Early Start
Alan, Wayne, Merrill, and Jay were the first Osmond children to break into the music industry. They performed as a barbershop quartet known as the Osmond Brothers. Tom was profoundly deaf, and Virl was also hearing impaired. Initially, Donny, Marie, and Jimmy were too young. Marie made her public debut with the family ensemble at the age of four, on The Andy Williams Show in the early 1960s. She avoided the spotlight following her debut performance. It would be over a decade before she appeared on stage again.
Early Start
Dark Secret
It would be many years before Marie felt comfortable discussing it as an adult, but she was forced to bear a great burden as a result of someone’s actions during her childhood. While she has stated unequivocally that it was not her father, siblings, or any other relative, Osmond claims she was the victim of sexual assault from a young age. The abuse shattered Osmond’s trust in men and instilled animosity in her mother. The Osmond family was portrayed in the media as an idealistic union, but young Marie Osmond felt let down by her family’s failure, particularly her mother’s, to recognize what was happening to her and do anything to stop it.
Dark Secret
