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Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born as Marlo, she told The New York Times, the Nielsen ratings. In 1971, Thomas chose Thomas has published seven best-selling
November 21, 1937) is an American because of her childhood to end the series after five years. Both ABC books (three of them #1 best-sellers): In
actress, producer, author, philanthropist, mispronunciation of the nickname. She and the show’s sponsor, Clairol, wanted 1972, she released a children’s book, Free to
and social activist best known for starring attended Marymount High School in the series finale to be a wedding between Be... You and Me, which was inspired by her
on the sitcom That Girl (1966–1971) and her Los Angeles. Thomas graduated from the two central characters, but Thomas young niece Dionne Gordon. She went on
award-winning children’s franchise Free to the University of Southern California rebuffed them, saying that she felt it was to create multiple recordings and television
Be... You and Me. She has received four with a teaching degree: “I wanted a the wrong message to send to her female specials of and related to that title: Free to
Emmys, a Golden Globe, and the George piece of paper that said I was qualified audience, because it would give the Be... You and Me (1972, 1974) and Free to Be...
Foster Peabody Award for her work in to do something in the world,” she said. impression that the only happy ending is A Family (1987), with Christopher Cerf.
television, and she has been inducted into That Girl marriage. That Girl has since become The Right Words at the Right Time; The Right
the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame. Thomas starred in an ABC pilot called popular in syndication. Words at the Right Time, Volume 2: Your Turn;
She has also received a Grammy award Two’s Company in 1965. Although it did After That Girl, eager to expand her Marlo Thomas and Friends: Thanks & Giving All
for her children’s album Marlo Thomas and not sell, it caught the attention of an horizons, Thomas attended the Actors Year Long (the CD version of which won the
Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long. In ABC programming executive. Studio, where she studied with Lee 2006 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word
2014, she was awarded the Strasberg until his death in 1982, and Album for Children); her 2009 memoir,
Presidential Medal of Freedom by Thomas (center) with co- subsequently with Strasberg’s disciple Growing Up Laughing; and It Ain’t Over...Till
President Barack Obama at a White star Ted Bessell (left) and guest Sandra Seacat. When she won her Best It’s Over: Reinventing Your Life and Realizing
House ceremony, the highest honor star Mary Frann (right), in a Dramatic Actress Emmy in 1986 for the Yours Dreams Anytime, At Any Age
that a civilian can receive. 1968 photo from That Girl TV movie Nobody’s Child, she thanked (published 4/8/14)
Thomas serves as National both individuals. Thomas serves as the National Outreach
Outreach Director for St. Jude Children’s The concept eventually evolved into In 1972, she served as a California Director for St. Jude Children’s Research
Research Hospital, which was founded by the sitcom entitled That Girl, in which delegate to the Democratic National Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, which was

her father Danny Thomas in 1962. She Thomas played Ann Marie, a beautiful, Convention in Miami Beach, Florida. In founded by her father, Danny Thomas. She
created the Thanks & Giving campaign in up-and-coming actress with a writer 1973, Thomas joined Gloria Steinem, donated all royalties from her 2004 book
2004 to support the hospital. boyfriend. The series told the daily Patricia Carbine, and Letty Cottin and CD Marlo Thomas and Friends: Thanks &
Marlo Thomas (81) was born in Detroit, struggles of Ann holding different Pogrebin as the founders of the Ms. Giving All Year Long (also produced with
Michigan, the eldest child of comedian temporary jobs while pursuing her Foundation for Women, the first women’s Christopher Cerf) and her two Right Words
Danny Thomas (1912 – 1991) and his wife, dream of a career on Broadway. That fund in the US. The organization was at the Right Time books to the hospital.

the former Rose Marie Cassaniti (1914 – Girl was one of the first television created to deliver funding and other In 2010, Thomas created
2000). She has a sister, Terre, and a shows to focus on a working, single resources to organizations that were MarloThomas.com, a website for women
brother, Tony Thomas, who is a television woman who did not live with her presenting liberal women’s voices in aged 35+, associated with AOL and the
and film producer. Her father was a parents, and it paved the way for many communities nationwide. Huffington Post.
Roman Catholic Lebanese American and shows to come. Thomas was only the In 1976, Thomas made a guest Thomas is the recipient of four Emmy

her mother was Sicilian American. Her second woman to produce her own appearance on the NBC situation comedy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy
godmother was Loretta Young. series, following Lucille Ball. That Girl The Practice as a stubborn patient of her Award, a Jefferson Award, and the Peabody
Thomas was raised in Beverly Hills, aired from 1966 to 1971, producing 136 father Danny Thomas’s character Dr. Jules Award.
California. Her parents called her Margo episodes, and was a solid performer in Bedford, and the chemistry of father and In 1996, she was awarded the Women in
as a child, though she soon became known daughter acting together made for Film Lucy Award in recognition of her
Elder Abuse touching hospital-room scenes. excellence and innovation in her creative
HOTLINE In 1977 Thomas was a guest on Donahue, works that have enhanced the perception of
1-800-677-1116 the television talk show, when she and women through the medium of television.
ELDER CARE host Phil Donahue “fell in love at first On November 20, 2014, the Marlo
Vol. 59, No. 2 sight They were married on May 21, 1980. Thomas Center for Global Education and
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Amanda Blake Secola, Editor LOCATOR Thomas raised five stepchildren as a result Collaboration was opened as part of St.
Editorial Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Hillary
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David James Secola, Vice President use anything submitted anonymously. movies and had a robust career on Medal of Freedom, the highest honor an
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