Marie Osmond

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Marie Osmond's Bio: Aside from her two eldest brothers, who were hearing impaired, Marie was for a time the only family member not involved in the music business. After the initial success of The Osmonds in 1970, Marie's older brother Donny Osmond was gaining success as a solo artist on the Pop Music charts and was becoming a teen idol. The Osmonds' management convinced Marie to try her hand as well. She signed with the family's record label, MGM Records and began making concert appearances with The Osmonds. Her style was more directed towards country music, in contrast with her brothers' pop music.

In 1973, Osmond cut her first single as a solo artist, "Paper Roses". The recording became a #1 country hit, reached the Top 5 on the Billboard magazine pop chart, and achieved crossover success. The song earned a gold record as did the album of the same name. Osmond released another single, "In My Little Corner of the World", and a same-name album in 1974, with both entering the Billboard Top 40 in 1974. The title song on her next album Who's Sorry Now, released in 1975, went to #20 the month after its release. The title song from Osmond's final solo album of the seventies, This Is The Way That I Feel, reached #39 within two months of its 1977 release. In 1974, Osmond had two pop music duet hits with her brother Donny Osmond: "I'm Leaving It All Up to You" and "Morning Side of the Mountain." The former song was a Top 20 country hit. In 1976, Marie and Donny began to host their variety show Donny & Marie, which ran on ABC until 1979. In 1978, Marie and Donny released their film Goin' Coconuts,, which was not a financial success. The following year, Marie starred in a sitcom pilot titled "Marie." which did make the new season schedule. The year after that, Marie had her own variety show on NBC, also titled Marie, which ran for half a season.

Marie went into brief retirement from the music business and pursued a career in acting in the early 1980s. She turned down the lead role as Sandy in Grease because she didn't approve of the script's moral content, and the role went to Olivia Newton-John. She appeared in some TV movies and did voice-over work for children's cartoons. Prior to the comeback success of her brother Donny in the late 1980s, Marie made a comeback in country music as a solo artist by signing a deal with Curb Records in Nashville. In 1985, Marie and Dan Seals sang a duet called "Meet Me In Montana" which became a #1 country hit that year.

Marie and her brother Donny hosted a variety show on ABC titled the Donny & Marie show from 1976 to 1979.

Osmond had a recurring role on Ripley's Believe It or Not for two seasons (1985-86) where she introduced segments based on the travels and discoveries of oddity-hunter Robert Leroy Ripley.
Along with actor John Schneider, Osmond is the co-founder of the Children's Miracle Network. The singer played her mother, Olive, in the TV movie Side By Side: The True Story Of The Osmond Family. She also starred in the TV movie I Married Wyatt Earp. She garnered rave reviews in the Broadway musicals The King and I and The Sound of Music in the mid-1990s. She returned to television first in the short-lived 1995 ABC sitcom Maybe This Time and then with brother Donny in 1998 to co-host Donny And Marie, a talk/entertainment show that lasted two seasons. She appeared as herself in the 2001 TV movie Inside The Osmonds, which showed how the brothers' egos, their father's fiscal mismanagement, and the family's quest to build a multimedia empire led to their downfall. The film was produced by her younger brother, Jimmy Osmond.

Whether performing live for the 2002 Olympics or being in the number one Superbowl 2003 commercial, Marie constantly evolves her talents such as starring on Broadway in shows like The Sound of Music and The King and I, which garnered rave reviews. Another record-breaker, In 2001 Marie became the first-ever celebrity to publicly write about her experience with Postpartum Depression, Behind the Smile, a New York Times bestseller. In April of 2009, her next book, Might As Well Laugh About it Now, was an instant New York Times bestseller (8 weeks).

On Season Five of Dancing With the Stars, 25 million people watched Marie’s enthusiasm and determination and her significant weight loss with NutriSystem, and voted her into the finale. Her infamous faint has been replayed millions of times on TV and YouTube, to which Marie responded: “I hit my head so hard when I passed out. I won, right?”

Besides being an international entertainment icon, Marie is a savvy businesswoman. For over 18 years, “Marie Osmond Dolls” has received Dolls of Excellence and Doll of the Year awards and nominations; making her one of the top doll designers in the world. Marie Osmond Dolls is the top selling line of dolls on QVC. Marie has also expanded her many various business activities into her own line of sewing machines with Janome, and crafting products as well as a new launch with Giftcraft, creating beautiful home décor and fashion products. Marie’s new line of jewelry for QVC: Shine by Marie Osmond, debuted in October of 2009.

As co-founder of Children’s Miracle Network, Marie helps over 17 million kids every year, throughout the U.S, Canada and Europe, providing state-of-the-art health care for kids. To date, her charity has raised over 3.6 billion dollars; 100 percent of funds going to the children. Marie also serves as a spokeswoman for the American Heart Association and “Go Red for Women.”

Marie currently performs to sold-out crowds and great reviews in Las Vegas at the Flamingo Showroom five nights a week with Donny. “Donny and Marie,” is the first time the duo has reunited on the stage in over 28 years. Their contract has been renewed to December of 2012.

Above every other accomplishment, Marie is the proud mother of eight beautiful children who are always her greatest treasures. … Read more