Shirley Jones, named after child star, Shirley Temple, spent six decades in show business. Many people know she played the lead role of Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy television series The Partridge Family (1970–1974), which co-starred her real-life stepson, David Cassidy, son of ex husband, Jack Cassidy. But she did a heck@of a lot before that. Her first audition was for an open bi-weekly casting call held by John Fearnley, casting direct

Of all the musicals written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, CAROUSEL ('56) is their most emotionally complex. The film reunites Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae who appeared in OKLAHOMA! the year before. See both films tonight during our showcase of their work. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM