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 identical 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 popular multi-media sculptor and artist.
While her sister Cherie was in the Runaways, Currie worked at a fast food restaurant. Then she started the Marie Currie Band. They never released a record, or received a record deal. However, they managed to receive some press; including a few pictures of the band landed 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". The song appeared on Cherie's debut album Beauty's Only Skin Deep.
In 1979, Cherie and Marie released two singles "Messin' with the Boys" and "Since You Been Gone". "Since You Been Gone" charted number 95 on U.S. charts.[7] In 1980, Cherie and Marie released their album, Messin' with the Boys the album received more radio play than Beauty's Only Skin Deep. They released another single that year "This Time".
Cherie and Marie performed on television shows in the 1980s including Sha Na Na, The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show, among others. 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. In 1991, they performed at the Coconut Teaser which was a tribute concert to Paula Pierce, a member of The Pandoras. For the final performance the remaining Pandoras backed the Curries. Currie performed with her sister's band at the Runaways reunion which included Jackie Fox and Sandy West.
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 their re-released version of Messin' with the Boys. Cherie's ex-bandmate West joined Cherie on stage to perform some of the Runaways songs. In 1998, Cherie and Marie released a compilation called Young and Wild. In 1999 Rocket City Records released Cherie's album The 80's Collection. The album features guest work done by Marie.
