Shirley Jones vs. Florence Henderson

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Overall, who among these two early 1970s sitcom moms would you say was the "bigger star"?

On one end, Shirley Jones was an Oscar winner for Elmer Gantry, who was in other very good movies, including The Music Man and Oklahoma! Meanwhile, Florence Henderson's only starring role in a movie was in the horrible flop Song of Norway.

On the other hand however, it's easily arguable that many more people have seen The Brady Bunch over the last five decades than all of Shirley Jones' movies combined. The Brady Bunch was in constant rerun for decades, the show even had specials as well as two popular two theatrical based on the characters.

So all in all, it's within reason to believe that the Bradys are far more iconic than the Partridges and even the other Brady Bunch cast members who went on to do nothing afterwards are still recognized for that show alone.