From left: 'The Partridge Family' stars Shirley Jones, Jeremy Gelbwaks , Suzanne Crough , Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce and David Cassidy.
Oscar winner Shirley Jones signed on to play the mother after passing on the role of Carol Brady in 'The Brady Bunch':"I didn't want to exclusively be the mother at home doing the domestic stuff. 'The Partridge Family' had the added component of music."writer Bernard Slade after he saw the family singing group The Cowsills onThe MonkeesThe Brady Bunch, about a Northern California widow who starts a garage band with her five kids, fit the bill.
Oscar winner Shirley Jones was cast as the mother; unlike the role of Carol Brady, on which she'd passed, Jones said yes to Shirley Partridge., I didn't want to exclusively be the mother at home doing the domestic stuff," Jones, 86, tellsJones' stepson, David Cassidy, child of her musical-theater star husband, Jack Cassidy, was cast as eldest son Keith."I actually think our true-life relationship, our closeness, helped us in the show," says Jones.
"When we auditioned, they had four Partridge Families ready to cast," recalls Danny Bonaduce, who was 10 when he tried out for middle child Danny Partridge."They shot a version without me. And then with me." 's positive review claimed Bonaduce had"perhaps the most straightforward acting talent of any of the child stars." In the series,"I Think I Love You" launches the band; in real life, the song hit No.
"He was the most famous person on the planet," Bonaduce says of Cassidy, who died of liver failure in 2017 at 67 after battling alcoholism."Everything he did meant a great deal to many people."
I watched it every week!!! ThePartridgeFamily ❤❤❤
Yep. And how has 'Grilled Reuben Kincaide' not been a before & after puzzle on WheelofFortune ....
We all wanted to travel with our family in a Mondrian-inspired bus and sing in cool matching outfits. Sort of a modern day Von Trapp thing. Or was that just me?
Keith! Be still the memories of my beating preteen heart
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