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	deseretnews.com \| Shirley Jones is showing no sign of quitting
		Shirley Jones lives in a rambling, hillside house in suburban Encino with her husband and manager, former comic Marty Ingels, and three dogs.
		Jones started her career in her hometown of Smithton, Pa., where at age 6 she was the youngest member of the church choir.
		Jones turned to drama, stunning the film trade with her 1960 performance for "Elmer Gantry." Later, she turned to television, where she was embraced by a whole new generation of fans as the mother of "The Partridge Family" (1970-1974), in which she starred with her stepson, David Cassidy.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635174094,00.html (953 words)

	Shirley Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She attempted a television comeback in 1979 with the family drama Shirley, but the series fared poorley and was canceled after thirteen episodes.
		In 2004, Shirley returned to Broadway in a revival of 42nd Street, portraying diva "Dorothy Brock", opposite her son, Patrick Cassidy, the first known time a mother and son starred together on Broadway.
		Shirley continues to appear in venues nationwide, in concert and in speaking engagements.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shirley_Jones (400 words)

	Shirley Jones, rebel? - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Living / Arts - News
		Jones had another incentive for joining the cast of ''Carousel." Although she starred in the film version, she has never performed in ''Carousel" onstage.
		Reagle Players executive director Robert Eagle asked Jones to join ''Carousel" after watching a video of a concert in which she declared that ''You'll Never Walk Alone," a pivotal song from the musical, was one of her favorites.
		Her parents happened to be in New York City on vacation, and, on a whim, Jones auditioned for a spot as a Rodgers and Hammerstein chorus girl.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2005/07/10/shirley_jones_rebel?page=1 (772 words)

	Shirley Jones: Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Shirley Mae Jones was born On March 31, 1934, in Charleroi, Pennslyvania to parents Paul and Marjorie Jones.
		The couple named their only daughter after Shirley Temple another famous songbird, of whom was at the height of her fame at the time Shirley was born.
		From the start, everyone knew Shirley was gifted with a beautiful voice and began as a member of her church choir at the age of six.
	www.reeljewels.com /jones/JonesBio.htm (379 words)

	GoVeg.com // Features // Shirley Jones Speaks Out for Turkeys in New Thanksgiving Video
		Shirley Jones has narrated a brand-new PETA video called "Life and Death for Factory-Farmed Turkeys.
		" In it, Jones describes the extreme suffering of turkeys in factory farms, during transport, and in slaughterhouses as graphic images of injured, maimed, dying, and dead birds flash on the screen.
		Jones' eye-opening video aims to focus attention on the killing of 300 million turkeys each year—more than 40 million during the holiday season alone—for human consumption.
	www.goveg.com /f-shirleyjones.asp (350 words)

	Washington & Jefferson honors actress Shirley Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Shirley Jones is finally getting the college degree that was delayed by a 50-plus year career on Broadway, movies and as the rock 'n' roll mom to television's Partridge Family.
		Jones was raised in Smithton, about 25 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, and about as far due east of the college that will honor her.
		But Jones didn't return home or to college after she tried out for the chorus of "South Pacific" and Rogers and Hammerstein cast her in the Broadway producti on.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05142/508739.stm (159 words)

	Shirley Jones Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Essentially Jones was being groomed to play the lead role of Laurey in the 1955 film version of "Oklahoma!" With her sweet soprano and demure demeanor, she was well-cast and her success in the role led to her starring role in somewhat darker Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Carousel" (1956).
		Jones shone in a return to musical comedy as Marian the librarian opposite Robert Preston in "The Music Man" (1962) and was fine as the heiress pursued by Marlon Brando and David Niven in "Bedtime Story" (1964).
		Jones and the cast enjoyed a brief recording career coinciding with the show's popularity, recording a couple of albums and charting such catchy and bouncy tunes as "I Think I Love You" and "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted".
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/194376 (624 words)

