Shirley Jones
Shirley Jones Trivia
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She was born on exactly the same day as another famous actor-singer: Richard Chamberlain, of James Clavell's Shogun fame.
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Her former Partridge Family co-star, David Cassidy, once said he had a crush on his stepmother.
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Shirley won an Oscar for her supporting role in the 1960 film Elmer Gantry.
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Shirley married TV Producer Marty Ingels in 1977.
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Shirley has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1541 Vine Street.
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Shirley attended South Huntingdon High School, Ruffs Dale, PA.
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Shirley began singing with the church choir when she was six.
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Shirley's parents ran the Jones Brewery in Pittsburgh.
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Shirley is a Republican.
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Shirley made her big screen debut in the Rogers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma.
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Shirley had all three of her sons (Shaun, Patrick and Ryan) through Casearian section.
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Shirley is an only child.
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Shirley is the real life step-mother of her Partridge Family co-star David Cassidy. Besides being the only PF members who sang for themselves, they were the only ones who did not lend their voices to Hanna-Barbera's animated version of the series.
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Shirley was the winner of the 1952 Miss Pittsburgh Pageant.
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She was named after Shirley Temple.
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Shirley: I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody knew my name.
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Shirley: Musicals will always remain very important to me because they are classics.
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Shirley: I feel very fortunate to have been associated with people such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. I think they were geniuses of their time.
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Shirley: I don't read music! I have a good ear, fortunately, but I don't read.
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Shirley: 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.
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Shirley: 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.
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