David Bruce Cassidy was an American actor and musician. He was best known for his role as Keith Partridge, the son of Shirley Partridge, in the 1970s musical-sitcom The Partridge Family. This role catapulted Cassidy to teen idol status as a superstar pop singer of the 1970s.
Cassidy at the Plaza Hotel, New York City, 1972
Cassidy (right) with his father, actor Jack Cassidy (left) and his stepmother Shirley Jones (center) in 1971
David Cassidy in a publicity photo for The Partridge Family in 1970
Cassidy in 1973
Shirley Mae Jones is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as Oklahoma! (1955), Carousel (1956), and The Music Man (1962). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful prostitute in Elmer Gantry (1960). She played the lead role of Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy television series The Partridge Family (1970–1974), which co-starred her real-life stepson, David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy.
Jones in the 1970s
A program featuring Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy at the White House in 1957
The Partridge Family, season 1
Jones in 1972