	Shirley Jones will come sweeping into town
		A fringed surrey would be an appropriate vehicle for Shirley Jones, but the star of the original "Oklahoma!" will step out of a limousine when she arrives in Southern Indiana for a Nov. 12 benefit dinner and speech.
		Jones, who began her career on Broadway, agreed to come to the benefit because she is supportive of Broadway Cares, which provides money for AIDS research and other causes, said David Longest, 51, the teacher who leads the school's theater program.
		Jones was born in Smithton, Pa., in 1934 to parents who ran Jones Brewery.
	www.courier-journal.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051104/SCENE05/511040344 (786 words)

	Doylestown Patriot - News - 12/18/2003 - Shirley Jones pays a visit to Bucks County
		Shirley recently appeared in the Chancellor Ballroom at Spring Mill Manor in Ivyland.
		Named after Shirley Temple, Shirley Mae Jones was born on March 31, 1934 in Charleroi, Pa. and raised in Smithton, a small community of 800 people that runs along the Allegheny River about an hour from Pittsburgh.
		In 1976, Cassidy died in a horrifying fire, a heartbreaking event that would be one of many tragedies in Shirley's life including the death of her father at the young age of 49 and her son Ryan's intense struggle with drugs.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=1685&dept_id=45280&newsid=10685009&PAG=461&rfi=9 (1517 words)

	Shirley Jones personal appearances, shirley jones
		Shirley Jones also starred in the PBS production of "And There Were Times Dear" for which she received nationwide accolades.
		On December 1, 1974, Shirley Jones met TV producer Marty Ingels at an art exhibit on the lawn of Michael Landon's house, and married the kinetic actor comedian-turned businessman November 13, 1977, after a frantic outrageous and romantic courtship.
		Shirley Jones' sons, Shaun, Patrick and Ryan- as well as her step-son David- live in the hills of Hollywood and still enjoy widespread success as actors and singers.
	www.barberusa.com /adult/jones_shirley.html (1560 words)

	An Interview with Shirley Jones, part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Shirley has appeared in two dozen feature films, countless TV movies, hundreds of TV guest roles, two television series, numerous recordings, and in addition to winning her Oscar, has been nominated for four Emmy Awards, 2 Golden Globe Awards (for The Partridge Family), and is the recipient of countless Personal and Achievement Awards.
		Shirley performs symphony concerts worldwide, and is currently enjoying a resurgence in her TV career with roles on such series as The Drew Carey Show, Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch and That 70’s Show.
		Shirley was gracious enough to spend countless hours reminiscing about her life and career with Scott Awley and cmongethappy.com in November 2000.
	www.cmongethappy.com /interviews/sj (1413 words)

	The Celebrity Collector: Shirley Jones
		Jones played the matriarch of a family that was also a successful rock 'n' roll band.
		Shirley Jones was born on March 31, 1934 in Charleroi, Penn. Her parents, Paul and Marjorie, named their only child after Shirley Temple, probably the most bankable and recognized movie star of that time.
		Jones' singing had so impressed the legendary songwriting team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein that they personally propped along their young ingenue.
	www.go-star.com /antiquing/shirleyjones.htm (1447 words)

	Shirley Jones
		Shirley Jones swept Broadway off its feet right from the get-go in the mid-'50s, establishing herself as a leading queen of musicals and an American rival to England's Julie Andrews, another sweet, clear-voiced beauty of that era.
		Finally, Shirley is an acclaimed musical star, and she was in one of the last great musicals of the '60s, The Music Man in '62, which was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and stands as one of the most perfect American musicals Hollywood ever made.
		Shirley and Jack separated in '71, he begged for the reunion that came in '72, but in '74 she filed for divorced.
	home.earthlink.net /~nuttbait/shirley_jones.htm (1952 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Person : Shirley Jones : Biography
		In 1956 Jones starred in another Rodgers and Hammerstein film adaptation, Carousel; this and her first film tended to limit her to sweet, peaches 'n' cream roles for the next several years.
		It was again for Brooks that Shirley had her next major dramatic film role, in 1969's The Happy Ending, which represented one of her last movie appearances before her four-year TV stint as the glamorous matriarch of The Partridge Family.
		This popular series did less for Shirley than it did for her stepson, teen idol David Cassidy, but The Partridge Family is still raking in ratings (and residuals) on the rerun circuit.
	www.vh1.com /movies/person/32015/bio.jhtml (330 words)

