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Marla Maples
Maples in 2007
Born
Marla Ann Maples[1]

(1963-10-27) October 27, 1963 (age 60)
Cohutta, Georgia, United States
Occupation(s)Actress, television personality
Years active1986 to present
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
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(m. 1993; div. 1999)​
ChildrenTiffany Trump

Marla Ann Maples (born October 27, 1963) is an American actress and television personality, best known for her six-year marriage to celebrity businessman Donald Trump.

Personal life

Maples was born in Cohutta, Georgia, the daughter of Lura Ann Locklear (1940-2014), a homemaker and model, and Stanley Edward Maples, a real estate developer.[2][3]

Maples attended Northwest Whitfield High School in Tunnel Hill, Georgia, where she was crowned Homecoming Queen.[4]

Maples and Donald Trump have one child together, Tiffany Ariana Trump, born October 13, 1993.[5] In December 1993, the couple married at New York City's Plaza Hotel in a ceremony attended by 1,000 guests including Rosie O'Donnell and O.J. Simpson,[6] but separated in May 1997[7] and divorced in 1999.[8]

Career

Motion pictures

Maples appeared in Maximum Overdrive (1986) and Executive Decision (1996). She followed these films with roles in the Todd Solondz movie Happiness (1998), and was in the movie Black and White (1999). Other films include A Christmas Too Many, Loving Annabelle, Two of Hearts, Richie Rich's A Christmas Wish, For Richer or Poorer, A Sight for Sore Eyes, and Something Wilder.[9] Since then, she has had a part as an actress in Switching Lanes, directed by Thomas Mikal Ford, which won the Feature Film Silver Award in October 2015 at the Kingdomwood Christian Film Festival.[10][11]

Television

In 1991, Maples appeared as a celebrity guest at WWF WrestleMania VII, serving as special guest timekeeper in the main event match between Hulk Hogan and defending WWF Champion Sgt. Slaughter. In that year, Maples also made a special appearance in hit television series Designing Women as herself. Maples co-hosted the 1996 and 1997 Miss Universe Pageant, and the 1997 Miss USA Pageant.[12] She guest-starred in Spin City in 1997 and on The Nanny in May 1998.[9][13] In 2013, Maples was featured on Oprah: Where Are They Now?[14]

On March 8, 2016, Maples was announced as one of the celebrities who will compete on season 22 of Dancing with the Stars along side her Switching Lanes co-star, Kim Fields.[15] She was partnered with professional dancer Tony Dovolani.[16] Maples and Dovolani were eliminated on Week 4 of competition and finished in 10th place.

Maples also joined the women of ABC's morning talk show, The View, as a guest co-host on March 11, 2016.[17]

Theater

In August 1992, Maples starred as "Ziegfeld's favorite" in the Tony Award winning production, The Will Rogers Follies on Broadway.[18][19] She returned to New York in 2011 for Love, Loss and What I Wore, an off-Broadway production.[20]

Philanthropy

Maples is committed to supporting charities and non-profit organizations, and is a long time and vocal advocate of Kids Creating Peace, an organization uniting Israeli and Palestinian children.[21] She has shared proceeds of sales with those in need; she shared sales proceeds of her One World of Love album with Success for Kids, and proceeds from her auction with Linda's Stuff went to Spirituality for Kids.[22]

Radio and music

For many years, Maples hosted her own talk radio show, Awakening with Marla, on Contact Talk Radio; her guests ranged from naturopathic doctors, to authors, to astrologers, and more.[23]

Maples' album The Endless, released in August 2013, is a musical journey of spiritual awakening and transformational energy, featuring thought leaders such as the Dalai Lama, Michael Beckwith, and Deepak Chopra. Each track seeks to evoke a different level of consciousness and connection, designed for deep meditation, prayer circles, or yoga sessions. In December 2014, Maples won a "Hollywood Music in Media Award" for best New Age/Ambient song, for "House of Love", from that album.[24][25] Her song "Open Your Eyes" with Michael Berg from the same album "The Endless" is also featured on Armada Music's 'Planet Chill 2014-01' compilation album.

