Biography
Entertainment superstar Donny Osmond came of age in the mid-1970s - an era of long-haired rock stars and sexual liberation. But Osmond and the rest of his performing siblings, with their traditional Mormon upbringing, had more in common with the previous generation. They favored the style of gracious song and dance men with canned stage patter, over the increasingly popular style of youthful rebellion. Fortunately, even the rebellious, …
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Career Milestones
2010 | Teamed with sister Marie for "Donny & Marie - A Broadway Christmas" at Broadway's Marriott Marquis Theatre | |
2009 | Joined the ninth season of ABC's reality series "Dancing With the Stars" as a contestant | |
2008 | Joined sister, Marie, to headline a six month run as the headlining act at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, NV; extended their contract to go until October of 2012 | |
2008 | Replaced Pat O'Brien as co-host of The Insider (CBS) | |
2006 | Returned to Broadway in the role of Gaston in Disney's "Beauty And The Beast" | |
2002 | Hosted the syndicated television game show "Pyramid" | |
1999 | With Marie, hosted the Miss America pageant | |
1998 | Served as writer-producer and co-host of the syndicated talk show "Donny & Marie" | |
1998 | Provided the singing voice of Shang in the Disney animated feature "Mulan" | |
1998 | Reprised role in "Joseph" for seven weeks in Utah | |
1996 | Embroiled in "controversy" when he joked about Rosie O'Donnell's weight on her syndicated talk show; returned and apologized by singing "Puppy Love" dressed in a dog suit | |
| Spent five years touring in the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" | ||
1989 | Attempted to remake his image with a slightly edgier rock recording, the single "Soldier of Love" | |
1982 | Made Broadway debut in an ill-fated revival of the George M Cohan musical "Little Johnny Jones" | |
1982 | TV acting debut in the comedy Western "The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch" (ABC) | |
1981 | Created the syndicated series "The Blue Jean Networks" | |
1978 | Co-starred with sister in the feature "Goin' Coconuts" | |
1976 | Co-hosted the ABC weekly variety series "Donny & Marie" | |
1975 | Teamed with sister for the variety special "The Donny and Marie Osmond Show" (ABC) | |
1974 | With Marie, had hit recording with "I'm Leaving It (All) Up to You" | |
1972 | Had hit single, "Puppy Love"; received gold record | |
| Provided voice for Donny in the animated series "The Osmonds" (ABC) | ||
1971 | First solo gold record, Go Away Little Girl | |
1971 | Co-hosted the CBS special "The Osmond Brothers Show" | |
1971 | With brothers, had hit record with "One Bad Apple" | |
| Made recurring appearances on "The Andy Williams Show" (NBC) | ||
| Spent one year as regulars on "The Jerry Lewis Show" (ABC) | ||
1964 | Appeared with brothers in the unsold NBC pilot "The Seven Little Foys" | |
1963 | With brothers, was regular performer on "The Andy Williams Show" (NBC) | |
1963 | Made TV debut as member of the Osmond Brothers on "The Andy Williams Show" | |
