Check in with the iconic TV mom.
—though it was great for me and gave me an opportunity to stay home and raise my kids—when my agents came to me and presented it to me, they said if you do a series and it becomes a hit show, you will be that character for the rest of your life and your film career will go into the toilet, which is what happened," she said in a 2009 interview withJones explains that later in her career, she turned to made-for-TV movies to break out of her more typecast roles—and that these were ultimately...
To many, Shirley Partridge represented an ideal mother figure, and fans connected deeply with the character. Though widowed, the matriarch managed to exude fun and charisma all while being the sole provider to her five children. However, Jones says that she always feels the need to remind fans that the show was fiction. In reality, she says, no mother is perfect."This is a television show, this is not real life. There was a lot of Shirley Partridge that was me, but there's also a lot that wasn't," she told the Television Academy Foundation.
Jones says the popularity of the leading actors also contributed to the decision to end the series."I think David at this point in time had had it on the show. I think David wanted to go out and do his own thing," she said, referring to her co-star and stepson,."He was now a big, big teen idol and he wanted to go out and do more concerts. He wanted to do a different kind of music than justkind of music. They made the decision with those two things in mind," Jones explained.
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