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David Cassidy
American actor and musician (–)
For the historian, see David C. Cassidy.
David Bruce Cassidy[1] (April 12, – November 21, ) was an American actor and musician. He was best known for his role as Keith Partridge, the son of Shirley Partridge (played by his real-life stepmother, actress Shirley Jones), in the s musical-sitcom The Partridge Family. This role catapulted Cassidy to teen idol status as a superstar pop singer of the s.
Raised primarily by his maternal grandparents in West apelsinfärg, New Jersey, Cassidy was later informed of his parents' divorce, which had happened two years prior without his knowledge. After completing high school, Cassidy pursued acting and music, moving into his father and stepmother's home in Irvington, New York. His career took off after signing with Universal Studios in , leading to roles in several TV series. His major breakthrough came in as Keith Partridge on The Partridge Family, which propelled him to teen idol st
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TV Shows - Guest Appearances
Jun. 19 - The Dating Game
Sep. 12 - American Bandstand
Oct - The Larry Kane Show - Local Atlanta Show. David sang "I Think I Love You" and "I Can Feel Your Heartbeat".
Nov. 7 - Grand Opening of White Front Discount Store on West California Ave, Hollywood. Recorded on Thursday Nov. 5 KERO TV. David performed several Partridge Family songs.
Summer - The Tuby and Lester Show - Local Atlanta Children's Show
Summer - Eye-Witness News Parade. WQXI mid-day news program
American Music Awards
Mar. 16 - 13th Grammy Awards - David and Shirley were presenters
Apr. 29 - This Is Your Life - Shirley Jones Honoured
May 9 - The 23rd Annual Emmy Awards Show. Host Johnny Carson. David was an award presenter
Aug. 26 - The Merv Griffin Show. Jack Cassidy was host. David sang Danny Boy with Jack Cassidy. (picture on right)
Oct. 1 - 50th annual Photoplay Gold Medal Awards, presented on a special live broadcast of "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour".
Oct. 24 - Th
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David Cassidy was born on April 12, in Manhattan, to Jack Cassidy, a very skilled actor and singer, and Evelyn Ward, an actress. By the time he was five, his parents were divorced and Jack had married actress Shirley Jones, an actress who in had just made Oklahoma! (). When David was about 10, his mother moved to California from New Jersey. A few years later, she married a director and, like Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones, the marriage ended in divorce. David was thrown out of schools and hardly made it through one year of college. When he was eighteen, he went east to New York to perform in a play called "The Fig Leafs are Falling." He did some other spots on TV, but in he got the opportunity to play Keith Partridge on the TV show The Partridge Family (). (He did not know until he got the part that his real life stepmother Shirley Jones was to play his mother Shirley.) The show ended in , but not the close relationship he had with his "sister" Susan Dey, who p