Marlo Thomas

Marlo Thomas (born Margaret Julia Thomas on November 21, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress.

She is the daughter of the late comedian Danny Thomas and sister of Tony Thomas, a producer.

As Ann Marie in That Girl

Marlo Thomas grew up in Beverly Hills, California and went by the nickname of Margie Thomas while attending school. After graduating from the University of Southern California with a teaching degree, Thomas appeared as a regular on The Joey Bishop Show (1961-1962). She followed the series with guest shots on Ben Casey, My Favorite Martian, and Bonanza, but it wasn't until 1966 that she hit her professional stride as wannabe New York actress Ann Marie on the ABC sitcom That Girl. The series ran until 1971, garnering her a Golden Globe Award and four Emmy nominations.

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 (a remake of It's a Wonderful Life, with Thomas in the rewritten James Stewart role), Nobody's Child, and The Lost Honor Of Kathryn Beck, while she starred in Jenny (1970) and Thieves (1977) on the big screen.

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 (1974) and Free to Be . . . A Family (1987), which were born out of an attempt to teach her then-young niece Dionne about life. She is donating all royalties from her 2004 book and CD, Thanks & Giving All Year Long, to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Started by her father, the organization helps children suffering from grave forms of cancer.

In recent years, Thomas has appeared in guest shots on Ally McBeal, Friends (as Rachel's mother), and Law & Order: SVU. She also appeared in the 2002 film Playing Mona Lisa with Julia Roberts.

Thomas is the recipient of four Emmy Awards. She has been married to talk show host Phil Donahue since 1980. The couple live in Manhattan.


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The couple live in Manhattan. She ended her life as the companion of André Malraux. She has been married to talk show host Phil Donahue since 1980. As a young woman, in 1923, she was engaged to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Thomas is the recipient of four Emmy Awards. For a number of years, Vilmorin was the mistress of Duff Cooper, the British ambassador to France. She also appeared in the 2002 film Playing Mona Lisa with Julia Roberts. They married in 1938 and soon divorced.

In recent years, Thomas has appeared in guest shots on Ally McBeal, Friends (as Rachel's mother), and Law & Order: SVU. Her second husband was Count Paul Pálffy ab Erdöd, a much-married Austrian-born Slovakian playboy. Started by her father, the organization helps children suffering from grave forms of cancer. They had three daughters: Jessie, Alexandra, and Helena. Jude Children's Research Hospital. They married in 1925, moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where Hunt's family owned extensive properties, and divorced in 1937. She is donating all royalties from her 2004 book and CD, Thanks & Giving All Year Long, to the St. Vilmorin's first husband was an American real-estate heir, Henry Leigh Hunt.

A Family (1987), which were born out of an attempt to teach her then-young niece Dionne about life. Her letters to Jean Cocteau were published to acclaim, after the deaths of both correspondents. You and Me (1974) and Free to Be . Vilmorin's other works included "Juliette," "La lettre dans un taxi," "Les belles amours," "Saintes-Une fois," and "Intimités.". She is also known for her children's books and the recordings and television specials created in conjunction with them - Free to Be . Her most famous novel was "Madame de", published in 1951, which was made into a celebrated film in 1953 starring Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux and directed by Vittorio de Sica. 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 (a remake of It's a Wonderful Life, with Thomas in the rewritten James Stewart role), Nobody's Child, and The Lost Honor Of Kathryn Beck, while she starred in Jenny (1970) and Thieves (1977) on the big screen. Scion of a great French seed company fortune and afflicted with a slight limp that became a personal trademark, Vilmorin was best known as a writer of delicate but mordant tales, often set in aristocratic and/or artistic milieus.

The series ran until 1971, garnering her a Golden Globe Award and four Emmy nominations. Louise Leveque de Vilmorin (1902-1969) was a French woman of letters: novelist, poet, journalist. She followed the series with guest shots on Ben Casey, My Favorite Martian, and Bonanza, but it wasn't until 1966 that she hit her professional stride as wannabe New York actress Ann Marie on the ABC sitcom That Girl. After graduating from the University of Southern California with a teaching degree, Thomas appeared as a regular on The Joey Bishop Show (1961-1962). Marlo Thomas grew up in Beverly Hills, California and went by the nickname of Margie Thomas while attending school.

She is the daughter of the late comedian Danny Thomas and sister of Tony Thomas, a producer. Marlo Thomas (born Margaret Julia Thomas on November 21, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress.