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 received three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Peabody Award for her work in television and was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.
She 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.2
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.