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Margaret Julia 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 and 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. Early life Thomas was born in Detroit and raised in Beverly Hills, California, the eldest child of Rose Marie Cassaniti and comedian Danny Thomas. She has a sister, Terre, and a brother, producer Tony Thomas. Her father was a Roman Catholic Lebanese American and her mother was Sicilian American. Her godmother was Loretta Young. The name "Marlo" came from her childhood mispronunciation of the name Margo, as Thomas was called by her family. Thomas attended Marymount High School and 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 was a member of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta. Career Early career Thomas appeared in many television programs including Bonanza, McHale's Navy, Ben Casey, Arrest and Trial, The Joey Bishop Show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, My Favorite Martian, 77 Sunset Strip, and The Donna Reed Show. Her big break came in 1965 when she was cast by Mike Nichols in the London production of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park, co-starring Daniel Massey, Kurt Kasznar, and Mildred Natwick. (In 1986, she was once again cast by Nichols on Broadway in Andrew Bergman's Social Security, co-starring Ron Silver and Olympia Dukakis.) Thomas and her father, Danny, were cast as Laurie and Ed Dubro in a 1961 episode, "Honor Bright", of CBS' Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre. That Girl Thomas starred in an ABC pilot called Two's Company in 1965. Although it did not sell, it caught the attention of a network programming executive. He met with Thomas, and expressed interest in casting her in her own series. With their encouragement, Thomas came up with her own idea for a show about a young woman who leaves home, moves to New York City, and struggles to become an actress. The network was initially hesitant, fearing audiences would find a series centering on a single female uninteresting or unrealistic. The concept eventually evolved into the sitcom entitled That Girl, in which Thomas played Ann Marie, a beautiful, up-and-coming actress with a writer boyfriend, played by Ted Bessell. The series told the daily struggles of Ann holding different temporary jobs while pursuing her dream of a career on Broadway. That Girl was one of the first television shows to focus on a working, single woman who did not live with her parents, and it paved the way for many shows to come. Thomas was only the fourth woman to produce her own series, following Gertrude Berg, Lucille Ball, and Betty White. That Girl aired from 1966 to 1971, producing 136 episodes, and was a solid performer in the Nielsen ratings. In 1971, Thomas chose to end the series after five years. Both ABC and the show's sponsor, Clairol, wanted the series finale to be a wedding between the two central characters, but Thomas rebuffed them, saying that she felt it was the wrong message to send to her female audience, because it would give the impression that the only happy ending is marriage. That Girl has since become popular in syndication. Clairol was our sponsor and they wanted to end the show with a wedding. I said, "I just can't do that to these women and girls who followed Ann Marie's adventure. I can't now say that the only happy ending is a wedding, because I don't believe it." There was a big ruckus about it, but I wouldn't do it. The last show, Ann Marie took Donald to a women's lib meeting, which made nobody happy but me. I loved it. Later career After That Girl, eager to expand her horizons, Thomas attended the Actors Studio, where she studied with Lee Strasberg until his death in 1982, and subsequently with his disciple Sandra Seacat. When she won her Best Dramatic Actress Emmy in 1986 for the television film Nobody’s Child, she thanked both individuals. In 1972, she released a children's book, Free to Be... You and Me, which was inspired by her young niece Dionne Gordon. She went on to create multiple recordings and television specials of and related to that title: Free to Be... You and Me (1972, 1974) and Free to Be... A Family (1987), with Christopher Cerf. Also in 1972, she served as a California delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida. She helped the George McGovern presidential campaign in October 1972 at Star-Spangled Women for McGovern–Shriver, reciting a parody of Erich Segal's Love Story for 19,000 people at Madison Square Garden. In 1973, Thomas joined Gloria Steinem, Patricia Carbine, and Letty Cottin Pogrebin as the founders of the Ms. Foundation for Women, the first women's fund in the US. The organization was created to deliver funding and other resources to organizations that were presenting liberal women's voices in communities nationwide. In 1976, Thomas made a guest appearance on the NBC situation comedy The Practice as a stubborn patient of her father Danny Thomas' character Dr. Jules Bedford, and the chemistry of father and daughter acting together made for touching hospital-room scenes. She has made guest appearances on several television series, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (as Judge Mary Conway Clark, a mentor of ADA Casey Novak), Ballers, The New Normal, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later. She also narrated the series Happily Never After on Investigation Discovery. From 1996 to 2002, Thomas played Rachel Green's mother, Sandra Green, on the TV show Friends. Thomas appeared in films such as Jenny (1970), Thieves (1977), In The Spirit (1990), The Real Blonde (1997), Starstruck (1998), Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999), Playing Mona Lisa (2000), LOL (2012) with Demi Moore and Miley Cyrus, and Cardboard Boxer (2014). She also starred in television films, including It Happened One Christmas (1977; also produced) (a remake of It's a Wonderful Life), The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (1984; also produced), Consenting Adult (1985), Nobody's Child (1986; Best Dramatic Actress Emmy), Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story (1991; also produced), Reunion (1994; also produced), Deceit (2004; also produced), and Ultimate Betrayal (1994). Thomas' Broadway theatre credits include Thieves (1974), Social Secu.... Discover the Marlo Peterson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Marlo Peterson books.
