Named after child star Shirley Temple, Shirley Jones started singing at the age of six. She started formal training at the age of 12 and would dream of singing with her idol, Gordon MacRae. Upon graduating from high school, Shirley went to New York to audition for the casting director of Rodgers & 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)
(1998) Print ads for America's Dairy Producers' "got milk?" milk mustache campaign, alongside fellow TV moms Marion Ross and Florence Henderson (1998).
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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.
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Trivia:
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.
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