I think she may have had a slightly naughty side as well. I refer you to the uncut version of the "Cheyenne Social Club."
Mark
You are correct. In Shirley’s latest book, an autobio. called ‘Shirley Jones’ from 2013, she refers to Jack Cassidy as her first lover and “sexual Svengali”. Then goes on to elaborate and candidly describe all the ‘lessons now learned’.
I’m certainly no Puritan or prude, but just hearing the premise of Shirley’s book made me not want to buy or read it.
It was as though a favorite Aunt, now in her dotage,(or someone as wholesome as Mary Tyler Moore!) had printed a few volumes describing how she acted out all the positions in the Kama Sutra, from the perspective of an overstuffed mattress. Color illustrations included. I just didn’t even want to know all that about her. I don’t know how many copies she sold of that book.