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Shirley Mae Jones Wiki Biography

Shirley Mae Jones was born on 31 March 1934, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania USA, to parents Marjorie and Paul Jones. She is a singer and actress, probably still best known for her roles in the musical films “Oklahoma!”, “Carousel” and “The Music Man’, and the musical comedy TV series “The Partridge Family”.

So just how wealthy is Shirley Jones? Sources state that Jones has acquired a net worth of over $25 million, as of mid-2016. She has earned her fortune during her long career in the entertainment industry.

Jones grew up in Smithton, Pennsylvania and became a member of the Methodist Church choir when she was six years old, while also taking voice lessons. She attended South Huntingdon High School in Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania where she was involved in various school plays. She later studied drama at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, and performed with the Civic Light Opera Company. In 1952 she won the Miss Pittsburgh contest and her path to show business started.

While visiting New York with her parents in 1953, Jones went to an audition for an open casting call of songwriters Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, who offered her a minor role in their Broadway production of “Me and Juliet”. Being impressed by the young singer, they later chose her to play the lead on tour. A year later, they cast her to star in their film version of the musical “Oklahoma!”, released in 1955. The film became a massive success at the box office and Jones won rave reviews for her performance of farm girl Laurey. Her net worth started to rise.

In 1956 she was cast in a feature adaptation of “Carousel”, and the following year in “April Love”. In 1960 she appeared as a jilted girlfriend turned prostitute in the dramatic movie “Elmer Gantry”, which earned her high praise including an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Jones went on to appear in several films of the 60s, such as the musical “The Music Man”, and the comedies “The Courtship Of Eddie’s Father” and “Fluffy”. All contributed to her wealth.

In 1970 she was cast in the ABC’s musical sitcom “The Partridge Family”, along with her real-life stepson David Cassidy. Jones played Shirley Partridge, the recently widowed mother of a singing family, and Cassidy was one of her five children. The series became an instant hit, subsequently adding a considerable sum to Jones’ net worth. It made pop culture icons of its actors and actresses, who eventually recorded a few albums, including songs like “Doesn’t Somebody Want to Be Wanted” and “I Think I Love You”, which earned them a NARM award for the best-selling single of the year in 1970. They also earned a Grammy nomination for the Best New Artist. After four seasons of “The Partridge Family”, the series’ popularity went down, and it was canceled in 1974.

In 1979 Jones starred in the NBC television series “Shirley” which, just like “The Partridge Family”, portrayed a musical family led by a widowed mother. The series, however, didn’t find a wide audience and was soon canceled. The same happened with her 1979 film “Beyond the Poseidon Adventure”, but she then got a recurring role in “The Drew Carey Show”, and in 1985 took the lead role in the TV movie “There Were Times, Dear” as a devoted wife of a dying man. Her performance won over audiences, and earned her an Emmy nomination. The following year she earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 2004 Jones came back to Broadway with the revival of “42nd Street”, and revisited the musical “Carousel” the following year. 2006 saw her in a television film – “Hidden Places” – which earned her another Emmy nomination as well as a Screen Actors Guide nomination. She took part in Adam Sandler’s 2006 movie “Grandma’s Boy” and appeared as a guest star in several series, such as “Ruby and the Rockits” and “General Hospital”. Her recent movies include “Family Weekend”, “Zombie Night” and “On the Wind” which intensified her fortune. In 2008 her collection of songs was released, containing both old and new recordings.

In addition to music and acting, Jones also wrote a book in 1990 along with her late husband Marty Ingles. The book portrays their life together, and is called “Shirley and Marty: An Unlikely Romance”.

In her private life, Jones married Jack Cassidy in 1956. She became a step-mother to his son and she also has three sons with Cassidy. The couple divorced in 1974 and two years later Cassidy died. In 1977 she married comedian Marty Ingels who died in 2015. Jones has been a PETA supporter and is involved in several charities.

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Shirley Mae Jones Quick Info

Shirley Mae Jones Trademarks

1. Platinum blonde hair
2. Sparkling blue eyes
3. Voluptous figure.
4. Strong, sultry voice.
5. Several of her roles contained musicals.
6. Gorgeous singing voice.

