the Flunkee (1) (Feb 5, 1983)
The Partridge Family (1970)
Starring as Shirley Partridge
(96 episodes)
- Episode 4x22: . . . - - -. . . (S.O.S) (Mar 23, 1974)
- Episode 4x21: Pin It on Danny (Mar 16, 1974)
- Episode 4x20: Morning Becomes Electric (Mar 9, 1974)
- Episode 4x19: Keith and Lauriebelle (Mar 2, 1974)
- Episode 4x18: Miss Partridge, Teacher (Feb 23, 1974)
- Episode 4x17: Danny Converts (Feb 9, 1974)
- Episode 4x16: Queen for a Minute (Feb 2, 1974)
- Episode 4x15: Danny Drops Out (Jan 26, 1974)
- Episode 4x14: Two for the Show (Jan 19, 1974)
- Episode 4x13: Art for Mom's Sake (Jan 12, 1974)
- Episode 4x12: Maid in San Pueblo (Dec 8, 1973)
- Episode 4x11: Al in the Family (Nov 24, 1973)
- Episode 4x10: A Day of Honesty (Nov 17, 1973)
- Episode 4x09: Heartbreak Keith (Nov 10, 1973)
- Episode 4x08: The Diplomat (Nov 3, 1973)
- Episode 4x07: The Last Howard (Oct 27, 1973)
- Episode 4x06: Double Trouble (Oct 20, 1973)
- Episode 4x05: Reuben Kincaid Lives (Oct 13, 1973)
- Episode 4x04: The Strike-Out King (Oct 6, 1973)
- Episode 4x03: Beethoven, Brahms, and Partridge (Sep 29, 1973)
- Episode 4x02: None But the Onely (Sep 22, 1973)
- Episode 4x01: Hate Thy Neighbor (Sep 15, 1973)
- Episode 3x25: Me and My Shadow (Mar 30, 1973)
- Episode 3x24: Diary of a Mad Millionaire (Mar 23, 1973)
- Episode 3x23: The Selling of the Partridges (Mar 16, 1973)
- Episode 3x22: The Partridge Connection (Mar 9, 1973)
- Episode 3x21: Forgive Us Our Debts (Mar 2, 1973)
- Episode 3x20: Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex... But Couldn't Pronounce (Feb 23, 1973)
- Episode 3x19: Bedknobs and Drumsticks (Feb 9, 1973)
- Episode 3x18: The Eleven-Year Itch (Feb 2, 1973)
- Episode 3x17: I Left My Heart in Cincinnati (Jan 26, 1973)
- Episode 3x16: Trial of Partridge One (Jan 19, 1973)
- Episode 3x15: For Whom the Bell Tolls...and Tolls...and Tolls (Jan 12, 1973)
- Episode 3x14: Aspirin at 7, Dinner at 8 (Jan 5, 1973)
- Episode 3x13: For Sale by Owner (Dec 29, 1972)
- Episode 3x12: Nag, Nag, Nag (Dec 8, 1972)
- Episode 3x11: Whatever Happened to Keith Partridge? (Nov 24, 1972)
- Episode 3x10: Ain't Love Grand (Nov 17, 1972)
- Episode 3x09: Swiss Family Partridge (Nov 10, 1972)
- Episode 3x08: A Likely Candidate (Nov 3, 1972)
- Episode 3x07: The Mod Father (Oct 27, 1972)
- Episode 3x06: You're Only Young Twice (Oct 20, 1972)
- Episode 3x05: A Penny for His Thoughts (Oct 13, 1972)
- Episode 3x04: Each Dawn I Diet (Oct 6, 1972)
- Episode 3x03: Princess and the Partridge (Sep 29, 1972)
- Episode 3x02: M is for the Many Things (Sep 22, 1972)
- Episode 3x01: This Male Chauvinist Piggy Went to Market (Sep 15, 1972)
- Episode 2x24: Who is Max Ledbetter and Why is He Saying All Those Horrible Things? (Mar 17, 1972)
- Episode 2x23: All's War in Love and Fairs (Mar 10, 1972)
- Episode 2x22: The Partridge Papers (Mar 3, 1972)
- Episode 2x21: Promise Her Anything, But Give Her a Punch (Feb 18, 1972)
- Episode 2x20: Hel-l-l-p (Feb 11, 1972)
- Episode 2x19: My Heart Belongs to a Two-Car Garage (Feb 4, 1972)
- Episode 2x18: I Am Curious Partridge (Jan 28, 1972)
- Episode 2x17: Waiting for Bolero (Jan 21, 1972)
- Episode 2x16: Fellini, Bergman, and Partridge (Jan 14, 1972)
- Episode 2x15: Home is Where the Heart Was (Jan 7, 1972)
- Episode 2x14: Where Do Mermaids Go? (Dec 31, 1971)
- Episode 2x13: Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa (Dec 17, 1971)
- Episode 2x12: Guess Who's Coming to Drive? (Dec 10, 1971)
- Episode 2x11: I Can Get It for You Retail (Nov 26, 1971)
- Episode 2x10: The Forty-Year Itch (Nov 19, 1971)
