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In July 2006, Jones received another Emmy Award nomination for her supporting performance in the television film Hidden Places. When they met for the first time, Jones was a 21-year-old small-town girl, as described in her 2013's memoir. In 1990, Marty and Shirley wrote a book about their life and their romance and marriage. Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an American actress and singer. "[15], Cassidy appeared on many shows alongside his stepmother, including A&E Biography, TV Land Confidential, and The Today Show, and he was one of the presenters of his stepmother's Intimate Portrait on Lifetime Television, and the reality show pilot In Search of the Partridge Family, where he served as co-executive producer. Jones landed the role of a lady who fell in love with the professor in Fluffy (1965). Years after the Grammy award-winning singer died, Jones made a surprising revelation. 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. Featured performer at the 1988 Republican National Convention. Although she married Ingels, Jones still had a soft spot for her ex-husband, but she realized it a little too late. David started on Broadway and Jack respected his talent. A conversation with Ingels could be time-consuming, but it was never dull. In 1960, she won an Oscar for her role in Elmer Gantry (1960). He often drove me crazy, but theres not a day I wont miss him and love him to my core, Jones said. But Cassidy's infidelity episodes were nothing new to the actress. No actor likes not to work. and separations (she filed, then withdrew, a divorce petition in 2002), they remained married until Ingels' death on October 21, 2015, from a massive stroke. Shirley Jones was a virgin and a small-town girl when she met Jack Cassidy at age 21. Shirley would appear infrequently in the 80's and in video's extolling fitness and beauty at the end of the decade. Shirleys second husband was actor and comedian Marty Ingels. He thought it was better for me and the kids. When David was about 10, his mother moved to California from . The actress also recalled when her late stepson would come over to her house and help out with Ryan, Shaun, and Patrick. Her grandson, Jack, was a contestant on the singing competition television show The Voice in 2017. Jones was well aware of Cassidy's escapades, especially during the swinging seventies, when he reportedly wanted to experience all kinds of thrills. 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With a screen image comparable to peaches-n-cream, Shirley wanted a darker role to change her image. Was going to attend Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ, to become a veterinarian. Answer (1 of 5): You mean, like a shared residential address? All this took less than a week! 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! Shirley Jones first married her actor colleague and singer Jack Cassidy. Jones once recalled the moment when she caught her former husband with a much younger woman. The couple parted ways in 1974. Advertisement [16], In 2014, Jones guest-starred on an episode of General Hospital as Mrs. The 1960s were also busy for the American singer, who doubled as an actress. The pair were married for nearly two decades before they went their separate ways. That's the terrible part. Jones appeared with Glenn Ford and Ron Howard in Vincente Minnellis The Courtship of Eddies Father (1963), with Marlon Brando and David Niven in Bedtime Story (1964), and with Tony Randall in Fluffy (1965). [11] She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for the same film but lost to Helen Mirren for Elizabeth I. Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones were married for almost two decades. But the public wanted the good Shirley so she was cast as "Marion", the librarian, in the successful musical The Music Man (1962). Shirley Jones is also known for working on the sitcom The Partridge Family between 1970 and 1974. In her memoir, Jones revealed that Cassidy was not as perfect as he appeared. She made her debut in 1955 in Fred Zinnemann's "Oklahoma." Born in Brooklyn in 1936, Martin Ingerman served a stint in the Army and then wound up in Los Angeles where he got his break as an actor at the Pasadena Playhouse. Jack likes to make the stuffing, usually the giblets. Let's take a look at Jones's marriage to Cassidy. David is in a better place, and his loved ones will always remember him. World News; Gossips; . He notably played Rob Petries Army buddy on The Dick Van Dyke Show, and had appearances on Bewitched, The Ann Sothern Show and Pete and Gladys. He was also seen on the big screen in supporting roles in Armoured Command (1961), The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962), Wild and Wonderful (1964), The Busy Body (1967), A Guide for the Married Man (1967), For Singles Only (1968), The Picasso Summer (1969), and If Its Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969). About David, the actress once mentioned that she was grateful for the wonderful times they shared. (1955), the film version of the smash-hit Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical. (on how winning an Oscar changed her life. Shirley Jones married David Cassidy's father when David was six years old. She made appearances in several top-rated movies, including "The Happy Ending," "The Courtship of Eddie's Father," "The Music Man," and many more. Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy attending the Academy Awards, 1962 | Photo: Getty Images. 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. When we were first married and lived in a New York apartment, we used to collect all of the stragglers from out of town and I'd cook a big Christmas dinner for all of us. Shirley Mae Jones was born 31 March, 1934 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. However, the pair confessed that most people probably kept considering them an odd couple due to how different they were. Her father owned the local brewery. | All three of her sons were delivered via Cesarean section. 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. 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. 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. He thought by doing what David was doing, that he would end up exactly as he ended up. How fleeting life is. Shirley Jones on June 9, 2019 in New York City | Photo: Getty Images. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. 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Right then and there, I began to re-evaluate my theory about good-looking men. Just like her "The Partridge Family" character, Hollywood star Shirley Jones is a widow. Of Welsh descent by her paternal grandfather. Actress Shirley Jones attends the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival Opening Night Gala at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on March 26, 2015 | Photo: Getty Images. (1955) as Laurey, the farm girl in love with cowboy Gordon MacRae. By the 1970s, Ingels turned to working behind the scenes doing voice-over work on hundreds of commercials and cartoon series. Was a spokesperson for the popular California-based Ralphs Supermarkets in the 1980s. [19] David Cassidy was Jack's son from his first marriage, to actress Evelyn Ward, and became her stepson. Shirley meets an old friend and goes on a date with him. I was able to teach Shaun that stardom was really a business of fantasy - a business for children - and the wonderful part, when one realizes the realities of it, is that it is fine to be another character for 12 hours, and then go home and face reality. Advertisement 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. In 1956, only one year after their first meeting, they tied the knot. He lost respect for what David was doing. Her performance earned her an Academy Award for best supporting actress. In the entirety of her lifetime, Jones, now 87 years old, walked down the aisle twice. "[21], Jones was friends with her co-star Gordon MacRae and his ex-wife Sheila, and he was named godfather to her first son, Shaun. Marty said: When we got married, Shirley got flowers, and I got death threats. Soon I discovered the sensitive understanding, the influence everything Jack said and did. 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. The boy, David Cassidy, is also an actor and appeared with Shirley Jones as the leading actor in The Partridge Family. May 29, 2019 at 3:50 pm. So just how wealthy In 1960, she won an Oscar for her role in Elmer Gantry (1960). Despite Cassidy's affair with Porter, his ex-wife still described him as the ideal husband. Ingels logged numerous TV guest shots in that era. David Cassidy was born on April 12, 1950 in Manhattan, to Jack Cassidy, a very skilled actor and singer, and Evelyn Ward, an actress. Jones, who was named after child star Shirley Temple, showed early talent as a singer and began taking voice lessons as a child. But love won out and we've been married since 1956. The album featured new recordings of songs including "Beauty and the Beast", "Memory", and a sentimental tribute to The Music Man. Jones sang the songs "Oklahoma!" 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. [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. Three weeks after he left, they found a way to film the scene once on 55-mm, then transfer it onto 35-mm. Every summer her parents would take her to New York for her summer vacation. Even though the singer would constantly be unfaithful to her, Jones admitted that she was too in love with him, which made her turn a blind eye to his infidelity. Take a look at Jones and Cassidy's romance. David Cassidy on August 8, 2009 in Pasadena, California | Photo: Getty Images. 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