Marlo Thomas
Born 21 November 1937
From Detroit, Michigan, United States · Nationality: United States
Margaret Julia "Marlo" Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, producer, author, and social activist. She is best known for starring on the sitcom That Girl (1966–1971) and her children's franchise Free to Be... You and Me. She has received three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Peabody Award for her work in television, has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.
She has also received a Grammy Award for her children's album Marlo Thomas and Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long. In 2014, she 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. source
Quotes
“Funny thing,” I used to say, “a man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless . . . all a woman has to do is put you on hold.”
Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny 2010
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Marlo Thomas in order
Books by Marlo Thomas in the order they were published, from Free to Be ... You and Me (1974) to What Makes a Marriage Last Lib/E (2020).
- 1Free to Be ... You and Me
Free to Be ... You and Me1974What's in it (23)
- By Marlo Thomas
- By Gloria Steinem
- By Letty Cottin Pogrebin
- By Stephen Lawrence and Bruce Hart
- By Peter Stone and Carl Reiner
- By Stephen Lawrence and Shelley Miller
- By Elaine Laron
- By Shel Silverstein, Adapted by Mary Rodgers
- By Dan Greenburg
- By Carol Hall
- By Sheldon Harnick
- By Judy Blume
- By Stephen Lawrence & Bruce Hart
- By Judith Viorst
- By Joyce Johnson
- Based on a Book by Charlotte Zolotow, Adapted by Mary Rodgers & Sheldon Harnick
- By Phil Ressner
- By Anne Roiphe
- By Herb Gardner
- By Lucille Clifton
- By Linda Sitea
- By Betty Miles
- By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
- 2Free to Be--a Family
Free to Be--a Family1987 - 3Free to Be ... You and Me and Free to Be ... A Family
Free to Be ... You and Me and Free to Be ... A Family1997 - 4Father's Wisdom
Father's Wisdom2000 - 5The Right Words at the Right Time
The Right Words at the Right Time2002 - 6Thanks & Giving All Year Long
Thanks & Giving All Year Long2004 - 7The Right Words at the Right Time, Volume 2
The Right Words at the Right Time, Volume 22006 - 8Growing up Laughing
Growing up Laughing2010 - 9It Ain't Over-- Till It's Over
It Ain't Over-- Till It's Over2014 - 10What Makes a Marriage Last
What Makes a Marriage Last2020 - 11What Makes a Marriage Last Lib/E
What Makes a Marriage Last Lib/E2020