She became the first and only singer to be put under personal contract with the songwriters. Her favorite television series to date was, The reason she turned down the lead role in. Jones was born on March 31, 1934,[1] in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, to Methodist parents Marjorie (ne Williams), a homemaker, and Paul Jones, owners of the Jones Brewing Company. CRR, Other Works (1955). Her character becomes a prostitute who encounters her seducer years later and reveals his true character. The doctor had told her that she would not be able to change him. All this took less than a week! Jones, now 87, is a believer in love and showed it by walking down the aisle twice. In July 2005, Jones revisited the musical Carousel onstage in Massachusetts, portraying "Cousin Nettie". Jones once recalled the moment when she caught her former husband with a much younger woman. Jones landed the role of a lady who fell in love with the professor in Fluffy (1965). She said it was terrible that she did not reconcile with Cassidy because as much as he wanted her back, she wanted him back too. Her performance earned her an Academy Award for best supporting actress. Shirley Jones was once married to Jack Cassidy, but their marriage failed to last. On November 16, 2007, she took the stage at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, during the Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular concert that celebrated the state's 100th birthday. She revealed that the actor and singer taught her . She started formal training at the age of 12 and would dream of singing with her idol, Gordon MacRae. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The acclaimed songstress's career skyrocketed in the 1970s after she landed the part of Shirley Partridge in "The Partridge Family." The album featured new recordings of songs including "Beauty and the Beast", "Memory", and a sentimental tribute to The Music Man. (1955), had come out; and my dad took me to see itI just see her, and I go, uh-oh, it doesn't really quite register with me, 'cause I'm in total shock, because I wanted to hate her, but the instant that I met her, I got the essence of her. [10], During its first season, it became a hit and was screened in over 70 countries. (Who's been a singer all her life): But I never sang pop songs with bands or made records; I was a show singer. Born Shirley Mae Jones on 31st March, 1934 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA, she is famous for her role as Shirley Partridge, the matriarch of a family singing group, in the television sitcom . Corrections? So I said, 'What are you doing here?' In 1999, after almost 25 years of marriage, Shirley and Marty separated for six months due to tensions with her sons. Ingels co-starred opposite John Astin in the 1962 ABC comedy Im Dickens, Hes Fenster about two carpenters, one married and one a playboy; Ingels played the swinging single Arch Fenster. In February 1986, Jones unveiled her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Vine Street just around the corner from Hollywood Boulevard. The series was notable from the get-go, since, when it premiered, Jones was married to David Cassidy's father, singer . December 12, 1976, will always be a day to remember for Jones and her children, as Cassidy passed away. During this period Ingels also launched his own talent rep firm, Ingels Inc., which specialized in booking TV commercials for notable actors such as John Wayne, Cary Grant and Orson Welles. Unfortunately, Jones said she spotted her husband walking in with his arm around a beautiful young girl from the cafe. She was born in Charleroi, PA, but her family moved to Smithton, PA, in 1937, when Shirley was three. (1955), the film version of the smash-hit Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical. According to media reports, they had a good relationship. The actor died in 1976 in one of the most tragic ways. The show still plays in reruns. He was known to make frequent calls to Variety editors and reporters with story pitches. [19] She married actor and comedian Marty Ingels on November 13, 1977. At the time of their conversation, they had been together for 28 years. Jones once recalled how Cassidy talked her into having a threesome with a woman named Jean. Cassidy discussed his relationship with his stepmother on the show: "She wasn't my mother, and I can be very open, and we can speak, and we became very close friends. I know I would never have divorced him if he had not wanted it. (1955) as Laurey, the farm girl in love with cowboy Gordon MacRae. Shirley would again work with little Ron Howard in The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963). The husband of singer-actress Shirley Jones died Wednesday following complications from a stroke. Was going to attend Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ, to become a veterinarian. No actor likes not to work. Shirley Jones (born September 22, 1953) is an American R&B singer best known as a member and lead vocalist of The Jones Girls, who were a trio of sisters that had a number of hit singles in late 1970's and early 80's. Shirley went on to have a solo career after the group disbanded in 1984. "And as I realized later, I wanted him. Jones noted that in the entirety of her marriage to Cassidy, the Grammy award-winning singer always treated her in the best way possible. The only thing that bugs Jack is if he's not working. He attracted everybody. [11] Her real-life 20-year-old stepson David Cassidy, who was an unknown actor at the time, played Shirley Partridge's eldest son Keith and became a teen idol. Jones performed as Julie, the female lead in Carousel (1956), the next Rodgers and Hammerstein musical to be adapted for film. I have never done that in my life. . David started on Broadway and Jack respected his talent. My heart goes out to her family and children. But by this time, musicals were a dying art and she would have a few lean years. In 1970, after turning down the role of Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch, a role that ultimately went to her best friend, Florence Henderson, Jones was the producers' first choice to audition for the lead role of Shirley Partridge in The Partridge Family, an ABC musical sitcom based loosely on the real-life musical family The Cowsills. [19] They had three sons, Shaun, Patrick, and Ryan. Coincidentally, the first star Jones ever met was West, who was performing at the Twin Coaches supper club in Rostraver around 1954.[5]. Two of her sons have large families, but it is Shaun Cassidys children who could make an entire basketball team themselves: he has eight kids! Within a year, she would be in Hollywood to appear in her first film Oklahoma! Ingels made his mark as a comic actor in the 1960s with his zany style and rapid-fire, raspy-voiced delivery. I said, 'What are you doing here?' The pair were married for nearly two decades before they went their separate ways. From then on, she would always be considered David Cassidy's mother. David loved having fun and exploring various aspects of life, even as a child. Shirley Mae Jones was born on 31 March 1934, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania USA, to parents Marjorie and Paul Jones. All Rights Reserved. At the time, it was thought that if you were a singer you couldn't act." Filed a libel suit in 1985 against the National Enquirer after it wrote that she was "drinking vodka like it was water"; won a retraction and a settlement. 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. Her grandson, Jack, was a contestant on the singing competition television show The Voice in 2017. In 1956, Shirley married Jack Cassidy and became stepmother to 6-year-old David Cassidy. Portrait of Shirley Jones in 1956 | Source: Getty Images. He thought it was better for me and the kids. Despite drastically different personalities[according to whom?] Jun 15, 2022 11:40 P.M. Music icon Pat Boone and his wife, Shirley, enjoyed 65 years of marriage. Jones guest-starred on ABC Family's short-lived show Ruby & The Rockits as David and Patrick's mother. Graduated from South Huntingdon High School in Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania, in 1952. He's an excellent cook. Taken by Shirley's beautifully trained voice, Shirley was signed as a nurse in the Broadway production of "South Pacific". Academy Award-winning actress Shirley Jones, best known for "Elmer Gantry," was married to Marty Ingels for years, and he got "death threats" after tying the knot. Sinatra felt that he should have been paid twice because technically he was shooting two films. In the subsequent years following their marriage, the pair welcomed three children: Shaun, Ryan, and Patrick. Although Cassidy may be dead, his former wife Shirley Jones still remembers stories about their time together. According to Jones, that night, she realized threesomes were not her cup of tea. I never did. However, she won a 1960 Academy Award for her performance in Elmer Gantry portraying a woman corrupted by the title character played by Burt Lancaster. Marty Ingels, an actor, talent agent and industry raconteur who was married to Shirley Jones for nearly 40 years, died Wednesday at Tarzana Medical Center following a massive stroke. 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