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Former teenager Idol Shaun Cassidy called her late father, Broadway and television star Jack Cassidy, like a “false”, saying that he was more showman than parent.
Shaun – An old adolescent heart which became famous in the 1970s – said that he and his half -brothers, including actor Patrick and the late David, saw through a carefully constructed facade of their father.
“My father was so complicated,” said Shaun, now 67, in an interview with People.
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Former teenager Idol Shaun Cassidy says that her Broadway star father Jack Cassidy invented a false accent that “existed in any country”. (Bettman / Getty Images)
“He essentially invented this public character with an accent that did not exist in any country,” said Shaun.
The actor “He & She”, born in New York, was to join his family’s rail activity – until a Broadway show that changes their life at 14 years on a new path.
As his fame grew, Jack started going around the talk shows and often talked in a theatrical and limited British accent which left his children amazed.
Shaun recalled how he and his brothers often questioned the exaggerated public character of their father.
“Patrick and Ryan and I said to me:” What’s going on with this guy? “,” Said Shaun. “It seemed so false for us. I’m not sure he never really understood who he was.”
Jack Cassidy photographed at the Philharmonic Hall, where he appeared for the salvation of the magazine picked in Ascap in honor of the main American composers, on May 1, 1966. (Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images)
Jack died in an apartment fire in 1976 at the age of 49.
Despite their complicated relationship, Shaun – who was only 18 years old at the time – said he had learned to maintain the space for pain and the gifts that his father left.
“He was not a good father-and I don’t say that with disrespect. I just say it with objectivity,” he said. “And yet, I would not have exchanged him for the world. I received so many gifts from him, so much.”
American actress and singer Shirley Jones, alongside her husband, actor and singer Jack Cassidy, around 1972. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)
Shaun told people that growing up under the spotlight was not all possible and glamorous.
He thought about his own childhood under the spotlight with his famous parents – the star of “WC Fields and Me” Jack and the winner of Oscar Shirley Jones.
Shaun admitted that the world had seen a perfect Hollywood couple, but reality at home was radically different.
“What they are really is not to know how they are perceived by the public anyway. The public has an idea of whom he is. If you grow in a family of spectacle folk, everything is very present.”
“What they really are is not the way they are perceived by the public anyway. The public has an idea of whom they are,” said Shaun. “If you grow up in a family of people in the show, everything is very present.”
Behind the scenes, Shaun said that his father was widely absent during his years of training.
“I did not have the father who went to my little league games or who took me on a campsite trip or all that. My mother did it,” he said.
However, Shirley, better known for his role in “The Partridge Family” – has often been removed by his own career.
“The Partridge Family” features Shirley Jones, Brian Forster, Suzanne Crowh, Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce and David Cassidy poses a bus windows in a group portrait around 1973. (Silver screen collection / Getty Images)
“My mother showed up for many things, but she was also a long time. She made films in the world,” he shared.
“I think that one of the reasons why she took the work” The Partridge Family “is that she wanted to be close to her.”
Jack and Shirley married in 1956 and divorced in 1975.
Shaun said that he had raised himself mainly while his parents were occupied by their career.
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Shaun Cassidy launched his first big tour in 45 years. (John Atashian / Getty Images; Brad Elterman / Getty Images)
“I have a group of friends, children, we were like peanuts,” Shaun told people, when he was referring to emblematic comics. “Parents were not there.”
Shaun found comfort with other Hollywood children who were sailing the same chaotic lifestyle.
“And yet we all had similar history,” he continued. “I mean, Carrie Fisher was two doors, and she was a good boyfriend.”
“We all crossed it with challenges, that’s for sure. We have not only survived, but we prospered, and I think we took care of each other.”
While Shaun became famous in the late 1970s as a teenagewoman with successes like “Da Doo Ron Ron”, he finally moved away from the spotlight.
Shaun Cassidy became famous in the late 1970s as a teenager with successes like “Da Doo Ron Ron”. He finally moved away from the spotlight. (Brad Elterman / FilmMagic)
In the 90s, he pivoted towards a new chapter – working behind the scenes as a successful editor and producer.
The singer of “It’s Rock ‘N’ Roll” admitted that the fame had caused “resentment” in his father and brother David, while he echoed the similar feelings in an AARP interview.
The former teenage idol said that her father and older brother David had struggled with his cross celebrity.
“My father has always been frustrated: married to a much more famous woman, then her son became more famous than him.”
“My father has always been frustrated: married to a much more famous woman, then her son became more famous than it was,” Shaun told Aarp.
“Instead of being simply proud -” it’s my boy, it’s my wife ” – he had resentment, who tortured him as well as us.”
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Shaun also spoke of David, who played in “The Partridge Family” and became a world feeling in the 1970s.
“David had this chip on his shoulder,” he said. “We had similar similar careers, but I watched it like:” Oh, I won the lottery. Now, what will I do? “”
But for David, the fame came with a struggle to be seen beyond his role of escape.
“He was like,” no, no, no, I’m not Keith Parridge. I am Jimi Hendrix! “” Recalls Shaun.
A young David Cassidy performed in Melbourne Cricket Grounds in Australia in 1974. (Henry Diltz / A & E network)
“And I said to myself, ‘guy, you are a character in a television program. It’s a great success. America loves you. There could be worse spells.'”
With hindsight, Shaun said that he still hoped that his brother could find peace in his talent and his success.
“Why not appreciate it and don’t think you will have the talent and the courage to do other things? And he did it, later in life,” he noted.
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Shaun became famous in the late 1970s in the early 1980s as adolescents and artist.
He released a series of pop albums that called on a teenage audience.
His first album in 1977, “Shaun Cassidy”, presented the hit n ° 1 “DO DOO RON RON”. He also played the role of Joe Hardy in “The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries” by ABC.
In the mid -1990s, he had moved almost entirely to producing series, notably “American Gothic”, “Roar” and “New Amsterdam”.
Today, Shaun cherishes time with his mother. Jones, now 91, is still healthy.
Actress Shirley Jones poses a portrait at home in Los Angeles in July 2013. (A2013)
“I have read on the people who say:” We take care of our children again, and now we take care of our parents because they live longer – Oh, what a burden! “,” Shaun told Aarp.
“And I did not find that it was at all. In fact, in fact the opposite.”
The former idol of Teen Idol said that being there for the star of “Family Parteridge” Oscar -winning was felt like a full circle moment.
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Shaun Cassidy said that being there for his mother, now 91, felt like a full circle moment. (Zuffing Vinnia Images / Getty)
“What a gift that this woman, who took so much care of me in extraordinary circumstances, often, I am now able to take care of her.”
Shaun insisted that his mother only requires a small amount of care.
“Make no mistake, my mother only needs a little help,” he said. “Even at 91, she is in very good health.”
Although her memory was not what it was in the past – “as, you know, mine too,” he joked – the mind of Jones remains intact.
“She is so positive all the time and so optimistic. She is like a little ball of joy to be there, that it is only a victory for me. So I am not sure who takes care of who.”
