Shirley Jones Net Worth, Age, Height, Wiki & Full Bio

What is Shirley Jones’ Net Worth?

The net worth of Shirley Jones is estimated to be $30 Million.

Shirley Jones Wiki/Bio:

In 1934, Shirley Mae Jones was born in Pennsylvania, and she is an American actress and singer.

During her six decades in show business, she has appeared as wholesome characters in several musical films, including Oklahoma, Carousel, and The Music Man.

She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Elmer Gantry as a vengeful prostitute.

She starred alongside David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy, as Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, on the musical drama television series The Partridge Family (1970–1974).

Birthday, Age & Zodiac Sign:

Shirley Jones’s birthday is on 31st March. She has reached the age of 87. Shirley’s zodiac sign is Aries.

Early Life and Family:

Shirley Jones spent her in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. Her mother (Marjorie) was a home designer, and her father was a businessman who founded Jones Brewing Company.

She started singing at the age of six in the Methodist Church choir and took voice lessons from Ralph Lewando.

Education:

She completed her high school education at South Huntingdon High School in Ruffs Dale.

Career:

Early stage career:

Her first audition was for an open biweekly casting call hosted by John Fearnley, casting director for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s different musicals.

Jones had never heard of Rodgers and Hammerstein at the time. She was the first and only vocalist to sign a personal contract with the songwriters. She was the first cast in a tiny role in South Pacific.

She began as a chorus girl for her second Broadway production, Me and Juliet, and then as an understudy for the lead part, getting outstanding reviews in Chicago.

Movie actress of the 1950s and 1960s

Jones’ musically trained voice delighted Rodgers and Hammerstein, and she was cast as the female lead in the 1955 film adaptation of Oklahoma.

Other film musicals, such as Carousel (1956), April Love (1957), and The Music Man (1962), swiftly followed, in which she was frequently typecast as a wholesome, nice figure.

She did, however, win an Academy Award for her performance in Elmer Gantry, in which she played a woman corrupted by the title character, played by Burt Lancaster.

She has worked with several Hollywood legends, including Jimmy Stewart, Gene Kelly, Marlon Brando, James Cagney, Henry Fonda, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and director John Ford.

Shirley and other projects:

Jones returned to television for the second time in 1979, starring in the NBC comedy Shirley, which, like The Partridge Family, had a family lead by a widowed mother.

Still, the show failed to garner high ratings and was cancelled near the end of the season. Jones also appeared as Drew Carey’s “older woman” girlfriend in multiple episodes of The Drew Carey Show and Shirley Partridge in a cameo in a 2000 episode of That ’70s Show.

Jones played Mrs Paroo in a California Musical Theatre performance of The Music Man in mid-2012, while her son Patrick played Harold Hill.

Jones appeared as Mrs McClain in an episode of General Hospital in 2014.

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