Health and wellness

Maples is an advocate of health and wellness, with daughter Tiffany Trump confessing she used to make healthy homemade chocolate in Trump Tower; meanwhile her father would sneak her downstairs to the candy store to buy her Almond Joys. [26] Marla is a self-proclaimed 'mostly-vegan' who avoids dairy, eats organic, and chooses to be gluten free. [27][28] She told People Magazine that her top three tips for healthy eating are to (a) listen to your body, (b) eat organic, (c) be joyful in all you do/eat. [29]

Other

In 1990, Maples starred in an advertising campaign for No Excuses jeans.[30] In 1993, she designed a line of maternity clothes, sold in several major department stores.[31]

In January 2000, a memoir by Maples, All That Glitters Is Not Gold, was announced by the ReganBooks division of HarperCollins Publishers. In February 2002, a spokeswoman for the publishing company said that ''The author and publisher by mutual consent have agreed not to publish the book.''[8]

References

  1. ^ "It's a Wedding Blitz for Trump and Maples". The New York Times. 21 December 1993.
  2. ^ "Marla Maples Biography (1963-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Marla Ann Maples b. 27 Oct 1963 Georgia: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest".
  4. ^ "Video: Donald Trump Marla Maples at her high school homecoming 1991". Frequency. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  5. ^ Tempesta, Erica (April 5, 2016). "Tiffany Trump posts throwback snaps of her childhood to support mom Marla Maples' DWTS performance honoring her birth, after going to her 'first job interview' in New York". Daily Mail. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  6. ^ Dullea, Georgia (December 21, 1993). "VOWS; It's a Wedding Blitz for Trump and Maples". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  7. ^ Weber, Bruce (May 3, 1997). "Donald and Marla Are Headed for Divestiture". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  8. ^ a b Fried, Joseph P. (February 24, 2002). "Tell-All Book on Trump Won't Be Telling at All". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  9. ^ a b Marla Maples at IMDb
  10. ^ "Inspirational Film 'Switching Lanes' Wins 2015 Feature Film Silver Award [TRAILER]". BREATHEcast. 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  11. ^ "New Movie Coming from Tyscot Films: Switching Lanes". Tyscot.com. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Miss USA Pageant". New York Daily News.
  13. ^ " "Spin City" The Goodbye Girl (TV Episode 1997) " at IMDb
  14. ^ "Search". Oprah.com. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  15. ^ "Meet the Cast".
  16. ^ "'Dancing With the Stars' 2016: Season 22 Celebrity Cast Revealed Live on 'GMA'". ABC News. March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  17. ^ "'The View' Guest Co-host Marla Maples on 'Dancing with the Stars' Preparation Video - The View". ABC.
  18. ^ Marla Maples at the Internet Broadway Database
  19. ^ Stanley, Alessandra (August 4, 1992). "Maples in Spotlight on Opening Night". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  20. ^ "What's Up, Marla Maples? The Love, Loss and What I Wore Star on Returning to New York and Sending Daughter Tiffany Trump to College". Broadway.com. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  21. ^ Juzwiak, Rich. "Of Course the Surviving Member of Milli Vanilli Has an EDM Project". Gawker. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  22. ^ Dagher, Veronica. "Actress Maples's Song for Children, Teens at Risk". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  23. ^ "Marla Maples's Page". ctrnetwork.com. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  24. ^ "iTunes - Music - The Endless by Marla Maples". iTunes. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  25. ^ Hollywood Music in Media Awards. "Music Awards Los Angeles - Music Awards Hollywood". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  26. ^ http://www.people.com/article/tiffany-trump-says-parents-donald-trump-marla-maples-fought-chocolate
  27. ^ http://naturallysavvy.com/general/marla-maples
  28. ^ http://abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/episode-guide/season-22/4-week-4-disney-night
  29. ^ http://www.people.com/people/videos/0,,21002576,00.html
  30. ^ Foltz, Kim (July 27, 1990). "2 Networks Say No To No Excuses Jeans". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  31. ^ Brozan, Nadine (November 24, 1993). "Style: Chronicle". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
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