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Profile of Celebrity Father Donny Osmond

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Celebrity Father Donny Osmond Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images

Biography:

Donny Osmond's road to fame started early as the youngest of the singing Osmond Brothers, who were hugely popular in the 1960's. Donny was born in 1957 in Ogden, Utah and charmed audiences as part of the Osmond Brothers and later with his sister Marie on the Donny and Marie Show in the mid-1970's. He was the consummate teen idol in the 1970's with his poster on many bedroom walls of teenaged girls around the world.
More recently, he starred in the Toronto production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for eight years and subsequently played the role of Joseph in the movie adaption of the play. In 2009, Donny and his partner won the Dancing with the Stars championship. With his sister, Marie, Donny has made quite a name in Las Vegas shows. Donny and his wife Debbie live with their family in Provo, Utah.

Partners:

Married Debra Glenn in 1978

Children:

  • Donald Clark, Jr. born 1979
  • Jeremy James, born 1981
  • Brandon Michael, born 1985
  • Christopher Glenn, born 1990
  • Joshua Davis,born 1998

Quotes from Donny Osmond about family and fatherhood:

My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down. - Braiy Quote

You have to believe in yourself, otherwise you can't do it. If you don't believe in yourself, how do expect anyone else to? Because ultimately, you're the one who has to do it. - Braiy Quote

When asked if he understood what passion meant in the tango, he replied, "I have 5 children...what do you think?" - Dancing with the Stars

You've got to teach them early. If you do your homework and do your job early on in life, from what I hear, it's a little bit easier. We live by a saying, "Teach correct principles, and wise decisions will follow." And if you do that when they're young, it's a little bit easier to just let them spread their wings. But it's still hard. - BeliefNet

The bottom-line message was treat your kids with respect. Listen to them and talk to them like you want to be talked to. Having a child go to school after they hear, "Oh, you're late, "You're stupid," or "Who do you think you are, and what do you think you're doing?", immediately, they [have] a bad opinion about themselves because their parents don't like them. How do you raise a family like that? How do you expect a child to have any self-esteem-whether it be in Utah or LA or wherever, if they're raised that way? It all depends on what happens in the home. - BeliefNet

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