Olive Marie Osmond (born October 13, 1959 in Ogden, Utah) is an American actress, singer, and a member of the show business family, The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family’s band, she gained success as a country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s. Her best known song is the 1973 country pop ballad “Paper Roses”.

Starting in 1976, Marie Osmond hosted a show with her brother called Donny & Marie. She has also has started her own doll company called Marie Osmond Fine Porcelain Collection Dolls. She has recently been a judge on the short-lived television show Celebrity Duets.

Contents
1 Early life and rise to success
2 Music career
2.1 Early music success during the 70s – “Paper Roses”
2.2 Later music success in the 80s – “Meet Me In Montana”
3 Acting career
4 Doll business
5 Personal life
6 Discography
6.1 Charted Singles
6.2 Albums
7 Filmography

 Early life and rise to success
She was born in 1959 to Olive and George Osmond. She was raised in a strict Mormon family along with her eight brothers. Marie was the only daughter and the youngest child. Since her early age, her brothers maintained a career in show business, singing and performing on national television. She got her start as part of her brother’s act The Osmonds on the The Andy Williams Show at the age of three. While her brothers performed and appeared on television shows through much of the 1960s, Marie mostly stayed out of the picture.
 Music career

 Early music success during the 70s – “Paper Roses”
Soon after the 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. Marie was soon the only one in the family not making an impact on the music business. The Osmonds’ management convinced Marie to try her hand at recording as well and Marie signed onto MGM Records to begin her career in the recording business. She began making concert appearances with The Osmonds, although she never became an official member of the group. Marie decided to pursue her musical career in Country Music in contrast to her brothers’ Pop Music.

In 1973, Marie cut her first single as a solo artist. The song was written by Country Music singer Sonny James called “Paper Roses”. The song was released that year and became a #1 Country hit, and making all the way to the Top 5 on the Pop charts as well, achieving Country Music crossover success. The song went Gold that year, and the album of the same name also went to the coveted #1 spot. At only 13 years old, Marie Osmond was one of the youngest Country Music singers to achieve significant hits on the Country charts.[citation needed] Before long, Marie Osmond had the music success equal to that of her brothers. She released another single and another album, both entitled “In My Little Corner of The World”. The song made the Top 40 in 1974. Marie released a few more albums and a few more singles on her own through the rest of the decade, none of which were successful.

In 1974, Marie had two Pop Music duet hits with her brother Donny Osmond with the songs “I’m Leaving It All Up to You” and “Morning Side of the Mountain”. “I’m Leaving It All Up to You” was also a Top 20 Country hit. In 1976, Marie and Donny Osmond began hosting the variety show Donny & Marie which ran on ABC until 1979. The brother-sister duet became known for the phrase they sang in the opening of each show: “I’m a little bit Country” (by Marie) and “I’m a little bit Rock’n Roll” (by Donny).
 Later music success in the 80s – “Meet Me In Montana”
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. Seeing the comeback success her brother Donny had in the 1980s, Marie made a comeback into Country Music as a solo artist, 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 a second time for Marie. Her singles mainly focused on the more-popular Countrypolitan style. In late 1985, she released an album by the same name. In 1986, its single “Read My Lips” became popular. She hit #1 one last time in a duet with Paul Davis with the song “You’re Still New to Me”. She had a Top 20 hit called “I Only Wanted You”, which was her last major hit on the Country charts. Osmond continued releasing 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
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 movies The Gift Of Love and 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 just 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, Marie And Friends that was canceled after 10 months.

On August 29, 2007 it was announced that Marie Osmond would appear as a celebrity contestant on the 5th season of the ABC show Dancing with the Stars.
 Doll business
In 1991, Marie parlayed her love of dolls into a business that would become one of the most successful collectible doll brands in the industry. Since Marie virtually grew up on television, she chose to debut her doll line on electronic retailing giant 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.

Along the way, Marie learned to sculpt. Her first sculpture, a toddler doll she created and named after her mother, “Olive May,” set a collectible record on QVC, selling over $3,000,000 worth in its first airing at midnight.[citation needed] The hallmark of a Marie sculpture is the beauty dot placed near the doll’s left eye, signifying Marie’s own beauty mark. Since then, Marie has sculpted several dolls, including “Remember Me,” “Baby Adora Belle,” and her hallmark doll, “Adora Belle.”

