1. Olive Marie Osmond was born on October 13,1959 and is an American singer, actress, television personality, author, and businesswoman.
85 Facts About Marie Osmond
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Marie Osmond is known for her girl-next-door image and her decades-long career in many different areas.
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Marie Osmond's 1973 cover of "Paper Roses," released when she was 14, made her the youngest female act with a number-one country single.
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Marie Osmond's acting career includes appearances in television films and Broadway musicals; she has written several books and helped found the Children's Miracle Network.
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Marie Osmond began recording alongside her brother Donny, leading to the creation of their own syndicated variety show, which aired through 1979.
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Marie Osmond attempted to launch an acting career, experimenting with the variety show Marie.
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Marie Osmond then refocused her attention on the country genre and signed a contract with Capitol Records in 1985.
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Marie Osmond made her Broadway debut in The King and I in 1994.
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Olive Marie Osmond was born October 13,1959, in Ogden, Utah.
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Marie Osmond's brothers are Virl, Tom, Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny and Jimmy Osmond.
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Marie Osmond was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Marie Osmond's remaining brothers began performing from an early age as a barbershop quartet and eventually found success on The Andy Williams Show in the 1960s.
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In 1964, when Marie Osmond was four years old, she made her first televised appearance on The Andy Williams Show.
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Marie Osmond was closest to Donny during their childhood, and the pair often played together.
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Marie Osmond accompanied her brothers to concerts in her early childhood, often helping organize stage equipment and wardrobes.
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Marie Osmond chose to market herself as a country music artist, explaining that it was the only genre that allowed women to have a family and career.
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Marie Osmond was signed to Capitol Records by Nashville label-head Jim Foglesong.
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In 1986, Marie Osmond was nominated by the Academy of Country Music for Top Female Vocalist and by the Grammy Awards for her her duet with Dan Seals.
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Marie Osmond brought in the song's original producer and several of the original studio musicians to re-make the track.
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In 1995, Marie Osmond returned to the US country charts with the new Curb single "What Kind of Man ".
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However, Marie Osmond ultimately chose to make a career change finding it challenging to balance family life with touring.
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In 2008, Donny and Marie Osmond agreed to a six-week run at the Flamingo hotel in Las Vegas.
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In 2016, Marie Osmond released her tenth studio album Music Is Medicine.
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Marie Osmond's music has been classified in the genres of country pop, pop, classical and opera.
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Marie Osmond continued her schooling and was tutored on-set for three hours daily while being expected to complete chores while she was home.
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Marie Osmond continued to perform on the show, citing her responsibility to her family and her audience.
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In 1978, Donny and Marie Osmond debuted in their first feature film titled Goin' Coconuts.
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Later that year, Marie Osmond appeared in the ABC television film The Gift of Love, which was based on the O Henry story The Gift of the Magi.
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In 1978, Osmond starred in a sitcom pilot titled Marie.
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Between 1980 and 1981, Osmond briefly had her own variety show titled Marie.
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Marie Osmond focused her attention towards her recording career in the 1980s.
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Marie Osmond returned to acting in the 1990s when her touring schedule allowed her less time with her children.
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Manager Karl Engemann arranged for Marie Osmond to meet with the creators of a new touring production of The Sound of Music.
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Marie Osmond worked alongside vocal coach Barbara Smith Davis to retrain her voice for the role.
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The Los Angeles Times found Marie Osmond's to be an "adequate Anna" but found "she falters in important ways".
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Meanwhile Variety praised her vocal performance, writing, "Marie Osmond's soprano has developed into a fine instrument".
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Marie Osmond played a divorced mother who was balancing an entertainment career.
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In 1999, Donny and Marie Osmond co-hosted the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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In 2006, Marie Osmond was cast as a judge on the Simon Cowell-created television competition Celebrity Duets.
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Marie Osmond was medically evaluated and was reportedly "fine" following the collapse.
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Marie Osmond continued performing on the show until being eliminated in November 2007.
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In 2009, Marie Osmond was given the opportunity to host her own talk show but due to economic challenges in the US at the time, the show was not aired.
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Marie Osmond agreed and in 2012, it was announced that she would have her own talk show on the Hallmark Channel titled Marie.
