Marie Currie

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| years_active = 1977–present

| associated_acts = Cherie & Marie Currie, Cherie Currie

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Marie Currie 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.

Early life

Currie was born to Don Currie and actress Marie Harmon.{{cite news |last1=TMI |title=Neon Angel - Interview with The Runaways' Cherie Currie |url=http://www.tribute.ca/news/index.php/neon-angel-interview-with-the-runaways-cherie-currie/2010/03/26 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |work=Tribute Magazine |publisher=Tribute Entertainment Media Group |date=March 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626135026/http://www.tribute.ca/news/index.php/neon-angel-interview-with-the-runaways-cherie-currie/2010/03/26 |archive-date=June 26, 2014 |location=Toronto, Ontario Canada}} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1899&dat=19800322&id=MH8pAAAAIBAJ&pg=2147,3103138 |title=Archived copy |access-date=August 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513005152/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1899&dat=19800322&id=MH8pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IWUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2147,3103138 |archive-date=May 13, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Currie and her twin sister were given roles on an episode of My Three Sons at the age of two.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} They were supposed to sing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" with Fred MacMurray, but froze during filming, and their part was cut from the show.{{cite web |last1=Rayl |first1=Salley |title=To Cherie and Marie Currie, Two Blondies Are Better Than One |url=https://people.com/archive/to-cherie-and-marie-currie-two-blondies-are-better-than-one-vol-13-no-8/ |website=PEOPLE.com |publisher=Meredith Corporation |access-date=September 1, 2020 |language=EN |date=February 25, 1980}} Before Currie and her sister rose to fame, they appeared American Bandstand as background dancers.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyApPJP0mJ8While | title=MARIE CURRIE interview 9/23/18 with Rev Derek Moody and Sister Tracy - YouTube | website=YouTube | date=September 24, 2018 }}

Career

While her sister Cherie was in the Runaways, Currie worked at a fast-food restaurant. She started the Marie Currie Band,{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH7F7AZDU5c | title=Cherie Currie: Rare 1978 Radio Interview - YouTube | website=YouTube| date=May 24, 2012 }} 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".{{cite web|author=Richie Unterberger |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/beautys-only-skin-deep-mw0000337174 |title=Beauty's Only Skin Deep – Cherie Currie {{pipe}} Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |access-date=August 26, 2015|author-link=Richie Unterberger }} The song appeared on Cherie's debut album Beauty's Only Skin Deep.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/messin-with-the-boys-mw0000596615/awards |title=Messin' with the Boys – Cherie & Marie Currie {{pipe}} Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |access-date=August 26, 2015}} In 1980, Cherie and Marie released their album, Messin' with the Boys,{{cite web|author=Gina Boldman |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/messin-with-the-boys-mw0000596615 |title=Messin' with the Boys – Cherie & Marie Currie {{pipe}} Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |access-date=August 26, 2015}} and the album received more radio play than Beauty's Only Skin Deep. They released another single that year titled "This Time".{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

Cherie and Marie performed on television shows in the 1980s, including Sha Na Na, The Mike Douglas Show, and The Merv Griffin Show{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyApPJP0mJ8 | title=MARIE CURRIE interview 9/23/18 with Rev Derek Moody and Sister Tracy - YouTube | website=YouTube | date=September 24, 2018 }} 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.{{cite journal |last1=Hamlin |first1=Bradley Mason |editor1-last=Hell |editor1-first=Lucy |title=Marie Currie Interview |journal=Mystery Island |date=February 6, 2012 |url=http://www.mysteryisland.net/mariecurrie |access-date=September 1, 2020 |publisher=Mystery Island Publications |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222170335/http://www.mysteryisland.net/mariecurrie |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |title=THE PANDORAS – Hell On High Heels |url=https://psychorizon.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/the-pandoras-hell-on-high-heels/ |website=Psychorizon |access-date=September 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915042648/https://psychorizon.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/the-pandoras-hell-on-high-heels/ |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |language=en |date=November 22, 2011}}

Currie performed with her sister's band, the Runaways, at a reunion that included Jackie Fox and Sandy West.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUhao0O0rSU|title=Cherie Currie on Reality Check TV 8/17/13|last=Reality Check TV|date=March 17, 2014|publisher=|via=YouTube}} In 1997, she worked as a mortgage banker, along with her brother Don.{{cite web|author=Alexxis Steele|url=https://www.joomag.com/magazine/steel-notes-magazine-july-2014/0212801001485464974|title="In The Spotlight" interview with Multi-talented artist- Marie Currie |publisher=Steelnotesmagazine.com |date=July 4, 2014 |access-date=August 26, 2015}} She later became a sales and branch development manager for a lending company founded by her brother.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}

