Editing Shirley Jones (section)

===''Shirley'' and other projects===
In 1975, Jones starred in ''Winner Take All'' as a compulsive gambler who wrecks her marriage by stealing from her husband...and by eventually cheating on him with her bookie. In 1979, Jones tried her hand at television for the second time, starring in the [[NBC]] show ''[[Shirley (TV series)|Shirley]]'',<ref name=TVGuide /> which, like ''The Partridge Family'', featured a family headed by a widowed mother, but the show failed to win ratings and was cancelled toward the middle of the season. Jones also played the "older woman" girlfriend of Drew Carey's character in several episodes of ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', and reprised Shirley Partridge in a cameo in a 2000 episode of ''[[That '70s Show]].''<ref name=TVGuide />

[[File:Shirley Jones 2010.jpg|thumb|left|Jones in 2010]]
She was also in the dramatic project ''There Were Times, Dear'', in which she played a loyal wife whose husband is dying of [[Alzheimer's disease]]; she was nominated for an Emmy Award for this work.

In February 1986, Jones unveiled her star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] on Vine Street just around the corner from Hollywood Boulevard. In 1983, she appeared in a rare revival of [[Noël Coward]]'s operetta, ''[[Bitter Sweet (operetta)|Bitter Sweet]]''. In 2004, she returned to Broadway in a revival of ''[[42nd Street (musical)|42nd Street]]'', portraying diva Dorothy Brock opposite Patrick Cassidy, the first time a mother and son were known to star together on Broadway. In July 2005, Jones revisited the musical ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' onstage in Massachusetts, portraying "Cousin Nettie".

In July 2006, Jones received another Emmy Award nomination for her supporting performance in the television film ''[[Hidden Places]]''.<ref name=TVGuide /> She was nominated for a [[Screen Actors Guild]] award for the same film but lost to [[Helen Mirren]] for ''[[Elizabeth I (2005 TV series)|Elizabeth I]]''. She also appeared in ''[[Grandma's Boy (2006 film)|Grandma's Boy]]'' (2006)<ref name=TVGuide /> as a nymphomaniac senior citizen. On November 16, 2007, she took the stage at the [[Ford Center (Oklahoma City)|Ford Center]] in [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]], during the Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular concert that celebrated the state's 100th birthday. Jones sang the songs "[[Oklahoma (state song)|Oklahoma!]]" and "[[People Will Say We're In Love]]" from the musical ''Oklahoma!''.

[[File:ShirleyAndPatrick.jpg|thumb|right|Jones and Patrick Cassidy in 2012]]
In early 2008, it was announced that Jones would play [[Colleen Brady]] on the long-running [[NBC]] soap opera ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''. Jones guest-starred on [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]]'s short-lived show ''[[Ruby & The Rockits]]'' as David and Patrick's mother.<ref name=TVGuide />

In 2008, U.K. label [[Stage Door Records]] released the retrospective collection ''[[Then & Now (Shirley Jones album)|Then & Now]]'' featuring 24 songs from Jones's musical career, including songs from the films ''Oklahoma!'', ''Carousel'', and ''April Love''. The album featured new recordings of songs including "[[Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)|Beauty and the Beast]]", "[[Memory (Cats song)|Memory]]", and a sentimental tribute to ''The Music Man''. She had a recurring role as Burt Chance's mother in the [[Fox TV]] comedy series ''[[Raising Hope]]''.<ref name=TVGuide />

In mid-2012, Jones played Mrs. Paroo, when her son Patrick played Harold Hill, in a [[California Musical Theatre]] revival of ''The Music Man''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.calmt.com/index.cfm?page=376298| title=The Music Man| website=California Musical Theatre| access-date=July 25, 2012| archive-date=May 14, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514132828/http://calmt.com/index.cfm?page=376298| url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2014, Jones guest-starred on an episode of ''[[General Hospital]]'' as [[List of General Hospital cast members|Mrs. McClain]].<ref name=TVGuide /><ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Shirley-Jones-General-Hospital-1076089.aspx| title=First Look: Shirley Jones Guests on General Hospital| date=January 16, 2014| first=Michael| last=Logan| author-link=Michael Logan (journalist)| access-date=July 31, 2014| journal=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url=http://soapoperadigest.com/content/shirley-jones-guest-gh| title=Shirley Jones To Guest On GH| journal=[[Soap Opera Digest]]| date=January 8, 2014| access-date=July 31, 2014}}</ref>