Shirley Mae Jones was born 31 March, 1934 in Smithton, Pennsylvania. She was named after Shirley Temple. Her father owned the local brewery. When she was 20, she went to New York with her parents and, within a week, became the first and only actor signed to a personal contract by Rogers and Hammerstein...See full bio »
1962The Music Man
(performer: "Piano Lesson" 1957 - uncredited, "If You Don't Mind My Saying So" 1957 - uncredited, "Goodnight, My Someone" 1957 - uncredited, "Being in Love" 1957 - uncredited, "Lida Rose" 1957 - uncredited, "Will I Ever Tell You" 1957 - uncredited, "Till There Was You" 1957 - uncredited, "Goodnight My Someone" 1957 - uncredited, "76 Trombones" 1957 - uncredited)
1962Arthur Freed's Hollywood Melody
(TV movie)
(performer: "Love Walked In" - uncredited, "How About You?" - uncredited, "Pagan Love Song" - uncredited, "Alone" - uncredited, "Singin' in the Rain" - uncredited)
1956Carousel
(performer: "If I Loved You" 1945 - uncredited, "What's the Use of Wond'rin'" 1945 - uncredited, "You'll Never Walk Alone" 1945 - uncredited)
1955Oklahoma!
(performer: "The Surrey With the Fringe On Top" 1943 - uncredited, "Many A New Day" 1943 - uncredited, "People Will Say We're In Love" 1943 - uncredited, "Out of My Dreams" 1943 - uncredited, "People Will Say We're In Love Reprise" 1943 - uncredited, "Oklahoma!" 1943 - uncredited, "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'" 1943 - uncredited)
(On her popularity of playing the thirty-five-something "Shirley Partridge" on
The Partridge Family): 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.
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