Shirley Mae Jones Quotes

• [on the death of her second husband Marty Ingels]: He often drove me crazy, but there’s not a day I won’t miss him and love him to my core.
• [Who was concerned about David Cassidy’s alcoholic behavior/legal battles]: We are just scared to death that we are going to wake up one morning and find out that he is dead on the floor.
• [Discussing about David Cassidy’s lack of contact with her real-life family]: David has not had a relationship with anyone in the family for years. We are sick over it.
• [on the death of James Garner]: I see this gorgeous man and I said, ‘Oh, my!’ He was very sweet. We went to this little restaurant and I told him, ‘You’re gonna be a giant star.’ He said, ‘How? I’m not sure I know how to act.’
• [Of James Garner]: Not only was he a great actor, but he didn’t hit on me. He didn’t have that reputation, like a lot of actors I worked with. He was very married, a family man. And a real straight-on guy.
• The only thing that bugs Jack is if he’s not working. He can’t stand inactivity or hanging around the house doing nothing but waiting. He’s got to work, got to contribute. So long as he does that, everything is fine. No actor likes not to work. But Jack doesn’t have any complex about being called, ‘Mr. Shirley Jones’
• Jack was brought up in the European tradition of opening presents Christmas Eve, so he and I exchange our personal gift at that time.
• I’ve tried to bring all the things I loved about Christmas into my children’s Christmases. Fortunately, Jack and I feel the same way. We don’t have big family gatherings anymore. When we were first married and lived in a New York apartment, we used to collect all of the stragglers from out of town and I’d cook a big Christmas dinner for all of us.
• [Jack and Shirley on the holidays] We always have roast turkey. A big one! Jack likes to make the stuffing, usually the giblets. He’s an excellent cook. Then we have mashed potatoes with chopped onions, homemade gravy, tiny peas with new onions, hot biscuits-and mashed rutabaga, an addition because of Jack’s German heritage. I also make coleslaw, which he likes. For desert, hot mince meat or lemon meringue pie. Jack likes the mincemeat: the lemon is my favorite. And the boys take after me in this department.
• It wasn’t until I met Jack that I found someone who understood me and the problems and inequities of the business. He didn’t object to me working. He was anxious for my happiness and realized that my personal achievement was part of it. You can’t take a girl like me who’s been singing since she was a child, who has been in show business since she was a teenager, who has the business coursing in her blood-you can’t take a girl like that and use marriage as a substitute. Businessmen don’t understand that. But Jack, no matter what his success, wouldn’t ever make that demand.
• I’ve simply have a marvelous husband, Jack Cassidy. He is a singer and actor. he’s a sensible and mature man., seven years older than I am. We toured in Oklahoma! together, and for a while he was reluctant to marry a girl in show business- you know, two careers in the same family and all that. But love won out and we’ve been married since 1956. WE have two delightful boys-, Shuan who is four and Patrick who is one, and all we need now is a little girl.
• Right then and there, I began to re-evaluate my theory about good-looking men. Soon I discovered the sensitive understanding, the influence everything Jack said and did. And then I fell in love with his Irish humor- and with him. All this took less than a week!
• Jack wanted to come back to me right up to the day he died. And I wanted him. That’s the terrible part. Much as I love Marty and have a wonderful relationship – I’d say this with Marty sitting here, I’m not sure is Jack were alive I’d be married to Marty.
• (Shirley and Cassidy) loved performing together. A lot of married couple don’t, you know. Strangely enough, we were when we were performing together than on a day to day basis. When we were on stage we were the couple on the wedding cake. I know I would never have divorced him if he had not wanted it.
• I don’t think I would have brought the same understanding to either of these parts, though, if I had not been married and secure as a wife and mother. When I met Jack, I was very naive. As a man of the world, he led me gently.
• Jack was an incredible human being. Incredibly talented, number one! He had this charisma that, when he walked in the room, not only women fell all over him, but men did too. He attracted everybody. He had a great, great sense of humor, which of course was the first attraction for me. Obviously I’m attracted to men with a sense of humor! (Laughs) That’s the biggest thing. Not to mention he was as handsome as he was. For me, that was the least of it. The fact that he could make jokes about himself and that he didn’t take himself that seriously made him interesting and exciting.