	Shirley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Or if you are ever hungry, meditate on Shirley's image and you will be blessed with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and a glass of milk that comes directly from her breasts.
		Shirley Partridge chose Shirley Jones as her mortal vessel, but the two Shirley's are very close to each other.
		Of all of the mortal incarnations of the Partridges that we have encountered Shirley is by far the coolest.
	www.partridgefamilytemple.com /shirley.htm (358 words)

	PCRM Gala: The Art of Compassion > Shirley Mae Jones
		Shirley Mae Jones was born on March 31, 1934, in the small town of Charleroi, Pennsylvania.
		Shirley attended the local schools and at the age of six she was the youngest member of the Methodist Church Choir.
		Once a week, Shirley's father was more than happy to drive her fifty miles to the big city, for her hour-long vocal session.
	www.pcrm.org /gala/speakers/shirley_jones.html (361 words)

	Shirley Jones
		Shirley Jones was a songbird long before she played her most famous role, as Mrs.
		Named after Shirley Temple, Jones was in the church choir at the age of six, and began taking piano lessons shortly after that.
		Jones and her stepson David, playing heartthrob Keith Partridge, actually sang on the Partridge Family's songs, but everything else about the group's music was manufactured by the Wrecking Crew, the same Los Angeles band that performed the Monkees' early hits.
	www.nndb.com /people/795/000023726 (635 words)

	W B A C lecture : : Shirley Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Llym Awel consists of translations by Shirley Jones of selected verses from seventh to thirteenth century Welsh poetry, set & printed by her alongside the early Welsh, in 18pt.
		Jones will give a slide lecture and reading of her work.
		Shirley Jones' work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States and Europe.
	aurora.wells.edu /~wbac/bookarts/evnt_lect_s_jones.html (264 words)

	Shirley Jones: Popular actress/singer still as sweet as her smile - Autograph Collector, April 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Shirley Mae Jones – named after child actress Shirley Temple – was born to Paul and Marjorie Jones on March 31, 1934 in Charleroi, Pa. Pampered as an only child, Shirley grew up in Smithton, Pa. where, at age 6, she started singing in the local Methodist church.
		Shirley auditioned well for the part of innocent farm girl Laurey Williams in the 1955 movie, but those in charge of casting in Hollywood didn’t want to take a chance on Jones with her lack of acting experience.
		Jones, who was “still madly in love” with the father of her children, was devastated.
	odysse.fatcow.com /acm0404/jones.htm (2635 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - The Partridge Family - Season 1 -- Shirley Jones - DVD - Pan & Scan
		Headliner Shirley Jones (who, in fact, had originally been offered the role of Carol Brady) anchors the cast of budding child stars as Shirley, a widowed single mother who reluctantly joins the family garage band and takes the act on the road in the now-iconic psychedelic-painted bus to make beautiful, albeit lip-synced, music.
		Loosely inspired by the career of the real-life family singing group The Cowsills, the ABC sitcom The Partridge Family starred Shirley Jones as Shirley Partridge, widowed mother of five musically inclined children.
		Almost by accident, Shirley began singing with her kids during an impromptu garage jam session, and thus was born The Partridge Family, a popular singing aggregation who travelled from one engagement to another in the family's battered, psychedelically decorated bus -- all the while trying to lead a "normal" life.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?btob=Y&cds2Pid=385&ean=43396056565 (512 words)

