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)
"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.)
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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) have caused them to separate several times in recent years, the longest being for 10 months in 2000. [1 March 2002]
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