• No, it had nothing to do with jealousy. It had to do with the fact that he thought David was selling out. He called him a monkey in a cage. He lost respect for what David was doing. David started on Broadway and Jack respected his talent. He wanted him to be an actor. He thought by doing what David was doing, that he would end up exactly as he ended up. He had to start all over again.
• At this time in my life, it is fun to play the opposite of me. I just played an alcoholic nightclub singer on The Cleaner (2008). So, as much as I enjoyed The Partridge Family (1970), these days I want to go totally against type. That is what acting is all about – on playing a guest character on Ruby & the Rockits (2009) that is not “Shirley Partridge”, in 2009.
• (In 1970): At first, my folks felt that Jack was just an infatuation, but when they realized I’d really made up my mind, they didn’t stand in my way.
• (In 1971): David read for the part of the boy in The Partridge Family (1970), and when they found out that he was a relative of mine, they asked about my reaction. A lot of times they’re very wary of relatives. I told them, ‘I love David, but you must pick who’s best for the show.’ As it turned out, of course, he was the best of the lot.
• (Of David Cassidy): He has his own agent and didn’t even know I was set for the lead. Nor did the producer realize he was Jack’s son until after he read so well that he wanted to test David for the part. Then, he told me he was considering David for the role of my son. He asked me how I felt about it. I said, ‘Great! I am crazy about him. He’s very talented.’ Then, he went back to David and told him, ‘Your stepmother is going to play the lead.’ How do you feel about that? And he replied, ‘I think it’s great!
• (Who let her ex-husband Jack Cassidy be the head of the family): Of course, I’ve always been independent because of my profession. But I like knowing that Jack is there to make decisions.
• I was able to teach Shaun that stardom was really a business of fantasy – a business for children – and the wonderful part, when one realizes the realities of it, is that it is fine to be another character for 12 hours, and then go home and face reality.
• (On starring in The Partridge Family (1970)): It’s tough to do. Not only 5 kids and five singing kids, but we do a new song every week – completely arranged and choreographed. Put that into a four-day schedule and try and do it.
• (Who talked about preparing for a family transportation to drive on the set of The Partridge Family (1970)): It’s me and the five children.
• (On her popularity of playing the thirty-five-something “Shirley Partridge” on The Partridge Family (1970)): I love the work, it’s almost like playing myself. Shirley Partridge could just as easily be Shirley Cassidy. It’s like going into my own home everyday. The thing I don’t like is getting up at 5:30 everyday and getting home at 7.
• We love kid food, hamburgers, hot dogs and french fries.
• (Who’s been a singer all her life): But I never sang pop songs with bands or made records; I was a show singer. I made albums – ‘Oklahoma!,’ ‘Carousel,’ ‘Music Men.’ But I never sang the songs apart from the shows.
• I have been coming every Friday night to watch the taping. I have never done that in my life. It is so exciting for me because the whole family is involved. – when she watched Ruby & the Rockits (2009), a short-lived sitcom that co-starred her stepson, David Cassidy and son, Patrick Cassidy.
• He came to respect me, he loved me, and vice-versa. We had our moments, because David had some disciplinary problems. He would show up late for work on Mondays, and keep the whole crew waiting, you know, for hours, and not to my liking or anybody else’s. So, that had to be addressed and it was, until we got to know each other. – on her on- and off-screen chemistry with David Cassidy who played Keith Partridge.
• I was very worried about David, because as I said, he’d showed up on a Monday with no sleep, becoming terrified with the fans, becoming terrified with the press, wanting to hide his trailer, every minute. – on the cancellation of The Partridge Family (1970).
• He was a very, very strong force in my life. As a matter of fact, I never fell out of love with a man – on the death of Jack Cassidy.
• My policy is just one step at a time.
• “Some people pooh-pooh the Oscar. My career had been over because they weren’t making musicals anymore. At the time, it was thought that if you were a singer you couldn’t act.” (on how winning an Oscar changed her life.)
• It’s astonishing to see how many of these Hollywood big-wigs are trying to undermine President Bush.
• “You don’t throw away 27 years. You just don’t” – on why she withdrew her divorce petition against Marty Ingels.
• “Jack had a breakdown. A real mental breakdown. He was manic depressive. But he was the one that wanted the divorce. He thought it was better for me and the kids. I never did. I would have hung in there. I felt in many ways he was acting strangely and doing strange things and he felt perhaps it was better for all of us” – on the end of her marriage to Jack Cassidy.
• “The show killed my movie career” – on The Partridge Family (1970).
• After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise.

