Author Biography
Shirley Jones is an American singer and actress of stage, film, and television, perhaps best known for playing Shirley Partridge in the situation comedy television series The Partridge Family (1970-1974). Shirley Jones is an American singer and actress of stage, film, and television. The winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful prostitute in Elmer Gantry, she is perhaps best known for her role as Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the situation comedy television series The Partridge Family (1970-1974).