Marie Osmond turns daytime diva in ‘Bold and the Beautiful’ soap debut

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is playing one on TV.Osmond, 64, makes her soap opera debut as the calculating Countess Von Frankfurt on “The Bold and the Beautiful” starting Friday, Oct.

17 (1:30 p.m./Ch. 2).The crossover story arc also features characters from “B&B’s” CBS stablemate, “The Young and the Restless.”“She’s got serious attitude problems,” Osmond told The Post about the Countess. “She lives in Milan and she’s stuffy.”The Countess journeys to LA from Milan to check out the Forrester Couture Collection; she’s a longtime client and wants to to see her friends Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) and Eric (John McCook) and their new fashion lines.

Meanwhile, Lauren (Tracy Bregman, “The Young and the Restless”) arrives in from Genoa City and brings Esther Valentine (Kate Linder, “Y&R”) along with her — since it’s always been Esther’s dream to own a Forrester Creations original.The episodes also feature Taylor Hale, who returns to “The Bold and the Beautiful” and Alexis Gaube, who appear as models in the fashion show (starting Oct.

30).Osmond said that “B&B” head writer/executive producer Brad Bell has been a “dear friend” of hers for years and they’ve talked many times in the past about Osmond appearing on the show.“I started [watching soaps] years ago with ‘The Young and the Restless,’ which was created by Brad’s dad, William Bell,” she said. “To make a long story short, I was in Las Vegas for 11 years and had what I call a ‘real’ residency; I did five nights a week all year long and four [nights] during the summer and Christmas.“It was hard to find time to do these extra scenes,” she said. “I was down in LA, helping my daughter with the children and I got a call from them saying, ‘Hey, we’re doing this big fashion show — both ‘B&B’ and ‘Y&R’ are coming.