Marie Osmond
International celebrity and entertainment icon, Marie Osmond, has built an impressive career spanning over 40 years, which began at the tender age of three when Andy William's sat her on his lap and introduced her to his television audience as "The Youngest Osmond Brother".
As a child and teenager and a member of the famous Osmond Family, Marie endeared herself to generations of fans. That bond has continued through the years as Marie's career blossomed into hit records, network television shows, Broadway musicals, world-wide concert tours, a New York Times best selling author, television commercials, lecture tours, radio host, children's advocate, her Marie Osmond Collector Dolls business, and most recently dancing her way into America's heart on the popular ABC show, Dancing With The Stars.
Milestone career achievements include: Holds record with "Paper Roses" of the first time in Country music history that a female artist debuted with a #1 record; youngest person to host their own TV variety show with "The Donny & Marie Show"; one of the first celebrities to become a "doll"; played the role of her mother in the 1982 TV movie, "Side by Side"; received Country Music Association's "Vocal Duo of the Year" award for "Meet Me In Montana" with Dan Seals along with numerous other awards and nominations; starring as Maria in the national touring company of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music"; starring with Betty White in ABC's "Maybe This Time"; making her Broadway debut as Anna from Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The King and I"; teaming with her brother again for the popular "Donny & Marie" talk show; performing in the closing ceremonies of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics; spoofing with Donny and Ozzie Osbourne for the Super Bowl XXXVII favorite commercial for Pepsi Twist; hosting her syndicated talk/music radio show, "Marie & Friends"; receiving a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame with her brothers; and dancing!
But perhaps her proudest achievement, aside from being a mother of 8 children, has been her involvement as Co-Founder and Co-Host of Children's Miracle Network, raising over 3.4 billion dollars for children's hospitals throughout the U.S. and Canada.
www.marieosmond.com
International celebrity and entertainment icon, Marie Osmond, has built an impressive career spanning over 40 years, which began at the tender age of three when Andy William's sat her on his lap and introduced her to his television audience as "The Youngest Osmond Brother".
As a child and teenager and a member of the famous Osmond Family, Marie endeared herself to generations of fans. That bond has continued through the years as Marie's career blossomed into hit records, network television shows, Broadway musicals, world-wide concert tours, a New York Times best selling author, television commercials, lecture tours, radio host, children's advocate, her Marie Osmond Collector Dolls business, and most recently dancing her way into America's heart on the popular ABC show, Dancing With The Stars.
Milestone career achievements include: Holds record with "Paper Roses" of the first time in Country music history that a female artist debuted with a #1 record; youngest person to host their own TV variety show with "The Donny & Marie Show"; one of the first celebrities to become a "doll"; played the role of her mother in the 1982 TV movie, "Side by Side"; received Country Music Association's "Vocal Duo of the Year" award for "Meet Me In Montana" with Dan Seals along with numerous other awards and nominations; starring as Maria in the national touring company of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music"; starring with Betty White in ABC's "Maybe This Time"; making her Broadway debut as Anna from Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The King and I"; teaming with her brother again for the popular "Donny & Marie" talk show; performing in the closing ceremonies of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics; spoofing with Donny and Ozzie Osbourne for the Super Bowl XXXVII favorite commercial for Pepsi Twist; hosting her syndicated talk/music radio show, "Marie & Friends"; receiving a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame with her brothers; and dancing!
But perhaps her proudest achievement, aside from being a mother of 8 children, has been her involvement as Co-Founder and Co-Host of Children's Miracle Network, raising over 3.4 billion dollars for children's hospitals throughout the U.S. and Canada.
www.marieosmond.com
Donny Osmond
Donny began his illustrious career in entertainment at the age of 5, and by 13 had already collected 18 gold records, eventually earning a grand total of 33 throughout his career, with sales of over 80 million albums. He recently released his 55th record, "Love Songs of the 70s", which shipped gold in the UK. His starring role in Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber's "Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" broke records during its 6 year run of 2000 performances. During his 40+ year career, Donny has been a singer, actor, triple threat television series host (talk show, game show, variety show), best-selling author (his autobiography entered the UK bestseller chart at #1 last year), commercial spokesman, motivational speaker, and even a race car driver. Reflecting his multi-generational worldwide fan base, his web site, donny.com, receives a staggering 120 million-plus hits annually.
Last year he starred on Broadway as Gaston in "Beauty & The Beast", hosted two television series on British network television, was a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight's coverage of "Dancing With The Stars" , and performed at The Concert For Diana, seen worldwide by 2 billion viewers.
This year is the 50th anniversary of the Osmonds as a performing family -PBS is broadcasting a pledge drive concert special celebrating the milestone. The seven performing Osmonds are going on tour for the first time in 27 years in the UK, Australia, and Asia in May and June, and Donny & Marie are reuniting after many years for a run at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in July. Both the Osmonds tour and the MGM shows have been sold out for months. Donny recently co-hosted "The Insider" for February sweeps, and continues as a special correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight", this season for "American Idol". He and his sister Marie also recently co-hosted the Miss USA primetime special.
Donny and Debbie, his wife of 29 years, have 5 children and 2 grandchildren.
www.donny.com
Donny began his illustrious career in entertainment at the age of 5, and by 13 had already collected 18 gold records, eventually earning a grand total of 33 throughout his career, with sales of over 80 million albums. He recently released his 55th record, "Love Songs of the 70s", which shipped gold in the UK. His starring role in Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber's "Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" broke records during its 6 year run of 2000 performances. During his 40+ year career, Donny has been a singer, actor, triple threat television series host (talk show, game show, variety show), best-selling author (his autobiography entered the UK bestseller chart at #1 last year), commercial spokesman, motivational speaker, and even a race car driver. Reflecting his multi-generational worldwide fan base, his web site, donny.com, receives a staggering 120 million-plus hits annually.
Last year he starred on Broadway as Gaston in "Beauty & The Beast", hosted two television series on British network television, was a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight's coverage of "Dancing With The Stars" , and performed at The Concert For Diana, seen worldwide by 2 billion viewers.
This year is the 50th anniversary of the Osmonds as a performing family -PBS is broadcasting a pledge drive concert special celebrating the milestone. The seven performing Osmonds are going on tour for the first time in 27 years in the UK, Australia, and Asia in May and June, and Donny & Marie are reuniting after many years for a run at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in July. Both the Osmonds tour and the MGM shows have been sold out for months. Donny recently co-hosted "The Insider" for February sweeps, and continues as a special correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight", this season for "American Idol". He and his sister Marie also recently co-hosted the Miss USA primetime special.
Donny and Debbie, his wife of 29 years, have 5 children and 2 grandchildren.
www.donny.com