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Lessons in Love and Lust
Marlo PetersonA cerebral man is more stimulating than anything on the planet.That’s what I loved about Mr. Dean, my Psychology professor. I’ve had a crush on him since freshman year, and just so...
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Catering to Him Through Discipline
Marlo PetersonShe was embarrassed, humiliated, confused… And she loved every second of it. Pamela and Riley ended up in marriage counseling because it’s just not working. The straw that broke ...
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Lessons in Love and Lust
Marlo PetersonA cerebral man is more stimulating than anything on the planet. That’s what I loved about Mr. Dean, my Psychology professor. I’ve had a crush on him since freshman year, and just ...
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Love in the Office 3
Marlo PetersonIt was all good, not long ago. Now, Rachel’s relationship with her boss, Mr. Jennison, is in peril. Stacey, a vivacious redhead she devil coworker, has her eyes on the boss and Ra...
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Sex In The Champagne Room 4
Marlo PetersonJeff is at a crossroads...He responds to Tammy's text to meet up and realizes that the flame is still there, but he's haunted by her past.On the flip side, his pregnant wife, Angel...
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Sex in the Champagne Room
Marlo PetersonSometimes being a little bit naughty is the only way. Tammy shakes it at The Boom Boom Room, a local strip joint for a living, but is considering leaving the business. Unlike the ...
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My Cup of Tea
Marlo PetersonYou never know what’s possible sometimes until a chance encounter happens…Who would have thought that Ashley would be knocking back drinks with her girlfriends at a bachelorette pa...
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Sex in the Champagne Room
Marlo PetersonSometimes being a little bit naughty is the only way.Tammy shakes it at The Boom Boom Room, a local strip joint for a living, but is considering leaving the business. Unlike the re...
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Love in the Office 2
Marlo PetersonIf only the girls in the office could see Rachel now…She’s been the source of hateful females scorn in the office, due to their suspicion that she was sleeping her way to the top w...
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Come Away With Me
Marlo PetersonFriends can be lovers, and lovers can be friends. When Tisha gets dumped by her boyfriend, she has to give up her ski trip, unless she can find someone else to go with her. On a wh...
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Taking Molly Banks
Marlo PetersonBad girl Molly Banks is head strong, fiery and let’s face it, a man eater. She chews them up and spits them out, as if she’s awaiting a real challenge. As fate would have it, she ...
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On This Road With Him
Marlo PetersonAngelica is a gogetter, who never needed a man to get ahead, and prided herself on that.She’s at a crossroads, because this situation with handsome young billionaire Jeff started o...
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Naughty for Teacher, Part One
Marlo PetersonBianca's flirtations reach new levels when she shows up to class with no panties on. Professor Winfield can't concentration, because her smooth brown skin and full thighs are on f...
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Found On My Journey
Marlo PetersonVictoria is on a liberating journey to do away with the restrictions and inhibitions of the world. She left a job as a successful stockbroker, much to the delight of her hateful w...
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Love in the Office
Marlo PetersonThe rumors in the office from hateful females are enough to drive any woman wild.They say that Rachel is sleeping her way to the top, because she’s a secretary, but has no problem ...
