With a luminous smile and a voice that carried country warmth, Olive Marie Osmond (1959– ) was born on this day in Ogden, Utah — the only girl in a loving family of nine. She made her early TV debut on The Andy Williams Show and, at thirteen, soared to No. 1 with Paper Roses.

Across decades of Broadway, concerts, and television, Osmond’s career kept evolving. In 1983, alongside John Schneider, she co-founded the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN), helping raise billions for children’s hospitals and families in need.

As a mother of seven, Osmond spoke openly about postpartum depression, sharing her experience in Behind the Smile, her 2001 memoir. Her candor offered hope — reminding women that support exists and that light lives at the end of the tunnel.

“If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now,” she once said — wisdom that pairs courage with grace.