Marie had a minor role in the 1982 made-for-TV movie Rooster playing Sister Mae Davis. The following year she starred in the television movie "I Married Wyatt Earp" playing the wife of Earp, Josephine 'Josie' Marcus. In 1984 Osmond voiced two animated characters - The Nursery Magic Fairy/Velveteen Rabbit in "The Velveteen Rabbit" and Rose Petal in the TV short titled "Rose Petal Place" and later in the TV movie Rose Petal Place: Real Friends. Osmond then had a recurring role for two seasons as co-host with Jack Palance on ABC's documentary series "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" in 1985–86, replacing Palance's daughter Holly. She introduced and narrated segments based on the travels and discoveries of oddity-hunter Robert Ripley. Following that, the singer played her mother, Olive, in the television movie "." The film was produced by her younger brother, Jimmy Osmond.