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Love in the Office
Marlo PetersonThe rumors in the office from hateful females are enough to drive any woman wild. They say that Rachel is sleeping her way to the top, because she’s a secretary, but has no proble...
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I Want To Feel You Inside Of Me Part 2
Marlo PetersonThis is a Sequel to “I Want to Feel You Inside of Me”, by Marlo Peterson Revenge is a dish best served hot and wet… Yolanda works at a beauty shop and gets a surprise visit from ...
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My Cup of Tea
Marlo PetersonYou never know what’s possible sometimes until a chance encounter happens… Who would have thought that Ashley would be knocking back drinks with her girlfriends at a bachelorette ...
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Ready For Love
Marlo PetersonNaomi is a head strong, independent woman who is thrown for a loop when she comes across Lawrence, an alpha male billionaire. When he’s deep inside of her, she finds herself wanted...
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Bound In Blood
Marlo PetersonPassion. Raw. Heart. The Hasani are a warlike people that live life with vigor. Aella is a young woman at odds with her destiny and the life she has been given. While Hasani women...
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Found On My Journey
Marlo PetersonVictoria is on a liberating journey to do away with the restrictions and inhibitions of the world.She left a job as a successful stockbroker, much to the delight of her hateful wit...
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Love in the Office 4
Marlo PetersonIt’s now or never for Rachel. After an incident with her office arch nemesis, Stacey, threatens what Rachel has built with her boss and lover, Mr. Jennison, they’re all in and mus...
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Taking Molly Banks
Marlo PetersonBad girl Molly Banks is head strong, fiery and let’s face it, a man eater.She chews them up and spits them out, as if she’s awaiting a real challenge. As fate would have it, she me...
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To Catch a Dangerous Man
Marlo PetersonYou can call her Jessica Hill, because if she told you her real name, she’d have to kill you. “Jessica” is an undercover operative whose life and career is turned upside down when...
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90 Days To Find A Husband
Marlo PetersonWhat if you only had 90 days to find a husband?That is a challenge that Claire, fed up with the monotony of her rat race life, is taking upon herself. While trying to discover who ...
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Naughty For Teacher
Marlo PetersonBianca's flirtations reach new levels when she shows up to class with no panties on.Professor Winfield can't concentration, because her smooth brown skin and full thighs are on ful...
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Ready For Love
Marlo PetersonNaomi is a head strong, independent woman who is thrown for a loop when she comes across Lawrence, an alpha male billionaire. When he’s deep inside of her, she finds herself wanted...
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On This Road With Him
Marlo PetersonAngelica is a gogetter, who never needed a man to get ahead, and prided herself on that. She’s at a crossroads, because this situation with handsome young billionaire Jeff started...
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How A Cowboy Saved This Bad Girl
Marlo PetersonA break up turns Tina’s world upside down, leaving her with more questions than answers. She’s a strong, independent, ram of a woman, so what is she supposed to do when something s...
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Bad Bitch Confessions
Marlo PetersonTell me a secret. Tell me no lies. Tell me everything that’s on your nasty mind. When you’re dripping with passion and your body and heart need a sensual touch, nature has no choi...
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Dangerous Liasons
Marlo PetersonPassion comes in the strangest of places, and often lies on the edge of danger. At least that’s the situation the characters in these stories find themselves in. “An Older Man”...
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I Want To Feel You Inside Of Me
Marlo PetersonYolanda had a rough day at work, but her luck turns around when the handsome man who works next door stops into her salon. When he invites her to his place for drinks, one thing l...
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A Cowboy Has My Heart
Marlo PetersonEvery girl likes different kinds of men, but there’s nothing like a rugged, raw, alpha male who doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty. The ladies in these stories aren’t damsels in...
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In Pursuit Of Prestige
Marlo PetersonDivorce can bring new life. Martina is reeling after she and her husband decide to call it quits. Still in her twenties and only a week after the ink on the divorce papers are...
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How A Cowboy Saved This Bad Girl
Marlo PetersonA break up turns Tina’s world upside down, leaving her with more questions than answers. She’s a strong, independent, ram of a woman, so what is she supposed to do when something s...
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To Catch a Dangerous Man
Marlo PetersonYou can call her Jessica Hill, because if she told you her real name, she’d have to kill you.“Jessica” is an undercover operative whose life and career is turned upside down when h...