She had a small part (195354) in the Broadway musical South Pacific (194954) and was catapulted into national fame when she played the role of Laurey in Oklahoma! Within months, Jones and her co-stars were pop culture television icons. David Cassidy wa. I've simply have a marvelous husband, Jack Cassidy. Following high school she studied theatre at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and performed with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. According to the actress, her first husband was determined to explore every aspect of the Swinging Seventies with or without her, and despite the fact that she knew it, she preferred to turn a blind eye. In 1983, she appeared in a rare revival of Nol Coward's operetta, Bitter Sweet. Despite drastically different personalities[according to whom?] Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. he's a sensible and mature man., seven years older than I am. (On her popularity of playing the thirty-five-something "Shirley Partridge" on, (Who talked about preparing for a family transportation to drive on the set of. The actor's son knew about Cassidy's bisexuality and also once confirmed his affair with the composer. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. Together they had three sons, Shaun, Patrick, and Ryan. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful prostitute in Elmer Gantry (1960). Academy Award (1961): Actress in a Supporting Role, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shirley-Jones. [9] She was reunited with Ron Howard (who had played her brother in The Music Man) in The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963). As of 2001 she was residing in Encino, CA. I would have hung in there. The album featured new recordings of songs including "Beauty and the Beast", "Memory", and a sentimental tribute to The Music Man. Frank Sinatra had originally been cast, but dropped out during the first days of filming because each scene had to be shot twice, once in CinemaScope 55 (a wider-than-usual, 55-mm, 6-track stereo system) and once in 35-mm CinemaScope. . It is so exciting for me because the whole family is involved. You can't take a girl like me who's been singing since she was a child, who has been in show business since she was a teenager, who has the business coursing in her blood-you can't take a girl like that and use marriage as a substitute. In 1977, Shirley married comedian Marty Ingels. Her grandson, Jack, was a contestant on the singing competition television show The Voice in 2017. Apparently, the fire started from his lit cigarette when he fell asleep on the couch; the following morning, firefighters found Cassidy's body inside the gutted apartment. We believe that every person's story is important as it provides our community with an opportunity to feel a sense of belonging, share their hopes and dreams. She became the first and only singer to be put under personal contract with the songwriters. [8] The two saw great potential in Jones. According to the actress, she would not have married Ingels if Cassidy was still alive. Advertisement Shirley's impressive career in the entertainment industry spans over six decades. In 1974, The Partridge Family (1970) went off the air. She was a very good role model for me, watching the way, you know, she dealt with people on the set, and watching people revere her. The Los Angeles medical examiner discovered Cassidy's body in his apartment and was able to identify it through dental checks. Upon graduating from high school, Shirley went to New York to audition for the casting director of Rodgers & Hammerstein. Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories. Shirley Jones' steady rise in the entertainment industry began in the 1950s when her beautifully trained voice got her a part in the Broadway production of "South Pacific.". He often drove me crazy, but theres not a day I wont miss him and love him to my core, Jones said. Her first marriage was to American Actor, Singer, and Director Jack Cassidy in 1956. They first cast her in a minor role in South Pacific. Jones wrote that the late actor was attracted to men, too, and was a heavy alcoholic. [20] Jones and Ingels wrote an autobiography based on their relationship called Shirley & Marty: An Unlikely Love Story. - on the cancellation of, He came to respect me, he loved me, and vice-versa. Jack likes the mincemeat: the lemon is my favorite. Just like her "The Partridge Family" character, Hollywood star Shirley Jones is a widow. She also acted in Brookss melodrama The Happy Ending (1969) and in Gene Kellys western comedy The Cheyenne Social Club (1970), where she played the operator of a brothel, and she appeared in such TV movies as But I Dont Want to Get Married! together, and for a while he was reluctant to marry a girl in show business- you know, two careers in the same family and all that. A big one! In 1999, after almost 25 years of marriage, Shirley and Marty separated for six months due to tensions with her sons. According to Jones, that night, she realized threesomes were not her cup of tea. Years after welcoming their children, the duo's once-happy union quickly turned sour. Strongly considered for Roberta Hertzel in, When asked which of her musicals was her favorite, she has said it was, Best known by the public for her starring role as Shirley Partridge on, After she had refused an offer of reconciliation from, Before she was a successful television actress, she worked with, Was the producers' first and only choice for the lead role of. Shirleys impressive career in the entertainment industry spans over six