Shirley Mae Jones Important Facts

• All though Oklahoma was her very first film, Shirley still regards legendary Austrian filmmaker Fred Zinnemann as the greatest director she ever had worked with.
• Married Jack Cassidy at the Protestant Church of New Jerusalem in Cambridge, MA, at 2:00 pm on August 6, 1956. Four hours later they performed the evening show of John Gay’s “The Beggar’s Opera” at the Sanders Theatre on the Harvard campus.
• Became pregnant by her husband Jack Cassidy soon after they married, but her agent persuaded her to have an abortion as her career had just taken off. Jones calls the termination the “biggest regret of my life”.
• Was just four years older than Susan Luckey, who played her daughter in Carousel (1956).
• Knew David Cassidy when he was only 6.
• When her The Partridge Family (1970) and Florence Henderson’s The Brady Bunch (1969) were ruling the prime time airwaves, the tabloids were hungry for any hint of a feud between the two stars. Howerver, since the two had been good friends since 1954, there was never any “feud” to be reported about.
• Her second husband, Marty Ingels, died on October 21, 2015. He lived to be 79.
• She was so heartbroken when she lost Suzanne Crough, on April 27, 2015. On- and off-camera, Jones had a very good relationship with her, while working on The Partridge Family (1970).
• Had screen-tested for the role of Kathy Selden in Singin’ in the Rain (1952), but lost to Debbie Reynolds.
• For her role on The Partridge Family (1970) she had to drive the family “bus”, which had a standard (“stick”)-shift transmission with the gearshift on the floor; she only knew how to drive a car with an automatic transmission, so she had to learn how to drive a stick-shift, which she never really got the hang of. That made for a nerve-wracking experience for cast members who had to be in the bus when she was driving.
• Despite not being a lead vocalist, Jones was involved in every song of The Partridge Family (1970).
• She recorded two or three shows at once, in a session, usually about 6 songs, every weekend and/or evenings for The Partridge Family (1970).
• Had admitted that she had a crush on Gordon MacRae and was starstruck when she worked opposite him on Oklahoma! (1955). She said that she was the one who convinced him to take the part of Billy Bigelow in Carousel (1956). Frank Sinatra, who had originally been cast, suddenly dropped out during the first days of filming because each scene had to be shot twice, once in CinemaScope 55 (a wider-than-usual, 55mm, six-track stereo system) and once in 35mm CinemaScope. Sinatra felt that he should have been paid twice because technically he was shooting two films. Three weeks after he left, the producers found a way to film the scene once on 55mm, then transfer it onto 35mm.
• The song, “I Think I Love You,” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart, making her the second person, after Frank Sinatra, and the first woman, to win an acting Oscar and also have a #1 hit on that chart.
• Member of the Alzheimer’s Foundation.
• Friends with: Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Doris Roberts, Della Reese, Marla Gibbs, Charlotte Rae, Florence Henderson, Marty Ingels, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Harry Morgan, Alan Alda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Dick Van Dyke, Larry Hagman, Wink Martindale, Dick Van Patten, Mary Tyler Moore, James Garner, Bill Bixby, Ernest Borgnine, Andy Griffith, Rance Howard, Danny Thomas, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Robert Conrad, Larry Manetti, Karl Malden, Pat Boone, Betsy Palmer, Abby Dalton, Ruta Lee, Julie Adams, Piper Laurie, Anne Jeffreys, Katherine Helmond, Richard Mulligan, Shelley Morrison, Elizabeth Montgomery, Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Eddie Albert, Robert Wagner, Tony Randall, Peter Marshall, Dave Madden, Angie Dickinson, Michele Lee, James Stewart, Paul Junger Witt, Bob Claver, Drew Carey, Gordon Jump, Joanne Woodward, Jean Simmons, Shirley Knight, Mickey Rooney, Beverly Garland, Doris Day, Patti Page and Gordon MacRae.
• Alongside Norman Lloyd, William Daniels, Dick Van Dyke, Ernest Borgnine, Mickey Rooney, Christopher Lee, Betty White, Angela Lansbury, Edward Asner, Marla Gibbs, Adam West, William Shatner, Larry Hagman, Florence Henderson and Alan Alda, Jones is one of the few actors in Hollywood who lived into their 80s and/or 90s without ever either retiring from acting or having stopped getting work.
• From 1961-2000 she resided in a mansion in Beverly Hills, CA.
• As of 2001 she was residing in Encino, CA.
• While filming Fluffy (1965) she developed a special relationship with Hollywood’s famous animal trainer Ralph Helfer’s legendary African Lion Zamba.
• Was engaged to Lou Malone, who was a West Point cadet.
• Her favorite city is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Beat out Piper Laurie for the co-starring role in Elmer Gantry (1960).
• An only child.
