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05-23-2005, 01:06 AM
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Shirley Jones Receives Honorary Degree
Actress Jones Receives Honorary Degree
 (AP) Actress Shirley Jones arrives for the 75th annual Academy Awards Sunday, in this March 23, 2003... Full Image WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) - Shirley Jones is finally getting the college degree that was delayed by a 50-plus-year career on Broadway, in movies and portraying the rock 'n' roll mom to television's Partridge Family. Jones, 71, received an honorary degree at Washington & Jefferson College's graduation ceremony Saturday. Jones was raised in Smithton, about 25 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. After graduating from high school, Jones planned to study veterinary medicine - after she returned from a summer trip to New York City. But Jones tried out for the chorus of "South Pacific" and Rogers and Hammerstein cast her in the Broadway production. "I wanted to become a veterinarian. As God would have it, I was given another path to follow," Jones said. "But I most miss not necessarily getting the degree, but the broad experiences you can only get in college." Besides starring on Broadway, Jones won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award in 1961 for her role as a prostitute in "Elmer Gantry." She gained a new generation of fans playing the role of Shirley Partridge alongside her real-life stepson, David Cassidy, in TV's "Partridge Family." |
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