- Episode 2x09: Tale of Two Hamsters (Nov 12, 1971)
- Episode 2x08: Days of Acne and Roses (Nov 5, 1971)
- Episode 2x07: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Partridge (Oct 29, 1971)
- Episode 2x06: Whatever Happened to Moby Dick? (Oct 22, 1971)
- Episode 2x05: Anatomy of a Tonsil (Oct 15, 1971)
- Episode 2x04: The Undergraduate (Oct 8, 1971)
- Episode 2x03: A Man Called Snake (Oct 1, 1971)
- Episode 2x02: In 25 Words or Less (Sep 24, 1971)
- Episode 2x01: Dora, Dora, Dora (Sep 17, 1971)
- Episode 1x25: A Knight in Shining Armor (Mar 19, 1971)
- Episode 1x24: A Partridge by Any Other Name (Mar 12, 1971)
- Episode 1x23: Not with My Sister, You Don't (Mar 5, 1971)
- Episode 1x22: Road Song (Feb 26, 1971)
- Episode 1x21: Partridge Up a Pair Tree (Feb 19, 1971)
- Episode 1x20: They Shoot Managers, Don't They? (Feb 12, 1971)
- Episode 1x19: To Play or Not to Play? (Feb 5, 1971)
- Episode 1x18: Soul Club (Jan 29, 1971)
- Episode 1x17: Why Did the Music Stop? (Jan 22, 1971)
- Episode 1x16: Old Scrapmouth (Jan 15, 1971)
- Episode 1x15: Mom Drops Out (Jan 8, 1971)
- Episode 1x14: The Red Woodloe Story (Jan 1, 1971)
- Episode 1x13: Star Quality (Dec 18, 1970)
- Episode 1x12: My Son, the Feminist (Dec 11, 1970)
- Episode 1x11: This is My Song (Dec 4, 1970)
- Episode 1x10: Go Directly to Jail (Nov 27, 1970)
- Episode 1x09: Did You Hear the One About Danny Partridge? (Nov 20, 1970)
- Episode 1x08: But the Memory Lingers On (Nov 13, 1970)
- Episode 1x07: Danny and the Mob (Nov 6, 1970)
- Episode 1x06: Love at First Slight (Oct 30, 1970)
- Episode 1x05: When Mother Gets Married (Oct 23, 1970)
- Episode 1x04: See Here, Private Partridge (Oct 16, 1970)
- Episode 1x03: Whatever Happened to the Old Songs? (Oct 9, 1970)
- Episode 1x02: The Sound of Money (Oct 2, 1970)
- Episode 1x01: What? And Get Out of Show Business? (Sep 25, 1970)
The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Guest starring as Panelist
(7 episodes)
- Episode 11x83: June 27-July 1, 1977 (Jun 27, 1977)
- Episode 11x78: June 6-10, 1977 (DT) (Jun 6, 1977)
- Episode 10x68: April 26-30, 1976 (Apr 26, 1976)
- Episode 9x52: March 3-7, 1975 (Mar 3, 1975)
- Episode 5x34: April 26-30, 1971 (Apr 26, 1971)
- Episode 4x17: December 22-26, 1969 (Dec 22, 1969)
- Episode 2x43: April 1-5, 1968 (Apr 1, 1968)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Guest starring as Shirley Jones
- Episode 1968-02-13: Feb 13, 1968 (Feb 13, 1968)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Guest starring as Shirley Jones
- Episode 25x08: Mickey's 50 (Nov 19, 1978)
The George Gobel Show (1954)
Guest starring as Shirley Jones
- Episode 5x10: Feb 10, 1959 (Feb 10, 1959)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Shirley Jones
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1988-04-11: The 60th Annual Academy Awards (Apr 11, 1988)
- Episode 1979-04-09: The 51st Annual Academy Awards (Apr 9, 1979)
- Episode 1971-04-15: The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (Apr 15, 1971)
- Episode 1968-04-10: The 40th Annual Academy Awards (Apr 10, 1968)
- Episode 1964-04-13: The 36th Annual Academy Awards (Apr 13, 1964)
- Episode 1962-04-09: The 34th Annual Academy Awards (Apr 9, 1962)
- Episode 1961-04-17: The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (Apr 17, 1961)
- Episode 1958-03-26: The 30th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 26, 1958)
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1948)
Guest starring as Shirley Jones
- Episode 1986-11-27: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 1986 (Nov 27, 1986)