• Her birthplace, Charleroi, Pennsylvania, is 30 miles, south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Her hobbies are singing, dancing, politics, philanthropy, spending time with her family, swimming and traveling.
• A movie buff.
• Other than herself, her former The Partridge Family (1970) co-star, David Cassidy, is the other singer of the band.
• She traveled every summer to Pittsburgh where she took summer courses in college.
• An animal lover.
• Every summer her parents would take her to New York for her summer vacation.
• Was going to attend Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ, to become a veterinarian.
• Met Bernard Slade on a cruise, before she did The Partridge Family (1970).
• Met Ken Welch at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, who asked her to do the musicals, at every audition.
• On The Partridge Family (1970), her co-stars played musical instruments, as did her own family in real life.
• When she was in school, the only subject she hated was math.
• Before becoming a professional actress, she had been “Queen of the Children’s Theater”‘ at the Pittsburgh Playhouse in Pittsburgh, PA.
• Had a dog named Shane, which was a Shetland sheep dog.
• Her grandparents owned and operated a hotel in Smithton, PA.
• In 1946 she attended a summer camp in Lake Erie (NY) for girls.
• A member of the National Honor Society.
• Her favorite TV movie to date was Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969).
• Former mother-in-law of Ann Pennington and Janice Pennington.
• Originally, her character on The Partridge Family (1970) was going to be named Connie, but the producers eventually changed it to “Shirley”.
• Originally, on The Partridge Family (1970), the only cast member who was supposed to sing was her. However, after the producers heard David Cassidy’s demos of the songs, they decided to let him sing as well.
• Shirley and her sons are descendants of John of Gaunt and Katherine De Roet Swynford.
• Is a supporter of PETA.
• Of Welsh descent by her paternal grandfather.
• Her ex-The Partridge Family (1970) co-star Dave Madden said in his memoirs that he did not get along with Jones’ second husband Marty Ingels, and therefore had a limited relationship with her.
• Met Eddie Albert on the set of Oklahoma! (1955), which was also her first movie. Their friendship would last for 50 years, until Albert’s death on May 26, 2005.
• Played a grandmother in two movies: Grandma’s Boy (2006) and Family Weekend (2013).
• Worked with Ron Howard twice: The Music Man (1962) and The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963).
• Her first husband Jack Cassidy suffered from bipolar disorder.
• Her mentor was Richard Brooks.
• Met Florence Henderson when she and Jones were both in Richard Rodgers’ and Oscar Hammerstein II’s “Oklahoma”‘ in 1954.
• The reason she turned down the lead role in The Brady Bunch (1969) is she didn’t want to be seen as the mother at home, taking the roast out of the oven.
• Her favorite television series to date was The Partridge Family (1970). She once said she liked that show, a lot, because it had music in it and Jones felt it had a chance to succeed because it was different.
• The reason she took on the starring role on The Partridge Family (1970) was so she could play the first working mother ever to be portrayed on television.
• Her favorite The Partridge Family (1970) episodes were the one with the skunk, and the show with Richard Pryor and Louis Gossett Jr..
• She is most widely known to be a very private lady.
• She was born in Charleroi, PA, but her family moved to Smithton, PA, in 1937, when Shirley was three.
• Was the 52nd actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Elmer Gantry (1960) at The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961) on April 17, 1961.
• According to her autobiography, “Shirley Jones: A Memoir”, she lost her virginity at age 21 to her future husband Jack Cassidy during the Italian leg of their “Oklahoma!” tour in July 1955.
• Gave birth to her second child at age 27, son Patrick Cassidy on January 4, 1962.
• Gave birth to her first child at age 24, son Shaun Cassidy, on September 27, 1958.
• Gave birth to her third child at age 31, son Ryan Cassidy, on February 23, 1966.
• Was named after Shirley Temple.
• Acting ran in her family.
• Besides being the only The Partridge Family (1970) members who sang for themselves, she and David Cassidy were the only ones who did not lend their voices to Hanna-Barbera’s animated version of the series.
• When she was 6, she began singing with the church choir.
• Was a spokesperson for the popular California-based Ralphs Supermarkets in the 1980s.
• Acting mentor and friend of ex-stepson David Cassidy, Danny Bonaduce and Ron Howard.
• Was the producers’ first and only choice for the lead role of The Partridge Family (1970).
• Met David Cassidy’s father, Jack Cassidy, during the stage production of “Oklahoma!” while in Paris, France. before she eventually married him. At that time David was only six years old. When he was 20 he auditioned and won the co-starring role in the popular comedy The Partridge Family (1970), opposite Jones as her eldest son.
