In my case, as a child of the 70's, I watched The Partridge Family once or twice, and I remember Shirley Jones as the short-haired mom, and Susan Dey being the eye-catching comely one. I never got a chance to have this opinion changed, as Shirley didn't do much but the occasionally 'guest' role on TV shows like 'Murder, She Wrote'.
Imagine my surprise this evening then, as I was flipping through the channels, waiting for Jeopardy to start, and I came across the beginning of 'Oklahoma', with a gorgeous young doll of a young lady singing 'Oh What a Beautiful Mornin', and the TV Guide said that the beautiful young lady was one Shirley Jones.
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She was 21 in Oklahoma! Beautiful and with that amazing voice!
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I might have to add that too my list. I'll admit I don't give movies from that that period much chance. My main point was that up until 3pm Friday, if you said 'Shirley Jones' I would have pictures Mama Partidge. Now, I picture that amazing creature from Oklahoma and Carousel.
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