| Marlo Thomas | |
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 The 1989 Emmy Awards |
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| Born | Margaret Julia Thomas November 21, 1937 Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Phil Donahue (1980-present) |
Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That Girl in the 1960s. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Phillip John "Phil" Donahue (born December 21, 1935 in Cleveland Ohio) is an American media personality and Writer, best known as Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works That Girl is an American Television Situation comedy that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971.
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Biography
Thomas was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Lebanese-American comedian Danny Thomas (1912-1991) and Rose Marie Mantell (d. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Danny Thomas ( January 6, 1912 - February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub Comedian and television and film 2000). Her brother Tony Thomas is a television and film producer, and her sister, Terre Thomas, is a former actress. Charles Anthony Thomas (b 7 December 1947 in Hollywood California) is an American TV and film producer who has produced such TV series as Nurses Thomas was raised in Beverly Hills, California, and went by the nickname of Margie Thomas while attending school. She attended Marymount High School in Los Angeles. Marymount High School is a private, Catholic, all-girls College-preparatory High school located in the Holmby Hills / Bel Air She graduated from the University of Southern California with a teaching degree and was a member of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta. The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly Kappa Alpha Theta ( ΚΑΘ) is an international women's fraternity founded on January 27, 1870 at DePauw University.
Career
Thomas began appearing as a regular on The Joey Bishop Show (1961-1962). Joey Bishop ( February 3 1918 &ndash October 17 2007) was an American entertainer who was perhaps best known for being a member She followed the series with guest shots on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Ben Casey, My Favorite Martian, and Bonanza, but it was not until 1966 that she hit her professional stride as aspiring New York actress Ann Marie on the ABC sitcom That Girl. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is a Situation comedy that ran on CBS in the USA from 1959–1963 Ben Casey is a Medical Drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. My Favorite Martian is an American Television Sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963 to Bonanza is an American television series that ran on NBC from September 12 1959 to January 16 1973 New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. That Girl is an American Television Situation comedy that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. The series ran until 1971, garnering her a Golden Globe Award and four Emmy nominations. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner
Anxious to show she was as adept at drama as she was at comedy, she proved herself in the television movies It Happened One Christmas (1977) (a remake of It's a Wonderful Life, with Thomas in the rewritten James Stewart role), Nobody's Child (1986) , and The Lost Honor Of Kathryn Beck (1984), while she starred in Jenny (1970) and Thieves (1977) on the big screen. Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and It Happened One Christmas is a 1977 made-for-television movie starring Marlo Thomas and Wayne Rogers. It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Film produced and directed by Frank Capra and based on the short story " The Greatest James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor Jenny is the name of a 1970 film starring Marlo Thomas and Alan Alda, released by ABC Pictures. In Criminal law, theft (also known as stealing or filching) is the illegal taking of another person's Property without that person's freely-given
Thomas's Broadway theatre credits include Thieves (1974), Social Security (1986), and The Shadow Box (1994). Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Thieves is a play by Herb Gardner. Its focus is on Martin and Sally Cramer whose twelve-year marriage slowly is disintegrating Social Security is a play by Andrew Bergman. It focuses on trendy Manhattan Art gallery owners Barbara and The Shadow Box is a play written by actor Michael Cristofer. The play made its Broadway debut on March 31 1977.
She is also known for her children's books and the recordings and television specials created in conjunction with them: Free to Be… You and Me (1972 and 1974) and Free to Be… A Family (1987), with Christopher Cerf, which were born out of an attempt to teach her then-young niece Dionne about life. Free to Be… You and Me is a Record album and illustrated songbook for children first released in November 1972 and later in 1974 as a television special Christopher Cerf (born August 19, 1941) is a US author composer-lyricist and record and television producer She is donating all royalties from her 2004 book and CD, Thanks & Giving: All Year Long (also produced with Cerf), to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Royalties (sometimes running royalties) are usage-based payments made by one party (the "licensee" to another (the "licensor" for ongoing use of an A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio Marlo Thomas & Friends Thanks & Giving All Year Long is an album of songs and Spoken-word selections by entertainment personalities and others and is intended St Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962 is a leading pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. Started by her late father, the organization helps young children suffering from grave forms of disease, especially cancer and leukemia, including many whose parents do not have much money or health insurance; the services are free to all patients, although insurance is accepted from those who are insured. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled Leukemia or leukaemia (Greek leukos λευκός, "white" aima αίμα, "blood" is a Cancer of the Blood
Thomas has continued her legacy of charity and donation through her publications of The Right Words at the Right Time volumes I and II. [1][2] Both books are collections of essays written by celebrities and fans of Thomas, explaining when a friend, family member or perfect stranger said the right thing in the author's time of need. All proceeds go to her charity (St. Jude's Hospital).
Thomas's favorable public image came under severe attack in 1990 when her former butler Desmond Atholl wrote a book called That Girl and Phil. [3] This was an expose of sorts of the years he worked for her. Atholl claimed that contrary to her public image, Marlo Thomas was cruel and foul mouthed towards her staffers, and servants.
In recent years, Thomas has appeared in guest shots on Ally McBeal, Friends (as Rachel's mother), and made several guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, playing attorney and former judge, Mary Conway Clark, who had a mentoring relationship with assistant District Attorney, Casey Novak. Ally McBeal is an American Television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002 Friends was an Law & Order Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order SVU or simply SVU) is an American Drama Casey Novak is a Fictional character on Law & Order Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Diane Neal. She also appeared in the 2000 comedy Playing Mona Lisa with Alicia Witt and Harvey Fierstein. Alicia Roanne Witt (born August 21 1975 is an American film stage and television actress Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6 1952) is a Tony Award winning American Actor, Playwright, and Screenwriter. In 2008, Thomas appeared in Roger is Dead, a world premiere comedy by Elaine May at George Street Playhouse
Thomas is the recipient of four Emmy Awards. Elaine May (born April 21 1932, Philadelphia) is a two-time Academy Award nominated Director, Screenwriter and George Street Playhouse is a Theater in New Brunswick New Jersey, one of the state's preeminent professional theatres committed to the production of new and established She has been married to talk show host Phil Donahue since 1980. A talk show ( American) or chat show ( Global) is a Television or Radio program where one person or group of people come together to Phillip John "Phil" Donahue (born December 21, 1935 in Cleveland Ohio) is an American media personality and Writer, best known as She has no children, but is stepmother to Donahue's five children from his previous marriage. The couple lives in New York City, but Thomas travels to Los Angeles for work or to receive donations to her charity, Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital. The City of New York Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West St Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962 is a leading pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases Producer David Geffen contributed US$1 million by simply writing Thomas a cheque when she was on location in L. David Geffen (born February 21, 1943) is an American Record executive, Film producer, Theatrical producer and philanthropist A. filming Friends some years ago. Friends was an
In Popular Culture
On Will & Grace, the character Karen Walker has a love-hate relationship with Marlo Thomas, often referring to her as her enemy and making rude comments about her behind her back. Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award -winning American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006 Karen Walker (née Delaney; formerly St Croix, Popeil, and Finster) was born January 12, 1959.
References
- ^ Thomas, Marlo (2002). The Right Words at the Right Time. New York: Atria Books. ISBN 074344650X.
- ^ Thomas, Marlo (2006). The Right Words at the Right Time, Volume II, New York: Atria Books. ISBN 0743497430.
- ^ (1990) That Girl and Phil. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312051693.
External links
- Marlo Thomas at the Internet Movie Database
- Marlo Thomas at TV.com
- Biography on That Girl site
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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