• Before she was a successful television actress, she worked with Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II on stage.
• Had said in an interview that she wanted Jack Cassidy back, when it was too late, because of his death.
• Had starred in a pilot with Jack Cassidy, before The Partridge Family (1970) aired a year later.
• After she had refused an offer of reconciliation from Jack Cassidy, she received word that her ex-husband’s penthouse apartment was on fire. Apparently, the fire started from his lit cigarette when he fell asleep on the couch; the following morning, firefighters found her ex-husband’s body inside the gutted apartment. [12 December 1976].
• Was invited by Michael Landon to an art exhibit, where she met her second husband Marty Ingels.
• Replaced Jane Wyman in the role of Aunt Polly in The Adventures of Pollyanna (1982), despite being under contract starring in Falcon Crest (1981).
• Has nine grandchildren: Caitlin Cassidy (b. 1981), John Cassidy (b. 1985), Juliet (b. 1998), Caleb (b. 2005), Roan (b. 2006), Lila (b. 2008) and Mairin (2011) via her son Shaun Cassidy, and Cole (b. 1995) and Jack (b. 1998) via her son Patrick Cassidy.
• Turned down the role of Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch (1969). Jones wasn’t ready to do a television series, hence, the role was given to her best friend Florence Henderson.
• Remained good friends with David Cassidy before, during and after The Partridge Family (1970).
• Was very disappointed that her show The Partridge Family (1970), was canceled after the fourth season. Her stepson and series co-star, David Cassidy, was growing tired of playing the same role, plus, the show had sunk in the ratings.
• Is a vegetarian.
• Her ex-The Partridge Family (1970), co-star and real-life stepson, David Cassidy, once admitted that he had a crush on her.
• Best known by the public for her starring role as Shirley Partridge on The Partridge Family (1970).
• She and Elizabeth Taylor are the only actresses to win Oscars for playing prostitutes in the same year: Jones for Elmer Gantry (1960) (Best Supporting Actress) and Taylor for BUtterfield 8 (1960) (Best Actress).
• Played by Dey Young in The David Cassidy Story (2000) and Eve Gordon in Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story (1999).
• When asked which of her musicals was her favorite, she has said it was The Music Man (1962). While she says she has special memories of Oklahoma! (1955) because it was her first movie, Carousel (1956) is her favorite Rodgers and Hammerstein score.
• Strongly considered for Roberta Hertzel in About Schmidt (2002), but lost to Kathy Bates. Shirley was very disappointed by the decision.
• Although in many ways she’s like her wholesome public image, she does have another side to her personality, which shows in her liking books on true crime.
• Had wanted to become a veterinarian.
• On March 1, 2002, she filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court from Marty Ingels, but later withdrew the petition. Conflict between Ingels and Jones’ sons (his version) and his outrageous behavior (her version) had caused them to separate several times in recent years, the longest being for 10 months in 2000.
• All three of her sons were delivered via Cesarean section.
• In December 2001 she and husband Marty Ingels spent more than $100,000 to outbid two developers for a half-acre commercial lot in downtown Fawnskin, CA. They plan to turn it into a public park.
• Began her career on Broadway at 18 in the original production of “South Pacific” in 1952.
• Born at 5:30 AM EST.
• Son Shaun Cassidy–standing in for her deceased father–gave her away at her wedding to Marty Ingels.
• Filed a libel suit in 1985 against the National Enquirer after it wrote that she was “drinking vodka like it was water”; won a retraction and a settlement.
• Received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame on Valentine’s Day, 1986.
• Featured performer at the 1988 Republican National Convention.
• Only child of Marjorie Williams, a strict strong-minded homemaker, and Paul Jones, owners of the Jones Brewing Company.
• Received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Point Park College (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Won the 1952 Miss Pittsburgh contest (the prize was $500 and a scholarship to drama school) and was first-runner-up in the Miss Pennsylvania pageant.
• She, along with Marty Ingels, attended the “Hollywood Collectors Show”, at Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn, in North Hollywood, California.
• She was pregnant with son, Patrick Cassidy, during the filming of The Music Man (1962) in 1961. Special outfits were used to cover her showing stomach on the set.
• Graduated from South Huntingdon High School in Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania, in 1952.
• Step-mother of actor David Cassidy

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