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Marie Osmond

Olive Marie Osmond (born October 13, 1959 in Ogden, Utah) is an American actress, singer, doll designer, and a member of the show business family, The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s. Her best known song is a cover of the country pop ballad "Paper Roses". In 1976, she and her singer brother Donny Osmond began hosting the TV variety show Donny & Marie.

Biography

Early life

Born Olive Marie Osmond to Olive and George Osmond, Marie Osmond was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, along with her eight brothers Virl, Tom, Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny, and Jimmy Osmond. Since an early age, her brothers maintained a career in show business, singing and performing on national television. Osmond debuted as part of her brother's act The Osmond Brothers on the The Andy Williams Show when she was three, but generally did not perform with her brothers in the group's television performances through the 1960s.

1970s music career

Aside from her two eldest brothers, who were hearing imparied, Marie was soon 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 seveties, 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 titled "Marie." which did not survive. The year after that, Marie had her own variety show on NBC, also titled Marie, which ran for half a season.

1980s music career

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 [1], [2], 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.

Her follow-up to "Meet Me In Montana" was a solo hit called "There's No Stopping Your Heart," which reached #1 in early 1986 for Marie. Her singles mainly focused on the more-popular Countrypolitan style. In late 1985, she released the "There's No Stopping Your Heart" album of the same name. In 1986, the single "Read My Lips" became a Top-20 country hit. She hit #1 again with a duet with Paul Davis with the song "You're Still New to Me." The Top-20 hit "I Only Wanted You," became her last major hit on the Country charts, to date. Osmond continued to release singles throughout much of the '80s, including "I'm In Love And He's In Dallas," and the last charting single came in 1990 with "Like a Hurricane."

Acting career

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

Marie's first "made for TV" movie was The Gift of Love which originally aired on ABC December 5, 1978. The movie was loosely based on the O. Henry story "The Gift of the Magi." Her co-star in the movie was Timothy Bottoms and she received her first on-screen kiss in this movie.

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 (as Anna) and The Sound of Music (as Maria) 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.

In 2006, she was a judge on the short-lived show Celebrity Duets.

Osmond had a radio show syndicated to adult contemporary radio stations, Marie And Friends that was canceled after 10 months.

Dancing with the Stars

Main article: Dancing with the Stars (US season 5)

On August 292007, it was announced that Marie Osmond would appear as a celebrity contestant on the fifth season of the ABC show, paired with Jonathan Roberts, 2004 US Rising Star Latin Champion.

After her samba on week five, she passed out during the judges' critique. The show cut to a commercial break while she recovered. The show moved on to her scores without judges' commentary and she did not appear for the remainder of the live show.

The morning of the week seven results show, Marie's father, George Osmond, died at age 90. She did not appear on the show and the hosts announced at the beginning of the show that Marie and Jonathan were safe from elimination. After the commercial break, Jonathan told Samantha Harris that he had spoken to Marie and she wanted to continue with the show in her father's memory.

The pair performed a Rumba and Jive in week eight, and was declared safe, despite criticism from the judges

During week nine, November 202007, of the competition, Marie was again safe, despite having the lowest judges' scores two weeks in a row. This made her the oldest woman that had ever made it to the finals.

On November 262007, Marie disappointed the judges during her freestyle performance when she attempted to imitate a doll as a nod to her fans. Judge Bruno Tonioli described her freestyle as "The loopiest thing I have ever seen. It defies critiquing." She received the lowest scores in Dancing With the Stars finals history. On November 272007, Marie came in third place on the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars.

Doll business

In 1991, Marie debuted her doll line on QVC. While QVC continues to be the doll's primary source of distribution, Marie has expanded the line into retail stores, Internet sales, and direct response.

Her first sculpture, a toddler doll she created and named after her mother, "Olive May," set a collectible record on QVC, selling more than $3,000,000 worth in its first airing at midnight. [3] Since then, Marie has sculpted several dolls, including "Remember Me," "Baby Adora Belle," "Vote For Me," and her hallmark doll, "Adora Belle."

In 2006, Osmond launched an embroidery machine line, a sewing machine line, and embroidery designs through Bernina. She has been featured on the cover of Designs in Machine Embroidery.

Marie's doll collection has garnered numerous award nominations, including "Trendsetter of the Year" and Dolls magazine's "Awards of Excellence."[4]

Personal life

Osmond has been married and divorced twice and has eight children in total from the two marriages. She married her first husband Stephen Craig, a Brigham Young University basketball player, in 1982. They had one child, Stephen James Craig in 1983. Osmond and Craig divorced in 1985.

In May 1986 Osmond married record producer Brian Blosil in a Latter-day Saints wedding ceremony. While married to Blosil, Osmond had two more children: Brianna Patricia in 1997 and Matthew Richard in 1999. They also adopted five children: Jessica Marie in 1987, Rachael Lauren in 1989, Michael Brian in 1991, Brandon Warren in 1996,and Abigail Michelle in 2002.