decades. Jack likes to make the stuffing, usually the giblets. (Reuters) BO DEREK REFLECTS ON GIVING BACK TO AMERICAN VETERANS: 'THERE'S JUST SO MUCH WE DON'T DO. David is in a better place, and his loved ones will always remember him. As a result, her awareness of his multiple infidelities did not quench her love for him. She added: I never was attracted to your sort of nice guy with the pipe and slippers that comes home every night for dinner. In Jones's 2013 memoir titled "Shirley Jones," she made it known that she was a small-town girl when she met Cassidy. Following her separation from the director, Jones found love again in the arms of American Actor, Comedian, and Comedy Sketch Writer Marty Ingels. Suzanne Crough my sweet TV baby for 5 years only 52 never a sick day two adorable children a devoted husband everything to live for just fell asleep at the dining room table and left us forever. On August 5, 1956, Shirley Jones married actor and singer Jack Cassidy. The marriage took place on August 5, 1956, and produced three sons, but they had a fourth child, a boy from Jack Cassidy's previous relationship. Updates? Jade Stone, 32, appeared on the popular Channel 4 show in 2013 with her beau Levi Stone . I still remember her as my young daughter on The Partridge Family. He was 79. Shirley Jones gained so much recognition in her career as an entertainer. She looked at me and said, 'What are you doing here?' With a screen image comparable to peaches-n-cream, Shirley wanted a darker role to change her image. Jones was 20 years old when she met Cassidy, who was eight years her senior, and she refers to him as the most influential person in and the love of her life.[23]. In addition to Jones, Ingels survivors include three stepsons, Shaun, Patrick and Ryan Cassidy, Jones sons from her marriage to actor Jack Cassidy; a niece, Lauren Ingerman; and 12 grandchildren. The series focused on a young widowed mother whose five children form a pop rock group after the entire family painted its signature bus to travel. [11] She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for the same film but lost to Helen Mirren for Elizabeth I. In the year 1956, she dated Jack Cassidy for a while before getting married. Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy attending the Academy Awards, 1962 | Photo: Getty Images. Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories! 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. Shirley Mae Jones was born on 31 March 1934, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania USA, to parents Marjorie and Paul Jones. Cassidy's traumatic childhood was not the only thing David knew about. When they encountered each other for the first time, the "Oklahoma" actress was 21 years old, and Cassidy was 29. Advertisement For me, that was the least of it. Businessmen don't understand that. Jack was brought up in the European tradition of opening presents Christmas Eve, so he and I exchange our personal gift at that time. Specifically, Jones was asked if she felt bound by Cassidy's choices and decisions based on his bipolar condition. 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Despite his philandering ways with men and women, Jones still loved her husband and always spoke well of him during interviews. With a brilliant performance against an equally brilliant Burt Lancaster, Shirley would win the Oscar for Supporting Actress. I will also find solace knowing that David is now with his dad.[29]. Advertisement. Shirley Jones is an American actress and singer who was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, the United States as Shirley Mae Jones. Jones was well aware of Cassidy's escapades, especially during the swinging seventies, when he reportedly wanted to experience all kinds of thrills. It wasn't until I met Jack that I found someone who understood me and the problems and inequities of the business. With regard to David Cassidy's alcohol abuse and legal problems, Jones once shared her family's related concerns: We are just scared to death that we are going to wake up one morning and find out that he is dead on the floor. I made albums - 'Oklahoma!,' 'Carousel,' 'Music Men.' Jones was in awe of Cassidy. He called him a monkey in a cage. She auditioned in New York City for Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, who were so impressed that they signed her to a seven-year contract. She was also in the dramatic project There Were Times, Dear, in which she played a loyal wife whose husband is dying of Alzheimer's disease; she was nominated for an Emmy Award for this work. In her film career, she has worked with some of Hollywood's icons: Jimmy Stewart, Gene Kelly, Marlon Brando, James Cagney, Henry Fonda, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and director John Ford.[5]. All this took less than a week! SHIRLEY JONES'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE DANCER, JEAN. In 1960, she won an Oscar for her role in Elmer Gantry (1960). That same year, "I Think I Love You" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart, making Jones the second person, after Frank Sinatra, and the first woman to win an acting Oscar and also have a number-one hit on that chart, an achievement only matched by Cher and Barbra Streisand (Cher had already topped the singles chart with I Got You Babe in 1965, but did not win her Oscar until 1987). Jones realized, however, that: The problem with Partridgethough it was great for me and gave me an opportunity to stay home and raise my kidswhen my agents came to me and presented it to me, they said if you do a series and it becomes a hit show, you will be that character for the rest of your life and your film career will go into the toilet, which is what happened. Was engaged to Lou Malone, who was a West Point cadet. (1955) would be filmed in CinemaScope and Todd-AO wide-screen and would take a year to shoot. Jones also played the "older woman" girlfriend of Drew Carey's character in several episodes of The Drew Carey Show, and reprised Shirley Partridge in a cameo in a 2000 episode of That '70s Show.