While her sister Cherie was in
the Runaways, Currie worked at a fast-food restaurant. She started the Marie Currie Band, 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". 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". The latter reached number 95 on U.S. charts. In 1980, Cherie and Marie released their album, ''
Messin' with the Boys, and the album received more radio play than Beauty's Only Skin Deep''. They released another single that year titled "This Time". Cherie and Marie performed on television shows in the 1980s, including
Sha Na Na,
The Mike Douglas Show, and
The Merv Griffin Show 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 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, the Runaways, at a reunion that included
Jackie Fox and
Sandy West. In 1997, she worked as a mortgage banker, along with her brother Don. She later became a sales and branch development manager for a lending company founded by her brother. In 1997, Cherie and Marie re-released ''Messin' with the Boys
with seven bonus tracks, 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. ==Later years==