Marie Osmond is an American singer, actress, author, philanthropist, talk show host 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. She is best known for the remake of the country-pop ballad "Paper Roses". Since September 9, 2019, Osmond is also known as a new host of the television variety show, Donny & Marie premiered from 1976 to 1979, fist hosted by her singer brother Donny Osmond. On October 4, 2019, Marie, along with her brother Donny were honored by the Las Vegas Walk of Stars and received a star on the famous Las Vegas strip. The October 4th date is now officially known as Donny & Marie day in Las Vegas.
Marie Osmond is best famous for her single single 'Paper Roses'. she is collectively famous for having to spend 5 iconic decades in the entertainment business performing as a successful singer, television performer, and talk show host, dancer, actor, author, entrepreneur and public speaker.
Osmond was born as Olive Marie Osmond in Ogden, Utah, the U.S. on October 13, 1959. She is the eighth of nine children (and the only daughter) born to Olive May (1925–2004) and George Virl Osmond. (1917–2007). She has eight brothers namely, Virl, Tom, Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny and Jimmy Osmond. From an early age, her brothers maintained a career in show business, singing and performing on national television. Osmond debuted as part of her brothers' act The Osmond Brothers on The Andy Williams Show when she was four. She was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her nationality is American and her ethnicity is white. Her zodiac is Libra. Information regarding her education is still under review.
Osmond instantly gained initial recognition as a solo artist and became a teen idol starting in 1970. She rose to international stardom with the success of her first single 'Paper Roses' in 1973 which reached the #1 spot on two Billboard charts. She released another single 'In My Little Corner of the World' the next year that entered the Billboard country Top 40. She came up with her fourth studio album, 'This Is The Way That I Feel' in 1977. She collaborated with Dan Seals singing a duet called 'Meet Me in Montana'. The song became the no. 1 country hit in 1985. Some of her hit songs include, I Only Wanted You, You're Still New to Me, and Everybody's Crazy 'Bout My Baby. Her most recent work is Music IS Medicine released in April 2016 by the online retailer Amazon.com, iTunes, and Walmart. Besides music, she is involved in acting as well. She started her acting career in 1976 in Donny & Marie. The show was renamed The Osmond Family Hour in 1979. She performed in the documentary series Ripley's Believe It or Not! with Jack Palance in 1985 and 1986 for two seasons. She appeared with her brother Donny in the short-lived 1995 ABC sitcom Maybe This Time. In 2006, she became the judge on Fox celeb reality show competition Celebrity Duets.
Not just acting and music, she also has a radio show called 'Marie and Friends' in 2004. On November 27, 2007, Osmond came in third place in the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars. Apart from this, she has authored three books, all of which featured in the New York Times bestsellers list which are: Behind the Smile: My Journey Out, Might As Well Laugh About It Now, and The Key Is Love. As of now, she is currently working on a new operatic album that will be available in early 2020 which is her eleventh album too. In her career, she was nominated for many awards including Grammy Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, and Country Music Association Awards. Out of which she grabbed Country Music Association Awards of Vocal Duo of the Year for Dan Seals and Marie Osmond in 1987.
Marie has been married three times. She was first engaged to Jeff Clayton, an acting student in 1979 but soon called it off. Her first marriage was with Brigham Young University basketball player, Stephen Lyle Craig on 26th June 1982. They welcomed their only child Stephen James Craig on 20th June 1983. The two divorced in 1985. The following year, she married Brian Blosil at the Jordan River Temple in Utah in October 1986. The couple has two kids Rachael Lauren (1989) and Matthew Richard (1998). They adopted five more kids namely, Michael Bryan, Brandon Warren, Brianna Patricia, Abigail Olive May, and Jessica Marie. Osmond announced they were divorcing on 4th March 2011. In May 2011, she remarried her first husband Craig in a small ceremony in the Las Vegas Nevada Temple and wore the same dress as her first wedding.
The singer Marie Osmond's net worth is estimated at $24 million as of 2020. However, her average salary is still not disclosed. Her major source of income is her successful career as a singer. She amassed her current net worth mostly through her album sales all around the globe among her loyal listeners. In addition, she also earns from her acting career and several other endorsements which she gets from different brands like Kmart, Hawaiian Punch, Pepsi, Nutrisystem, Wise Foods and QVC. Since January 2018 Marie became the strategic advisor and owner of MD Complete, a line of skincare regimens available online and in national retail big box stores Details about her cars and house are currently under review.
The actress and renowned singer is now 60 years old. However, she still looks very pretty and has been a controversy over plastic surgery. The author has a good height of 5 feet 5 inches. She has a weight of 54kg or 120lbs. Her hair color is dark brown and her eyes are blue. Further, Her other measurements are 39-27-37 inches. Similarly, her bra size is 36C, dress size 4(US) and shoe size 7(US). She has a straight sexual orientation.