[11]. in 1955. Cassidy and Jones had three sons, Shaun, Patrick, and Ryan. Jack was an incredible human being. Incredibly talented, number one! Before becoming a professional actress, she had been "Queen of the Children's Theater"' at the Pittsburgh Playhouse in Pittsburgh, PA. [6], Her first audition was for an open bi-weekly casting call held by John Fearnley, casting director for Rodgers and Hammerstein and their various musicals. (1955), Carousel (1956), and The Music Man (1962). before returning to Hollywood for Carousel (1956). Her performance earned her an Academy Award for best supporting actress. Sadly, he passed away in 2017 from liver problems, which doctors believed resulted from his carefree lifestyle during his younger days. That's the terrible part. ', Super Mario Bros. 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The children are worried that she is too interested in him, and even more worried when they see him with another woman. 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. Jones impressed Rodgers and Hammerstein with her musically trained voice, and was cast as the female lead in the film adaptation Oklahoma! Portrait of Shirley Jones in 1956 | Source: Getty Images. The actress explained that seeing them together was devastating and that she just froze. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Shirley and Martys relationship stood the test of time as they were together for 38 years. Jones divorced Cassidy in 1974 and went on to marry Marty Ingels on November 13, 1977. In the entirety of her lifetime, Jones, now 87 years old, walked down the aisle twice. The series, created by sitcom vet Leonard Stern, lasted only one season but has endured as a cult favorite among vintage TV fans. She made it known that her then-husband was so focused on his date that he didn't even notice her standing close by. We don't have big family gatherings anymore. Marty Ingels, the famed actor, comedian and talent agent, died Wednesday in Los Angeles at the age . Publicity Listings Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy in the 60s | Photo: Getty Images. Within a year, she would be in Hollywood to appear in her first film Oklahoma! [19] She married actor and comedian Marty Ingels on November 13, 1977. Soon I discovered the sensitive understanding, the influence everything Jack said and did. In 1946 she attended a summer camp in Lake Erie (NY) for girls. I don't think I would have brought the same understanding to either of these parts, though, if I had not been married and secure as a wife and mother. For desert, hot mince meat or lemon meringue pie. She couldn't have thawed it for methe coldness and the iceany more than she did. That goes without saying.. But in the year 1975, the couple got divorced due to some personal disturbances. She was very blunt about the numerous infidelity issues that haunted her long marriage to the talented actor. For her second Broadway show, Me and Juliet, she started as a chorus girl, and then an understudy for the lead role, earning rave reviews in Chicago.[7]. - on her on- and off-screen chemistry with, I have been coming every Friday night to watch the taping. Three weeks after he left, they found a way to film the scene once on 55-mm, then transfer it onto 35-mm. The director, Richard Brooks, had originally fought against her being in the movie, but after seeing her first scene, told her she would win an Oscar for her performance. 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. The actress used the popular saying opposites attract to refer to her relationship with Marty because she wouldnt like to be married to someone like her. Jones won the Miss Pittsburgh contest in 1952. We collect and tell stories of people from all around the world. David came to understand that his father's actions were tied to the parental neglect he suffered when he was a child. Advertisement She was the baby of the show. [19] They had three sons, Shaun, Patrick, and Ryan. In 1956, Shirley married Jack Cassidy and became stepmother to 6-year-old David Cassidy. Her hobbies are singing, dancing, politics, philanthropy, spending time with her family, swimming and traveling. Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones were married for almost two decades. She started formal training at the age of 12 and would dream of singing with her idol, Gordon MacRae. Jones began singing at the age of six in the Methodist Church choir and took voice lessons from Ralph Lewando. Shirley Jones, singing star of the films "Oklahoma" and "Carousel," and Jack Cassidy, leading man in one of her first stage shows, have disclosed they plan to be married on August 6 at Cambridge . The actor died in 1976 in one of the most tragic ways. The Carousel star confessed: Much as I love Marty and have a wonderful relationship - I'd say this with Marty sitting here - I'm not sure if Jack were alive, I'd be married to Marty., Marty Ingels and Shirley Jones on January 16, 2013 in San Pedro, California | Source: Getty Images. 