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Marie Osmond

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Marie Osmond Fast Facts:

Enjoyed her first taste of the spotlight in 1963 at the age of three on The Andy Williams Show.
Carved a niche for herself 10 years later, debuting on the pop and country charts with the hit "Paper Roses."
Studied martial arts under the tutelage of Chuck Norris.
Was offered the lead role of Sandy in Grease (1978) but turned down the role on moral grounds: she disagreed with the character's decision to turn to bad behavior in order to woo a boy.
Played her mother, Olive, in the 1982 NBC made-for-TV biopic about her family, Side By Side: The Story of the Osmond Family.
In 1983, co-founded, with actor John Schneider, the Children's Miracle Network.
In the late 1990s, she debuted on Broadway as Anna in Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King & I.
An avid doll collector, she launched the Marie Osmond Fine Porcelain Collectors Dolls on QVC and at Disney theme parks in 1991.
Penned a book about her struggles with post-partum depression, entitled Behind the Smile: My Journey out of Post-Partum Depression (2001).
Partnered with dancer Jonathan Roberts for the fifth installment of ABC's Dancing With the Stars in 2007.