  olive may osmond (nÃ©e davis; may 4, 1925 â may 9, 2004) was the matriarch of the american osmond singing family, and mother of entertainers donny osmond and marie osmond. ==life and career== osmond was born in samaria, idaho, the daughter of vera ann (nÃ©e nichols) and thomas martin davis. she had welsh and english ancestry.http://ethnicelebs.com/donny-and-marie-osmond she moved to ogden, utah where she worked as a secretary. there she met and fell in love with george osmond. they married on december 1, 1944. their first two children, virl and tom, were born with a degenerative condition which left them nearly deaf. doctors warned the couple that any other children would be at risk of inheriting the same disorder, but george and olive wanted a large family. the other children, alan, wayne, merrill, jay, donny, marie, and jimmy, were born healthy. george formed a barbershop quartet consisting of alan, wayne, merrill, and jay. singer andy williams' father saw their act at disneyland, and from 1962 to 1971, the osmond brothers appeared on the andy williams show. donny made his show-business debut on the program the day after his sixth birthday. the brothers eventually left the andy williams show and launched a successful recording career. theyâincluding donny, marie, and jimmy as solo artistsâscored several hits, the osmonds' biggest being "one bad apple", which climbed to number 1. from 1976 to 1979, donny and marie hosted the donny and marie show. marie played olive in the 1982 tv movie side by side: the true story of the osmond family. another 2001 tv movie, inside the osmonds, produced by jimmy, depicted the brothers' egos, george's fiscal mismanagement, and the family's quest to build a multi-media empire as leading to their downfall. as a nurturer and because of her love for all children who are struggling, olive leveraged her family's fame to start the osmond foundation,
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