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. Fortunately, Jack and I feel the same way. Strangely enough, we were when we were performing together than on a day to day basis. Sinatra felt that he should have been paid twice because technically he was shooting two films. ), He was a very, very strong force in my life. Was going to attend Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ, to become a veterinarian. [citation needed], Shirley Jones's friendship with David Cassidy's family began in the mid-to-late 1950s, when David was just six, after he learned about his father's divorce from his mother Evelyn Ward. In addition, Cassidy was a skilled lover in the bedroom, but it did not stop their union from collapsing. After that, she continued with the European traveling stage production with Jack Cassidy and they fell in love. Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy attending the Academy Awards, 1962 | Photo: Getty Images. 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. In 1960, she would be cast as the vengeful prostitute in the Richard Brooks dramatic film Elmer Gantry (1960). In 1960, she won an Oscar for her role in Elmer Gantry (1960). (In 1970): At first, my folks felt that Jack was just an infatuation, but when they realized I'd really made up my mind, they didn't stand in my way. 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. WE have two delightful boys-, Shuan who is four and Patrick who is one, and all we need now is a little girl. Shirley Jones, now 86, reflects on the show and its impact on her life. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Shirley has married twice and is currently divorced. So long as he does that, everything is fine. Jones, who was named after child star Shirley Temple, showed early talent as a singer and began taking voice lessons as a child. Although her performance in those movies was outstanding, it was her portrayal of a prostitute named Lulu Bains in Elmer Gantry that got her an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She was his real-life stepmother throughout the entire run of The Partridge Family. Despite the Hollywood icon's successes as a talented entertainer, she used to have a tumultuous personal life. She made it known that not only was Cassidy unfaithful to her several times (which she tolerated), he was also envious of the actress's success. She was born in Charleroi, PA, but her family moved to Smithton, PA, in 1937, when Shirley was three. So, that had to be addressed and it was, until we got to know each other. It is important to point out that Shirley wrote in her book Shirley Jones: A Memoir that she was aware of the multiple affairs that Jack had during their time together. Her favorite television series to date was, The reason she turned down the lead role in. Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories. In his later years, Ingels was relentless in promoting various TV, film and stage projects he sought to get off the ground as a producer. A lot of people never got that. The pair published the autobiography Shirley & Marty: An Unlikely Love Story in 1990. Run a full background check on Shirley L Jones. - when she watched. Jones sang the songs "Oklahoma!" 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He was known to make frequent calls to Variety editors and reporters with story pitches. Unfortunately, Jones said she spotted her husband walking in with his arm around a beautiful young girl from the cafe. Shirley Jones and David Cassidy at Hollywood Palladium in CA, United States on March 02, 2003 | Photo: Getty Images. She is expected to appear in at least two projects in 2021: Forgiven This Gun4hire and Beyond Legend Johnny Kakota.. Was a spokesperson for the popular California-based Ralphs Supermarkets in the 1980s. American Actress Shirley Jones is still fondly remembered by millions of fans as Shirley Partridge, the matriarch of the Partridge family in the famous television show "The Partridge Family.". In 1979, Shirley appeared in a comedy show called Shirley (1979), but the show lasted only one season. David Cassidy quoted on a Biography Channel episode about Shirley Jones airdate January 10, 2012, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Laurel Award for Top Female Musical Performance, Laurel Award for Top Female Supporting Performance, National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth, The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park, Come On Get Happy! The actress was having a nice time at Caf Escobar with her friend Betty Cantu and her husband, Fred, at the time. [Jack and Shirley on the holidays] We always have roast turkey. The former lovebirds' marriage lasted for almost two decades before they went their separate ways. During their time as a couple, Jones and Cassidy were one of the most talked-about celebrity lovebirds. When she was 20, she went to New York with her parents and, within a week, became the first and only actor signed to a personal contract by Rogers and Hammerstein. So just how wealthy 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 . (1970). Thereafter she mostly worked in television. and "People Will Say We're In Love" from the musical Oklahoma!. However, their faith in God helped them not to end up as another divorced couple, as is the Hollywood norm. Shirley Jones is a 88 year old American Actress. [4], Jones says that many people have incorrectly assumed that her middle name was named after vaudeville and film legend Mae West, but Jones was actually named after her aunt. About David, the actress once mentioned that she was grateful for the wonderful times they shared. At this time in my life, it is fun to play the opposite of me. 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