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Q | Season 6 | Dec 12, 2012 | 16:24

Partridge Family matriarch Shirley Jones in Studio Q

Showbiz icon, Shirley Jones, is an Academy Award-winning actor, a singer, a musical theatre star, and she's well-loved by a generation of TV watchers as Shirley Partridge, the matriarch of the musical Partridge Family.

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