	Shirley Jones
		Indeed, it’s difficult to know the Shirley Jones story without believing it’s some part of a special plan … Born on March 31, Shirley Mae Jones was the only child of Paul and Majorie Jones, who together ran the Jones Brewery.
		When Shirley felt the time was right, left her hometown at age 17 for the "big time," New York.
		Shirley’s sons, Shaun, Patrick and Ryan – as well as her stepson David, live close by and all enjoy widespread success as actors, singers, writers, producers and directors.
	www.pattersonandassociates.com /bios/Shirley_Jones (910 words)

	USATODAY.com - Shirley Jones stages roast for husband (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Jones told Ingels, who turned 70 on Thursday, they were dining with friends at a nearby hotel.
		Jones, also 70, began the roast by accusing Ingels of indulging in something akin to Chinese water torture during their 29 years of marriage.
		Jones, who starred in The Partridge Family TV series, added that meeting Ingels was "love at first sight; it was also the start of my first restraining order."
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2006-03-13-jones-surprise_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA (352 words)

	Shirley Jones pictures, posters, photos, interviews and wallpapers.
		But the public wanted the good Shirley so she was cast as Marion, the librarian, in the successful musical 'The Music Man (1962)'.
		In 1979, Shirley would appear in a comedy show called "Shirley", but the show would be off the air the next year.
		Shirley would appear infrequently in the 80's and would appear in video's extolling fitness and beauty at the end of the decade.
	www.perfectpeople.net /biopage.php3/cid=1141 (544 words)

	Mission Personnel
		Shirley Townsend Jones is a missionary of the General Board of Global Ministries serving as a Church and Community Worker with the Bennettsville-Cheraw Area Cooperative Ministry, Bennettsville, South Carolina.
		Reflecting on her ministry, Shirley says, "My work continuously involves reaching out to the poor, the abused, the abandoned, the sick and the aged, the poorly housed and the malnourished.
		Shirley came to this mission assignment in 1991 after serving for nine years as Director of the Rockingham District's Black Church Development Program in her home annual conference, North Carolina.
	gbgm-umc.org /who_we_are/mp/bionewmw.cfm?id=273&CFID=2033703&... (259 words)

	Music teacher taught actress Shirley Jones - PittsburghLIVE.com
		When entertainer Shirley Jones was a teenager growing up in Smithton, her music teacher, Mrs.
		Jones went on to star on stage, screen and television with projects varying from the movie version of the musical "Oklahoma!" to her 1960 Oscar-winning performance in "Elmer Gantry" to her stint as the matriarch of a family band in "The Partridge Family" on television.
		"She was very influential and Shirley has a great deal of affection for her and kept in touch with her (as long as) she could," Ingels said.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/trib/regional/s_326008.html (743 words)

	Steve Hammer Interview \| Shirley Jones (1996) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In a career in entertainment that's lasted almost 50 years, Shirley Jones has gone from stage to screen to The Partridge Family and beyond.
		And while her stint as Shirley Partridge, the bus-driving musical leader, may be her best-known role, Jones is proudest of her work in the big-budget Hollywood musicals of the 1950s, films such as Oklahoma and The Music Man, movies from a more innocent era, films where nobody cursed or got naked.
		In Indianapolis recently for a performance in front of state legislators, Jones sat down with NUVO to discuss her film career -- and what it was like to be Mrs.
	www.nuvo.net /hammer/int/shir_jones_int.html (730 words)

	ABC News: Actress Jones Receives Honorary Degree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		WASHINGTON, Pa. May 22, 2005 (AP)— Shirley Jones is finally getting the college degree that was delayed by a 50-plus-year career on Broadway, in movies and portraying the rock 'n' roll mom to television's Partridge Family.
		Jones was raised in Smithton, about 25 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
		After graduating from high school, Jones planned to study veterinary medicine after she returned from a summer trip to New York City.
	abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=780465 (284 words)

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