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BIOGRAPHY
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 Name at birth: |
Cher (Cherilyn LaPiere Sarkisian) |
| Date of Birth: |
May 20, 1946 |
| Place of Birth: |
El Centro, California |
| Mother: |
Georgia Holt |
| Father: |
John Sarkisian |
| Sibling: |
Georganne |
| Heritage: |
American, Cherokee Aboriginal |
| Occupation: |
Actress, Singer, Director, Designer |
 Marriage: |
Salvatore Bono (Sonny) Born: February 16, 1935 Los Angeles, California (also have Detroit, Michigan as place of birth) Died: January 6, 1998 Lake Tahoe, California Married in Tijuana, Mexico |
| Divorced: |
1975 |
| Marriage: |
Gregg Allman Born: December 8, 1947 Cher filed for divorce from Gregg after 9 days on January 16, 1979. |
| Children |
Chastity Bono (Born: March 4,
1969) Elijah Blue Allman (Born: July 7, 1976) |
| Actress, singer, director. Cher met
Sonny Bono, a recorder producer, in a coffee shop when she was sixteen (1962). The two
began performing together as a musical act, at one point billing themselves as
“Caesar and Cleo.” They married when Cher was eighteen and by 1965, Sonny and
Cher were a popular act on the West Coast, renowned for their outrageous outfits. Their
first big hit was “I Got You, Babe,” (1965) which sold over four million copies.
The couple had a daughter, Chastity Bono, in 1969. In the 1970s, they starred in their own top-rated television variety show: The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971-1974). The end of their show coincided with the collapse of their marriage. The couple divorced in 1974, but reunited professionally for The Sonny and Cher Show (1976-1977). Bono went on to become a Republican congressman before his death in a ski accident in 1998. Cher had a brief marriage to rock musician Gregg Allman in the late 1970s, which produced a son, Elijah Blue Allman.
After a stint on the Las Vegas circuit in the late 1970s/early 1980s, Cher launched a successful film career. She received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role in Silkwood (1983), and a Best Actress Academy Award for Moonstruck (1987), in which she played an Italian widow. Her other notable movies include: Mask (1985), Suspect (1987), Witches of Eastwick (1987), Mermaids (1990), and Tea With Mussolini.
In 1996, Cher made her directorial debut with one segment of HBO's three-part film, If These Walls Could Talk. She is the author of several beauty and fitness books, as well as an autobiographical work, The First Time (1998). Cher also released two “Cherfitness” videos, in 1991 and 1992.
In 1999, Cher found success again on the
pop-music charts with her album Believe, released in late 1998. Her smash single, a
neo-disco anthem also titled “Believe” made her, at age 52, the oldest American
woman ever to record a No. 1 hit. Her sold-out tour began in June 1999. In early 2000,
Cher overwhelmed the competition at the Grammy Awards, beating out fellow divas Jennifer
Lopez, Gloria Estefan, and Donna Summer for Best Dance Recording, and winning her first
Grammy, for "Believe".
LATEST NEWS On July 15, 2000, Reuters printed the following article: Cher Considers Adopting Baby Girl LONDON (Reuters) - At the age of 54, Cher is
thinking of adopting a baby daughter. "When you get to 40 or 50 you have lived life. You know what the hell is finally going on and can hand that knowledge down," the Oscar-winning actress and chart-topping singer told Britain's Sunday Mirror. Cher said she was heavily influenced by "Basic Instinct" star Sharon Stone who at the age of 42 has just adopted a baby boy. "When I heard about Sharon, I knew what's been missing in my life. She is so happy and I am so envious," Cher said. Cher has a 31-year-old daughter, Chastity, by her former singing partner Sonny Bono who died in a skiing accident two years ago, and a 23-year-old son, Elijah Blue, by rock star Gregg Allman. She believes she would now be a better parent: "I will always feel bad that I was so busy when my other two were growing up." |
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