In 1997, Cherie and Marie re-released Messin' with the Boys with seven bonus tracks, 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/250322/cherie-currie-makes-another-run-at-rock/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809024146/http://www.mtv.com/news/250322/cherie-currie-makes-another-run-at-rock/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 9, 2016|title=Cherie Currie Makes Another Run At Rock|website=MTV|publisher=}} In 1998, Cherie and Marie released a compilation called Young and Wild,{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/young-wild-mw0000057181 |title=Young & Wild – Cherie Currie {{pipe}} Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=March 10, 1998 |access-date=August 26, 2015}} In 1999, Rocket City Records released Cherie's album The 80's Collection. The album features guest work done by Marie.{{cite web|url=https://picclick.com/The-Runaways-Singer-Cherie-Currie-The-80s-Collection-112259359411.html|title=The Runaways Singer Cherie Currie The 80's Collection CD 15 songs • $25.00|website=PicClick}}{{cite web|url=http://www.karaoke-lyrics.net/lyrics/currie-cherie-57778/s-collection-98043|title=80's Collection - Cherie Currie|first=Marek|last=Fiala|website=karaoke-lyrics.net}}

Currie was portrayed by Riley Keough in the film The Runaways, about the band of the same name.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017451/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm | title=The Runaways (2010) - IMDb | website=IMDb }}

Later years

On January 30, 2014, her novel The Narrow Road of Light was published.{{cite web |title=Marie Currie |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14756191 |website=goodreads |access-date=September 1, 2020}}{{cite web |title=The Narrow Road Of Light |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20706280-the-narrow-road-of-light |website=goodreads |access-date=September 1, 2020}}{{cite web |title=The Narrow Road Of Light {{!}} A Spiritually Heartwarming Story By Marie Currie |url=http://thenarrowroadoflight.com/ |access-date=September 1, 2020}}

Personal life

Currie dated Toto guitarist Steve Lukather in the late 70s, and they got married on November 7, 1981. They had two children, Tina (born May 13, 1985){{Cite web |last=Lukather |first=Steve |date=May 13, 2016 |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/SteveLukather/posts/happy-birthday-to-my-oldest-daughter-tina-you-changed-my-life-forever-and-for-th/10153721029797862/}} and Trevor (born May 4, 1987){{Cite web |title=Trevor Lukather {{!}} Actor, Soundtrack |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7636890/ |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}. Currie and Lukather divorced in the early 1990s.

In 2014, they 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.{{cite web |url=http://steelnotesmagazine.com/july-2014/ |title=July 2014 |publisher=Steelnotesmagazine.com |date=July 13, 2014 |access-date=August 26, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929163826/http://steelnotesmagazine.com/july-2014/ |archive-date=September 29, 2015 }}

References in pop culture

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.https://www.discogs.com/master/834626-The-Runaways-Neon-Angels-On-The-Road-To-Ruin {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

Currie's then husband, Steve Lukather, wrote and dedicated Toto's songs, "I Won't Hold You Back" and "I'll Be Over You" to her.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}}

Harmony Korine has stated that the characters Dot and Helen Darby (played by Chloë Sevigny and Carisa Glucksman) in his 1997 film Gummo "were {{sic|bas|ed off|expecting=based on}} a combination of Cherie and Marie Currie, home schooling, and the Shaggs."{{cite web|url=http://doomrocket.com/uncultured-gummo/|title=UNCULTURED: GUMMO — DoomRocket|date=March 13, 2015|publisher=}}

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.{{cite news |last=Arar |first=Yardena |date=March 22, 1980|title=Cherie and Marie Double the Fun |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1899&dat=19800322&id=MH8pAAAAIBAJ&pg=2147,3103138 |work=The Lewiston Journal |access-date=December 30, 2023}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

1980 – Messin' with the Boys
1997 – Messin' with the Boys (re-release)
1998 – Young and Wild (compilation){{cite web|author= |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000654F |title=Cherie Currie & Marie – Young & Wild |website=Amazon |date= |access-date=August 26, 2015}}
1999 – The 80's Collection

=Guest appearances=

1978 – Cherie Currie – Beauty's Only Skin Deep
1984 – various artist – The Rosebud Beach Hotel Soundtrack

=Singles=

Year	Single	style="width:35px;"\|US	Album	Artist
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1978	"Love at First Sight"	style="text-align:center;"\| —	Beauty's Only Skin Deep	Cherie and Marie Currie
1979	"Since You Been Gone"	style="text-align:center;"\|95	Messin' with the Boys	Cherie and Marie Currie
1979	"Messin' with the Boys"	style="text-align:center;"\| —	Messin' with the Boys	Cherie and Marie Currie
1980	"This Time"	style="text-align:center;"\| —	Messin' with the Boys	Cherie and Marie Currie
1980	"Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)"	align="center"\| —	Messin' with the Boys	Cherie and Marie Currie

Album charts

Year	Album	style="width:35px;"\|US	Artist
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1978	Beauty's Only Skin Deep	style="text-align:center;"\| —	Cherie Currie
1980	Messin' with the Boys	style="text-align:center;"\| —	Cherie and Marie Currie
1997	Messin' with the Boys (Re-released)	style="text-align:center;"\| —	Cherie and Marie Currie
1999	The 80's Collection	style="text-align:center;"\| —	Cherie Currie Cherie and Marie Currie

Filmography

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Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes
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

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Year

! Film

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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.