Marie celebrated her 15th Anniversary of selling dolls in 2006. Marie has launched her own embroidery machine, sewing machine, and embroidery designs through Bernina. She has been featured on the cover of Designs in Machine Embroidery, a national magazine for machine embroidery enthusiasts. The cover article featured an interview with Marie where she discussed how she became involved in embroidery.

Marie’s doll collection has garnered numerous award nominations, including “Trendsetter of the Year” and Dolls magazine’s “Awards of Excellence.”[citation needed]
 Personal life
Osmond married Stephen Craig. They had one child, Stephen James Craig before they divorced in 1985. She then married record producer Brian Blosil in May 1986 in a Latter Day Saint wedding ceremony. The couple had seven children, some of whom are adopted: Jessica Marie Blosil, Rachael Lauren Blosil, Michael Thomas Blosil, Brandon Warren Blosil, Brianna Patricia Blosil, Matthew Richard Blosil, and Abigail Michelle Blosil. On 30 March 2007, Osmond and Blosil announced they were going through a divorce.[1]

In 1999 Osmond revealed that she had suffered from severe post partum depression.[2] In August 2006, it was suggested by several US tabloids that Osmond had attempted suicide; these were denied by her publicity team who said she had suffered an adverse reaction to a medication she was taking.[3]

She has launched a personal crusade to clean up the Internet after learning her two teenage daughters have been posting explicit correspondence on their MySpace.com websites. She felt compelled to give a statement to US tabloid National Enquirer after the publication uncovered the explicit content on her daughters’ blogs. In her statement Osmond says, “I am saddened by some of the choices that two of our children have made. The insidious potential for harm from adolescent Internet sites like MySpace.com only exacerbates these kinds of problems. If my being a celebrity figure is good for anything, let it be as a voice of warning to other parents that no matter how protective we think we may have been with our children in the past, we need to become more knowledgeable and even more vigilant now in order to protect them.” [4].
 Discography

 Charted Singles
Year Single U.S. Country Singles U.S. Pop Singles U.S. A.C. Singles 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” (with Donny Osmond) #17 #4 #1 I’m Leaving It All Up to You 
1974 “Morning Side of the Mountain” (with Donny Osmond) – #8 #1 I’m Leaving It All Up to You 
1975 “Deep Purple” (with Donny Osmond) – #14 #8 Donny & Marie – Featuring Songs From Their Television Show 
1975 “Make the World Go Away” (with Donny Osmond) – #44 #31 Make the World Go Away 
1975 “Who’s Sorry Now?” – #40 #21 Who’s Sorry Now 
1976 “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing” (with Donny Osmond) – #21 #17 New Season 
1976 “A-My Name Is Alice” #85 – - Donny & Marie-Featuring Songs From Their Television Show 
1977 “(You’re My) Soul and Inspiration” (with Donny Osmond) – #38 #18 Winning Combination 
1977 “This Is the Way I Feel” – #39 – This Is the Way I Feel 
1978 “On the Shelf” (with Donny Osmond) – #38 #25 Goin’ Coconuts Sountrack 
1985 “Meet Me In Montana” (with 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” (with 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 Me Baby” #24 – - I Only Wanted You 
1988 “I’m In Love and He’s In Dallas” #59 – - All In Love 
1988 “Sweet Life” (with 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 
 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 – - 
 Filmography
Hugo the Hippo (1975) – Vocalist
“Donny and Marie” (1976) – Herself
Goin’ Coconuts (1978) – Marie
The Gift of Love (1978) – Beth Atherton
“The Big Show” (1980) – Host
“Marie” (1980) TV Series – Herself
The Osmond Family Christmas Special (1980) – Herself
Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family (1982) – Olive Osmond
Rooster (1982) – Sister Mae Davis
“The Love Boat” (1982) – Maria Rosselli (2 episodes)
I Married Wyatt Earp (1983) – Josephine ‘Josie’ Marcus
Rose Petal Place (1984) – Rose Petal
The Velveteen Rabbit (1984) – Fairy Princess and Velveteen Rabbit
Rose Petal Place: Real Friends (1985) – Rose Petal
Marie Osmond’s Merry Christmas (1986) – Host
“Maybe This Time” (1995) – Julia Wallace
Buster & Chauncey’s Silent Night (1998) – Queen (voice)
“Donny & Marie” (1998) – Host