Shirley Jones' dazzling smile, blond locks, and melodic voice made her a movie star with big-screen musicals like Oklahoma (1955), Carousel (1956), and April Love (1957). In 1960, she played against type and won an Oscar for her portrayal of the cynical prostitute Lulu Baines in Elmer Gantry. Two years later, she returned to more uplifting roles in movies like The Music Man and The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (which later became a TV series). Into that mix, she made various small screen appearances on weekly shows like The Danny Thomas Hour, in TV-movies like Out of the Blue, released in 1968, and then finally her starring role as Shirley Partridge on The Partridge Family (ABC, 1970-1974). However, Jones, who is now 91, almost played Mrs. Carol Brady on another ABC TV family show: The Brady Bunch (ABC, 1969-1974).