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Birth name | Marie Michelle Currie |
Born | Encino, California, U.S. | November 30, 1959
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 1977–present |
Spouse(s) | Steve Lukather (married November 7, 1981 – divorced, ?) |
Marie Michelle Currie (born November 30, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and artist. Currie is best known for playing in a band with her twin Cherie Currie, called Cherie & Marie Currie. Their song " Since You Been Gone" charted at number 95 on the US charts. Marie played Singing Maid Marie in The Rosebud Beach Hotel and is now a multi-media sculptor and artist.
Currie was born to Don Currie and actress Marie Harmon. [1] She was raised in Encino with three siblings. Her brother is Don Currie Jr. She has an elder sister, actress Sondra Currie, and a twin sister, Cherie Currie. Marie was the first twin born. [2]
Currie and her twin sister were given roles on an episode of My Three Sons at the age of two.[ citation needed] They were supposed to sing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" with Fred MacMurray, but froze during filming, and their part was cut from the show. [3] Before Currie and her sister rose to fame, they appeared American Bandstand as background dancers. [4]
While her sister Cherie was in the Runaways, Currie worked at a fast-food restaurant. She started the Marie Currie Band, [5] but they never released a record. They were featured in magazine articles across the U.S. and Japan. She started her career as a singer by singing a duet with Cherie called "Love at First Sight". [6] The song appeared on Cherie's debut album Beauty's Only Skin Deep.[ citation needed]
In 1979, Cherie and Marie released two singles, "Messin' with the Boys" and " Since You Been Gone". The latter reached number 95 on U.S. charts. [7] In 1980, Cherie and Marie released their album, Messin' with the Boys, [8] and the album received more radio play than Beauty's Only Skin Deep. They released another single that year titled "This Time".[ citation needed]
Cherie and Marie performed on television shows in the 1980s, including Sha Na Na, The Mike Douglas Show, and The Merv Griffin Show [9] In 1984, they played the singing maids in The Rosebud Beach Hotel. The twins sang, wrote, and produced songs for the film and its soundtrack, That film was Marie's acting debut. [10] In 1991, they performed at a tribute concert to Paula Pierce, a member of The Pandoras. For the final performance, the remaining Pandoras backed the Curries. [11]
Currie performed with her sister's band, The Runaways, at a reunion that included Jackie Fox and Sandy West. [12] In 1997, she worked as a mortgage banker, along with her brother Don. [13] She later became a sales and branch development manager for a lending company founded by her brother.[ citation needed]
In 1997, Cherie and Marie re-released Messin' with the Boys with seven bonus tracks, [8] In 1998, they held a concert at the Golden Apple in support of the re-release, Cherie's ex-bandmate West joined Cherie on stage to perform some of the Runaways songs. [14] In 1998, Cherie and Marie released a compilation called Young and Wild, [15] In 1999, Rocket City Records released Cherie's album The 80's Collection. The album features guest work done by Marie. [16] [17]
Currie was portrayed by Riley Keough in the film The Runaways, about the band of the same name. [18]
On January 30, 2014, her novel The Narrow Road of Light was published. [19] [20] [21]
Currie married Steve Lukather, lead guitarist and co-vocalist of Toto in November 1981.[ citation needed] They met in the studio during the recording of Messin' with the Boys.[ citation needed] They had two children together before divorcing.[ citation needed] Currie and Lukather appeared on the cover of Steel Notes Magazine (alongside singer Debbie Harry, and model Josi Kat) with a lengthy feature story on her life and work featured in the issue. [22]
On the cover of the runaways "Neon Angels on the Roads to Ruin" single Currie's twin is wearing a shirt with Marie's name on it. [23]
Currie's then husband, Steve Lukather, wrote and dedicated Toto's songs, " I'll Be Over You" and " I Won't Hold You Back" to her.[ citation needed]
Harmony Korine has stated that the characters Dot and Helen Darby (played by Chloë Sevigny and Carisa Glucksman) in his 1997 film Gummo "were based off [ sic] a combination of Cherie and Marie Currie, home schooling, and The Shaggs." [24]
In 2018, a photo of Marie Currie appeared in Bad Reputation, a documentary about the career of Cherie's ex-bandmate, Joan Jett. In the documentary, Kim Fowley tells the story of how he would not allow them both to join the Runaways because he did not want a set of identical twins being backed by an all-girl rock band. Therefore, only Cherie joined. [25]
Year | Single | US | Album | Artist | |
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1978 | "Love at First Sight" | - | Beauty's Only Skin Deep | Cherie and Marie Currie | |
1979 | " Since You Been Gone" | 95 | Messin' with the Boys | Cherie and Marie Currie | [7] |
1979 | "Messin' with the Boys" | - | Messin' with the Boys | Cherie and Marie Currie | |
1980 | "This Time" | TBA | Messin' with the Boys | Cherie and Marie Currie | |
1980 | " Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" | - | Messin' with the Boys | Cherie and Marie Currie |
Year | Album | US | Artist | |
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1978 | Beauty's Only Skin Deep | - | Cherie Currie | |
1980 | Messin' with the Boys | TBA | Cherie and Marie Currie | |
1997 | Messin' with the Boys (Re-released) | - | Cherie and Marie Currie | |
1999 | The 80's Collection | - | Cherie Currie Cherie and Marie Currie |
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1974-1975 | American Bandstand | Background Dancer, Herself | |
1984 | The Rosebud Beach Hotel | Singing Maid Marie | Her twin Cherie played Singing Maid Cherie. |
1991 | Eureka Water | herself | commercial |
Year | Book | L.A. Weekly |
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2014 | The Narrow Road of Light | - |
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