Marie Osmond turns 67 on October 13, and she has been famous for essentially all of them. Born in 1959, the only daughter among nine Osmond children, she grew up on television and never really left it.
Her story is a rare one: a child performer who became a lifelong entertainer without the usual detours and heartbreaks that phrase implies.
Marie Osmond Was A Teenage Country Star
She was still a teenager when “Paper Roses” became a country smash in 1973, announcing that the girl from the famous singing family had a voice all her own. Variety shows were the family business, and she was a natural in front of a camera from the start.
Donny And Marie, Then And Now
From 1975 to 1979 she co-hosted the Donny & Marie variety hour with her brother, the pairing that defined her to a generation, and the two later ran an 11-year Las Vegas residency at the Flamingo through 2019. These days the joy is family, as she showed when she celebrated her son Matthew’s wedding. Her full life and career spans every corner of American entertainment.
A little bit country, a little bit rock and roll, and 67 years young.
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