Marlo Thomas
| Marlo Thomas | |
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Thomas in That Girl (1968)
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| Born |
Margaret Julia Thomas November 21, 1937 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | Marymount High School |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California (B.A., 1959) |
| Occupation | Actress, producer, activist, philanthropist |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Spouse(s) | Phil Donahue (m. 1980) |
| Parent(s) |
Danny Thomas Rose Marie Cassaniti |
| Relatives | Tony Thomas (brother) |
Margaret Julia "Marlo" Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, producer, and social activist known for starring on the sitcom That Girl (1966–1971) and her award-winning feminist children's franchise, Free to Be... You and Me.
For her work in television, she has received four Emmys, a Golden Globe, and the George Foster Peabody Award, and has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame. She has also received a Grammy award for her children’s album Thanks & Giving All Year Long. In 2014, Thomas was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Thomas serves as National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which was founded by her father, Danny Thomas, in 1962. She created the Thanks & Giving campaign in 2004 to support the hospital.
Marlo Thomas was born on November 21, 1937, in Detroit, Michigan, the eldest child of comedian Danny Thomas (1912–1991) and his wife, the former Rose Marie Cassaniti (1914–2000). She has a sister, Terre, and her brother, Tony Thomas, is a television and film producer. Her father was Maronite Lebanese American and her mother was Sicilian American.
Thomas was raised in Beverly Hills, California. Her parents called her Margo as a child, though she soon became known as Marlo, she told The New York Times, because of her childhood mispronunciation of the nickname. She attended Marymount High School in Los Angeles. Thomas graduated from the University of Southern California with a teaching degree: "I wanted a piece of paper that said I was qualified to do something in the world," she said. She also was a member of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta.
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