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Marie Osmond's program featured guests who discussed social issues and provided lifestyle advice.
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Specifically, the talk show featured Marie Osmond performing, along with specific advice on cooking and fashion.
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Marie Osmond was then approached by the head of CBS daytime television to become an official co-host.
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In 2019, Marie Osmond was announced as the official replacement for Sara Gilbert on The Talk, co-hosting alongside Sheryl Underwood, Carrie Ann Inaba, Sharon Osbourne and Eve.
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In September 2020, Marie Osmond departed the show after one season, citing a focus on family and other television opportunities.
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Marie Osmond left at the same time that producer John Redmann departed the show and it was announced that the pair would collaborate in other television opportunities.
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In 2021, Marie Osmond co-starred in a third Lifetime television film titled A Fiance for Christmas, which told the story of a single woman who makes a fake wedding registry and ultimately finds love in unexpected places.
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Marie Osmond was inspired to help sick children after watching how her deaf siblings struggled learning to speak and communicate.
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Marie Osmond's parents encouraged her to help support individuals in need.
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Marie Osmond has collaborated and met with hundreds of families since its creation and is part of the program's annual broadcast to raise funds.
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Marie Osmond's dolls were sold at Wal-Mart retailers starting at $29.
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Marie Osmond debuted her doll collection on the QVC network during this period.
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In 2001, Marie Osmond claimed that she had designed an estimated 550 different dolls.
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Marie Osmond reportedly went from being a size 14 to a size four.
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Marie Osmond then became a spokesperson for the brand shortly after losing the weight.
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On Nutrisystems's official website, Marie Osmond is listed under their category labeled "success stories" where she explains her journey with the program.
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Marie Osmond has since created a program through the company called "Complete 50" for women age 50 and older.
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Marie Osmond is the author of four books, three of which have made The New York Times Best Seller list.
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Marie Osmond's first was 2001's Behind the Smile: My Journey Out of Postpartum Depression.
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The book described how Marie Osmond suffered from postpartum depression following the birth of her child in the late 1990s.
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Marie Osmond's hope was that giving voice to postpartum depression would inspire other women take action of their own mental health.
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In 2010, she penned a book of handcrafted project designs called Marie Osmond's Heartfelt Giving: Sew and Quilt for Family and Friends,.
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Marie Osmond notably talked about her son's death in the book.
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Marie Osmond has been described as the "girl next door".
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Marie Osmond dated singer Andy Gibb around the same time.
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Marie Osmond has been married three times, including twice to the same spouse.
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Marie Osmond was drawn to Blosil's "dry sense of humor" after meeting him at a family party.
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In March 2020, Marie Osmond stated that she will leave her fortune to charity upon her death, stating that it would be a disservice to her children to leave the money to them, and noting that they need to make their own money.
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Marie Osmond was appointed personal manager at various career stages of all the Osmond children three years later, and eventually only of Marie.
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In 1999, Marie Osmond publicly spoke about her battle with postpartum depression after giving birth to her son Matthew.
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Marie Osmond spoke in detail about her challenges in her 2001 book Behind the Smile.
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Marie Osmond started experiencing panic attacks, fatigue, neck pain and suicidal ideations.
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Marie Osmond then received a call from her husband, who convinced her to pull off the highway and check into a hotel.
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Marie Osmond then began receiving natural healing treatments through physician Dr Judith Moore.
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Marie Osmond believed that the abuse later led to her struggles with postpartum depression.
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Marie Osmond later revealed that her childhood abuse resulted in developing body dysmorphia.
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On February 26,2010, Marie Osmond's adopted son Michael died by suicide, jumping off an eighth-floor balcony.
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Marie Osmond reportedly battled depression and addiction, and had been in rehabilitation at the age of 12.
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Marie Osmond wrote in her 2013 book The Key Is Love that he had been "emotionally down" in the weeks prior to his suicide.
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Marie Osmond later revealed that she had missed a phone call from her son shortly before his death because she was onstage in Las Vegas.
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Marie Osmond returned to work two weeks following her son's death.
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Marie Osmond has received several awards and nominations, notably from the Academy of Country Music, Country Music Association, Grammy Awards and Daytime Emmy Awards.