Just as NBC's Days of Our Lives bids farewell to Billie Reed actress Julie Pinson, a well-known figure from the family-show genre is ready to make a big entrance into the daytime drama. Academy Award-winner Shirley Jones, who is best known for playing a widowed mother Shirley Patridge on ABC's The Patridge Family, will be having limited appearances on Days of Our Lives. In fact, she will be appearing on the show throughout the February Sweeps period. Jones confirmed this in a conversation with Variety. "It's hard work," Jones told Armand "Army" Archerd of Variety. "I didn't want to do it, but they gave me more money than -- " Jones is required to speak with an Irish accent for the role, and thus is training with Robert Easton, a prominent dialect coach. Having grown into the entertainment industry, Jones has had a successful career, with both onscreen and stage accomplishments. Her screen credits include films Oklahoma ! April Love, Carousel, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure and Raising Genius, and the shows Monarch Cove, The Drew Carey Show, Burke's Law, and of course, The Partridge Family. As for her theater credits, she has Maggie Flynn, The Sound of Music and The King & I under her belt. On her latest Days of Our Lives project, Jones will take the role of Colleen Brady, the supposedly dead great-aunt of Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney). Colleen's story was initially shown to viewers through letters exchanged between her and Santo DiMera (played by James Scott in flashback scenes), an Italian businessman with whom she had a forbidden and tragic love affair. It was initially presumed that Colleen died young, though how she died still remains to be a mystery. The network has yet to announce when exactly Pinson's episodes will air, but it is assumed that she will appear throughout February, ending her stint in early March. For more resources about Days of Our Lives or for the full story of Partridge Mom Joining Days please review http://www.buddytv.com
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