Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas was born on 21st November 1937, in Detroit, Michigan USA, of Maronite-Lebanese (father) and Sicilian-Italian (mother) descent. She is an actress and producer, who became famous in the `60s for her role as Anne Marie in the sitcom “That Girl”. She is also an activist, and a writer. Her father, Danny Thomas, was a comedian, an actor and a television producer, so possibly influenced Marlo’s choice of career.
So just how rich is Marlo Thomas? Sources estimate that her net worth is $35 million. Most of her income comes from the film industry, as her acting career covers more than 50 films for cinema and television, and numerous performances on Broadway. She has also been an executive producer for several television movies and series. The actress and her husband Phil Donahue, are known for their passion for expensive houses: in 2012 they listed their house in Beachside Avenue for $27.5 million. The couple sold another property in 2006 for a reported $25 million.
Marlo Thomas Net Worth $35 Million
Marlo Thomas started her career with appearances in television shows, such as “Bonanza”, “Arrest and Trial” and “Ben Casey”, but her first important role came in 1965, when she appeared in “Barefoot in the Park”. In 1966, she became the leading actress in the sitcom “That Girl”, which aired until 1971. The actress has performed in several television series, including “My Favourite Martian”, “Make Room for Daddy”, “Roseanne”, “Ally McBeal”, and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, and also has more than 100 appearances as herself in television series and shows. She was an executive producer for movies like “Deceit”, “Our Heroes, Ourselves”, and “It Happened One Christmas”. She has won four Emmy Awards, a Peabody, a Golden Globe, and a Grammy.
On Broadway, Marlo Thomas had roles in plays written by famous producers, including Woody Allen and Ethan Coen. Her theatre career also includes appearances in plays like “Social Security”, “Thieves”, and “George Is Dead”.
Besides being an actress, Marlo Thomas is also a writer. Her books are directed especially towards women, as Marlo is an activist for women’s rights and for children`s rights. Some of her best sold titles are: “Free to Be You and Me”, “Thanks and Giving: All Year Long”, “Free to Be a Family”, “Growing up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny”, and “The Right Words at the Right Time”. Since 2014, Marlo Thomas has been writing her own website, launched in collaboration with AOL.
In her personal life, in 1980 Marlo Thomas married the media personality Phil Donahue and inherited five stepchildren. Her husband`s net worth has been estimated at over $23 million.
Marlo supports St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, founded by her father, for which she is the National Outreach Director and is known to raise millions of dollars in donations each year. For her activism, the actress has been awarded the Helen Caldicott Award for Nuclear Disarmament and she received the American Women in Radio and Television Satellite Award and the ACLU’s Thomas Paine Award. In 2014, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special, Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Female, Dayt...
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series, Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actress, Golden Globe Award for B...
Movies
It Happened One Christmas, Nobody's Child, Consenting Adult, Playing Mona Lisa, Jenny, The Real Blonde, LOL, In the Spirit, Two Against Time, Starstruck, Deceit, In the Woods, Thieves, The Body Human: Facts for Girls
TV Shows
That Girl, The Danny Thomas Hour, The Joey Bishop Show, She's Nobody's Baby: The History of American Women in the 20th Century
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[on her debt to Lee Strasberg and Sandra Seacat, from her 2010 autobiography] I only wish Lee could have lived to see me portray a schizophrenic in Nobody's Child (1986). I never could have gotten near playing that kind of part without Lee's exercises, and the subsequent work I did and continue to do with his primary disciple, the brilliant Sandra Seacat.
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My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.
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Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama 24 November 2014.
Release of her book, "Free to Be...You and Me". [2008]
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Released her lastest book, "The Right Words at the Right Time: Volume 2 - Your Turn". [2006]
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Released of her New York Times #1 best-selling book, "The Right Words at the Right Time". [2002]
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Release of her memoir, "Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny". [2010]
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Currently appearing in "Roger is Dead" at the George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, New Jersey. [May 2008]
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Thomas & Donohue, long-time residents of Westport, Connecticut recently sold their sprawling Long Island Sound estate for close to its asking price, just under $30 million, moving to a smaller property across town. [December 2006]
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital national outreach director.
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She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
She is of Lebanese and Italian origins. Her father is Lebanese and her mother is Italian. Her mother's maiden name was Rose Marie Cassaniti.
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Remained friends with That Girl (1966) costar Ted Bessell until his death. Thomas insisted Bessell see a doctor (which he did), when he complained of chest pains only days before he died.
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