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Olive Marie Osmond (born October 13, 1959 in
Ogden, Utah) is an United States|American
entertainer and a member of the show business
family, The Osmonds.

The only daughter of George and Olive Osmond and
the 8th of their 9 children, Marie has released
many albums and appeared on television for over 40
years. At age 13, her song Paper Roses reached #1
on the country music charts, making her the
youngest female artist in history to top the
chart. She has charted with her brother Donny
Osmond|Donny ("I'm Leaving It All Up To You" and
"Deep Purple"), Dan Seals ("Meet Me in Montana"),
and Paul Davis ("You're Still New to Me"). Other
solo hits included "This is the Way That I Feel,"
"There's No Stopping Your Heart", "Read My Lips",
and "I Only Wanted You". She and Donny also had a
hit variety show, Donny & Marie (1976-1979).

In October 1999, she disclosed that she suffered
from severe postpartum depression following the
birth of her son. She became so despondent that
she left her family and planned never to return.
She eventually returned to her family and shared
her postpartum experiences with other women.  In
2005, Marie spoke out in support of Brooke Shields
after Tom Cruise attacked Brooke's use of
pharmaceuticals to treat her postpartum
depression.

She is a regular on QVC where her "Marie Osmond
Fine Porcelain Collector Dolls" is the top-selling
line.  Marie has eight children (five of whom are
adoption|adopted). Perhaps the only dent in her
squeaky-clean image is her divorce after two years
of marriage (her religion, Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints|The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, discourages divorce). 

Marie played her mother, Olive, in the TV movie
Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family.
 She also starred in the TV movies The Gift of
Love and I Married Wyatt Earp. She garnered rave
reviews as Anna in the Broadway musicals The King
and I and Maria in The Sound of Music in the
mid-1990s. She returned to television with brother
Donny in 1998 to cohost The Donny and Marie Show,
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 multi-media empire led
to their downfall. The film was produced by Jimmy
Osmond.

Currently, Marie hosts her own radio show, Marie
and Friends, a nationally syndicated program.
Along with actor John Schneider (television
actor)|John Schneider, Marie is the co-founder of
Children's Miracle Network.

In early August 2005, a fire destroyed the garage
and office of her Utah home; nobody was injured in
the blaze.

== External links ==
*http://www.marieosmond.com/Home.aspx Marie Osmond
website
*http://www.radiomarie.com Marie and Friends radio
show website
*http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MarieOsmondD
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