Shirley Jones

Shirley Jones
Date of Birth: 31 Mar 1934
Country: USA
Biography: Best Actress Oscar winner for ELMER GANTRY in 1960.
Total Credits at Criticker: 37 (Actor)
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Grandma\
The latest comedy from Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions, Grandmas's Boy features gamers and grannies, sex and partying, bong vases and footie pajamas...and even a Tae Kwan Do master chimpanzee. (20th Century Fox)
Oklahoma!
A couple of young cowboys win the hearts of their sweethearts in the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the century. (imdb)
Carousel
Billy is sent down "from above" for one day to try and make amends for mistakes he made in life. Billy worked at the carnival running the carousel... (imdb)
The Music Man
A con man comes to a Midwestern town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan. (imdb)
Tank
Zack is a Command Sergeant Major assigned to his last post before leaving the service. He is a colorful character and even on has his own WWII vintage tank that is used for parades and such. (imdb)
The Courtship of Eddie\
Eddie thinks it is time for his father to remarry. However, in his opinion his father's taste in women leaves much to be desired. He believes the girl next door would be a far better choice... (imdb)
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry, salesman, teams up with Sister Sharon Falconer, evangelist, to sell religion to America in the 1920's. They make enough money to build a temple, and Sister Sharon falls for Elmer. (imdb)
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search for money, gold and a small amount of plutonium. (imdb)
Gideon
Gideon Dobbs is young, simple-minded man who checks into a retirement home where he finds the residents have lost their lust for life. Through his innocence he changes their lives and teaches them that each day is a precious gift. (imdb)
Two Rode Together
The US Army is under pressure from the desperate relatives of white prisoners of the Comanches to secure their rescue. A cynical and corrupt marshal, Guthrie McCabe, is persuaded by an army lieutenant to assist in the negotiations with the Comanches. However, just two captives are released; and their reintegration into white society proves highly problematic. (imdb)
The Cheyenne Social Club
An aging cowboy finds to his embarrassment that the successful business he has inherited from his brother is actually a house of prostitution (imdb)
April Love
A young man visiting his relatives' farm in Kentucky falls in love with their neighbor. (imdb)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Documentary about the history of singing and dancing in Hollywood movies, from the beginning until the present. Centered around clips from the movies and narrated by Shirley Jones.
Bedtime Story
The story of two gigolos who vie to see which is the best at their profession. (imdb)
The Happy Ending
A middle-aged woman walks out on her husband and family in an desperate attempt to find herself. (imdb)
The Children of An Lac
Based on the true story of film actress Ina Balin and her efforts with American Red Cross volunteer Betty Tisdale (Shirley Jones) as well as a compassionate Vietnamese woman running a Saigon orphange to rescue as many orphaned children and fly them out of the country before the city falls to the communists in the spring of 1975. (imdb)
Never Steal Anything Small
Jake MacIllaney will do just about anything to win the presidential election of longshoreman union Local 26. When he encounters young upright attorney Dan Cabot and Cabot's attractive wife, Linda, MacIllaney breaks up their marriage, pursues Linda, and pins a grand larceny rap on Dan. And all set to music! (imdb)
Pepe
The young Mexican Pepe's beloved horse is sold to Hollywood star Ted Holt, leading to Pepe's journey to Hollywood to get the horse back, and Pepe's encounter with half the stars working in Hollywood at the time (imdb)
Fluffy
A scientist proves that he can domesticate a lion, but nobody seems to believe him. (TCM.com)
A Ticklish Affair
A young widow Amy Martin with three young boys is investigated by the Navy after one of her children inadvertently sends out a distress signal in Morse code by the blinds on his upstairs bedroom window. Commander Weedon and crew observe the signal from their ship and investigates. He falls for the young mother and proposes marriage. However, she is reluctant to have her family live out of a suitcase and initially declines. (imdb)
The Secret of My Success
At the beginning of The Secret of My Success, dimwitted Arthur Tate (James Booth) is a local village bobby who always follows his mother's advice to "help other people, and never look for the evil in them" -- perhaps not the best advice for an officer of the law. Tate soon finds himself investigating a murder case involving the husband of a local dressmaker Stella Stevens. (allmovie.com)
Dark Purpose
Shirley Jones plays an innocent young American abroad (Italy, specifically), assistant to the cynically sarcastic art historian Sanders. She becomes romantically involved with Sanders' current employer, the always charming Brazzi, unaware that he has a dark family secret. (imdb)
Evening in Byzantium
Terrorists invade the Cannes Film Festival. (imdb)
Family Weekend
After her preoccupied parents fail to attend her jump-rope competition, 16-year-old Emily Smith-Dungy decides to hold them hostage until they change their attitude. But her plan hits a snag when the police step in. (Netflix)
Bobbikins
Parents Shirley Jones and Max Bygraves portray parents of the title character, an infant who talks like an adult. (imdb)
Zombie Night
Zombies come out at night and two families must survive until morning. (imdb)
Silent Night, Lonely Night
Over the Christmas holidays in a small New England college town, a man and a woman share a brief interlude. He is there to visit his wife, who is a mental patient at the university, and she is there visiting her son, who is a student, after discovering her husband's infidelity.
The Partridge Family
The humourous adventures of a family of pop musicians. Suburban widow Shirley and her kids tour the country in a wildly painted bus performing music as a family. Their agent Reuben hates kids, so Danny gives him a bad time.
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
A female newspaper reporter is assigned to investigate a political assassination.
The Partridge Family - Season 1
The Partridge Family - Season 3
The Partridge Family - Season 4
The Irresistible Blueberry Farm
A young woman receives a letter that her deceased grandmother requests she hand-deliver to a man in her grandmother's childhood home in Maine. She begins a journey of discovery of her grandmother, herself, and quality of life. (imdb)
Cougar Town - Season 4
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5
Hidden Places
A widowed Californian farmer with two children is struggling during the time of the Great Depression in America. When a drifter offers to help her, she feels he is the answer to her prayers.