Shirley Mae Jones - The Sound Of Music

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Yes..why Shirley wasn't Maria..Maybe because of Shaun, because of love. Her first son was born in September 1958.

'The Sound of Music', the last Rodgers and Hammerstain's musical which opened on Broadway in November 1959 and got a lot of Tony Awards. But on the other hand Shirley returned to work very quickly, she performed in 'Wish You Were Here!' with Jack in 1959..

She was one of Robert Wise 3 choices for Maria for the film version..She played her on stage at Westbury Music Theatre. And I've found that video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI9YC9rGYws

It must have been hard..after so succesfull  first years of her  career in music films and an Academy Award for a dramatic role in 'Elmer Gentry'. In 1965 she appeared in a movie called 'The Secret Of My Success', and no roles for the next four years. Not so much on tv either. There is a pilot on YT of an unsold tv series from 1965 called 'Dream Wife', with Shirley in the title role..So The Partridge Family was a great opportunity also for her. During the series run she guest starred on many popular tv programmes, like DC in 1971 she was also on Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcTjZJCnCSE

But of course her family was always the most important for her. 3 sons and I think 10 grandkids..2 husbands, both dead now. She met Jack Cassidy when she was 20 years old, he was the love of her life.

Shirley and David. A very young, famous, glamorous stepmum and 6 year old deeply hurt and distrustful  stepson. She was so nice and charming. Here is a video with Shirley Jones when she arrived in Britain in 1956.  A real movie star.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWhjqpPPFxE

When David started living with Jack and Shirley in New York in 1968, they got to know each other better. 

DC: 'I developed a good relationship with Shirley. Anyone who knows her knows it would be hard not to like her. She is a wonderful human being' (David Cassidy :'Could It Be Forever?, 2007). So it wasn't a problem for them to work together, they became friends, but first of all Shirley and David were always great professionals...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PjScEcUE9U

She sang with the greatest..Frank Sinatra, Gordon MacRae, Pat Boone, Dean Martin..and Jack Cassidy. They recorded a few albums together. And she sang with David of course.

She always smiles, on every pic, laughs a lot during every interview, despite the fact that her life wasn't easy at all. But I think that Shirley is a person for whom the glass is always half full, and she still enjoys her life. She will have another birthday soon. 

Shirley Mae Jones, a great lady, a movie star, a mother and grandmother..Shirley Partridge..born on March 31, 1934.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewupI8YlIOo





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