On March 30, 2007, Osmond and Blosil announced they were divorcing.[1]

In 1999, Osmond revealed that she had suffered from severe postpartum depression.[1] She co-authored a book called Behind the Smile with Marcia Wilkie and Dr. Judith Moore which chronicles her experiences with postpartum depression. In August 2006, it was suggested by several U.S. tabloids that she had attempted suicide. These reports were denied by her publicity team, which claimed she had suffered an adverse reaction to a medication she was taking.[2]

On November 14, 2007, MSNBC reported[3] that Osmond's 16-year-old son, Michael, had entered rehab. The news was confirmed the same night by Osmond to Larry King during a taping of his show Larry King Live.

Discography

Charted singles

Year Title US Country US Hot 100 US AC Album
1973 "Paper Roses" 1 5 1 Paper Roses
1974 "In My Little Corner of the World" 33 102 - In My Little Corner of the World
1974 "I'm Leaving It All Up to You" (w/ Donny Osmond) 17 4 1 I'm Leaving It All Up to You
1974 "Morning Side of the Mountain" (w/ Donny Osmond) - 8 1 I'm Leaving It All Up to You
1975 "Who's Sorry Now?" - 40 21 Who's Sorry Now
1975 "Make the World Go Away" (w/ Donny Osmond) - 44 31 Make the World Go Away
1976 "Deep Purple" (w/ Donny Osmond) - 14 8 Donny & Marie
1976 "A - My Name Is Alice" 85 - - Donny & Marie
1976 "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (w/ Donny Osmond) - 21 17 New Season
1977 "This Is the Way I Feel" - 39 - This Is The Way I Feel
1977 "Cry Baby Cry" - - - This Is The Way I Feel
1977 "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" (w/ Donny Osmond) - 38 18 Winning Combination
1978 "Sure Would Be Nice" (w/ Donny Osmond) - - - Winning Combination
1978 "May Tomorrow Be A Perfect Day" - - - This Is The Way I Feel
1978 "On the Shelf" (w/ Donny Osmond) - 38 25 Goin' Coconuts (soundtrack)
1982 "I've Got a Bad Case of You" 74 - -
1982 "Back To Believing Again" 58 - -
1984 "Who's Counting" 82 - -
1985 "Meet Me In Montana" (w/ Dan Seals) 1 - - There's No Stopping Your Heart
1985 "There's No Stopping Your Heart" 1 - - There's No Stopping Your Heart
1985 "Until I Fall In Love Again" 54 - - There's No Stopping Your Heart
1986 "Read My Lips" 4 - - There's No Stopping Your Heart
1986 "You're Still New to Me" (w/ Paul Davis) 1 - - I Only Wanted You
1986 "I Only Wanted You" 14 - - I Only Wanted You
1987 "Cry Just a Little " 50 - - I Only Wanted You
1987 "Everybody's Crazy 'Bout My Baby" 24 - - I Only Wanted You
1988 "I'm In Love and He's In Dallas" 59 - - All In Love
1988 "Sweet Life" (w/ Paul Davis) 47 - - All In Love
1988 "Without a Trace" 50 - - All In Love
1989 "Slowly But Surely" 57 - - Steppin' Stone
1989 "Steppin' Stone" 70 - - Steppin' Stone
1990 "Like a Hurricane" 57 - - The Best of Marie Osmond
1990 "Think With Your Heart" - - - The Best of Marie Osmond
1995 "What Kind of Man (Walks On a Woman)" 75 - -

Albums

Year Album U.S. Country Albums U.S. Billboard 200
1973 Paper Roses 1 59
1974 In My Little Corner of the World 10 164
1974 Im Leaving It All Up to You (with Donny Osmond) - 35
1975 Who's Sorry Now? 20 152
1975 Make the World Go Away - 133
1976 Donny & Marie - Featuring Songs From Their Television Show (with Donny Osmond) - 60
1976 Donny & Marie - A New Season (with Donny Osmond) - 85
1976 The Osmonds' Christmas Album (with The Osmonds) - 127
1977 This Is the Way I Feel - 152
1978 Winning Combination (with Donny Osmond) - 99
1978 Goin' Coconuts (soundtrack) - 98
1985 There's No Stopping Your Heart 16 -
1986 I Only Wanted You 19 -
1988 All In Love 29 -
1989 Steppin' Stone 68 -
1990 The Best of Marie Osmond - -
1995 25 Hits Special Collection - -
2007 Marie Osmond, Magic of Christmas - 93

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Singer Marie Osmond to divorce
  2. ^ Marie Osmond suicide bid denied
  3. ^ Marie Osmond’s 16-year-old son in rehab


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