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Acting

Shirley Jones

Career: Active from 1955 to 2016, busiest in 1979 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 42
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: Elmer Gantry
86/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Academy Awards · Actress in a Supporting Role
1961 · Won · 33rd Academy Awards
Elmer Gantry
Source: Wikidata

Characters

4

The characters Shirley Jones played, best-known titles first.

Shirley Jones as Beatrice's Mother

Shirley Jones as Nurse Gina Rowe

Shirley Jones as Shirley Partridge

Shirley Jones as Ruth

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Shirley Jones Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Tension
4.1, average 5.9
Violence
2.4, average 4.1
Psychological
4.0, average 5.5
Adrenaline
3.3, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Lighthearted 5
Contemporary Setting 3
Classic Musical 3
Historical Setting 3
Nostalgic 3
Character Study 3
Family Drama 2
Classic Sitcom 2
Gentle Humor 2
Creature Feature 2
Social Commentary 2
Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

84

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

13 titles · average score 62

The Irresistible Blueberry Farm

59

as Ruth

Eco Teens Save The World

as Mrs. Ryburn

Looking for Mabel Normand

as Narrator (voice)

Over the Garden Wall

86

TV show · as Beatrice's Mother / Additional Voices (voice) / Beatrice's Mother (voice)

Waiting in the Wings: The Musical

56

as Broadway Diva

Family Weekend

45

as GG

42

as Mildred

Zombie Night

35

as Nana

Victorious

72

TV show · as Mona Patterson

Good Luck Charlie

75

TV show · as Linda Duncan

Hot in Cleveland

68

TV show · as Sophie

Raising Hope

83

TV show · as Burt's Mom / Christine

2000s

14 titles · average score 50

Cougar Town

65

TV show · as Anne

Ruby & The Rockits

51

TV show · as Shirley Gallagher

Childrens Hospital

72

TV show · as Grandma Shirley

The Cleaner

39

TV show

Christmas Is Here Again

47

as Victoria Claus (voice)

Hidden Places

65

as Aunt Batty

Grandma's Boy

47

as Grace

TV show · as Grace Foster

The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park

as Charlotte

Manna from Heaven

47

as Bunny

The Adventures of Cinderella's Daughter

as Fairy Godmother

Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th

32

as Nurse Kervorkian

1990s

10 titles · average score 62

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Felicity Bradshaw

That '70s Show

71

TV show · as Shirley Jones

Gideon

64

as Elly Morton

Dog's Best Friend

as Ethel

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

66

TV show · as Lydia

E! True Hollywood Story

48

TV show

The Drew Carey Show

69

TV show · as Celia

Deadly Games

TV show · as Shirley Ashborne/Evil Shirley

Burke's Law

55

TV show · as Barbara Mansfield / Barbara Manchester

Melrose Place

53

TV show

1980s

7 titles · average score 60

There Were Times, Dear

as Susanne Millard

Tank

40

as LaDonna

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Ann Owens Arden / Kathleen Lane

The Adventures of Pollyanna

as Aunt Polly Harrington

Hotel

65

TV show · as Claire Langley

Inmates: A Love Story

as E.F. Crown

The Children of An Lac

as Betty Tisdale

1970s

15 titles · average score 52

TV show · as Shirley Miller

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

28

as Nurse Gina Rowe

A Last Cry for Help

as Joan Muir

Who'll Save Our Children?

as Sarah Laver

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Priscilla

Winner Take All

as Eleanor Anderson

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

as Jenny Dolan

The Family Nobody Wanted

as Helen Doss

The Girls of Huntington House

as Anne Baldwin

The Partridge Family

44

TV show · as Shirley Renfrew Partridge

The Cheyenne Social Club

66

as Jenny

But I Don't Want to Get Married!

as Evelyn Harris

1960s

16 titles · average score 65

The Happy Ending

62

as Flo Harrigan

Silent Night, Lonely Night

71

as Katherine Johnson

The Secret of My Success

60

as Marigold Marado

Fluffy

65

as Janice

Bedtime Story

48

as Janet Walker

Dark Purpose

56

as Karen Williams

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

66

as Elizabeth Marten

A Ticklish Affair

55

as Amy Martin

The Music Man

73

as Marian Paroo

Two Rode Together

74

as Marty Purcell

Pepe

56

as Suzie Murphy

Elmer Gantry

86

as Lulu Bains

1950s

9 titles · average score 66

Bobbikins

55

as Betty Barnaby

Never Steal Anything Small

70

as Linda Cabot

April Love

56

as Liz Templeton

DuPont Show of the Month

TV show · as Gretchen Van Damm

Carousel

58

as Julie Jordan

The Big Slide

as May Marley

Oklahoma!

74

as Laurey Williams

The Wonderful World of Disney

81

TV show · as Self / Aunt Polly Harrington

Lux Video Theatre

TV show · as Self / Judith Traherne