Cher
Cherilyn Sarkisian, better known as Cher (born May 20, 1946), is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and television personality. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. She is well known for her deep contralto vocal range.[1] She has become known as the Goddess of Pop.[2]
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| Born | Cherilyn Sarkisian May 20, 1946 |
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| Years active | 1963–present |
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| Parent(s) | Georgia Holt (mother) |
| Awards | Full list |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
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| Website | cher |
Her mother is singer and actress Georgia Holt. Her Uncle is Mickey Crouch, (deceased) a former Night Club Owner of The Haunted House in Hollywood, California. She has three first cousins. Michael Crouch, a retired Technology Executive and Chef living in San Jose, California, Russell Crouch, A Real Estate Agent and musician living in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Chris Crouch an Artist and Musician, living in New Mexico.
Cher first became well known in 1965 as one half of the pop rock duo Sonny & Cher. She has also released 27 albums as a solo artist, and has 22 Billboard Top 40 entries over her career. These include twelve Top 10 singles and five number-one singles.
She became a successful television star in the 1970s and a movie actress in the 1980s. In 1987, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the romantic comedy Moonstruck.
In 2023, Cher released her first-ever holiday album, Christmas. She headlined the year's Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Plaza.[3]
Discography
Studio albums
- All I Really Want to Do (1965)
- The Sonny Side of Cher (1966)
- Cher (1966)
- With Love, Cher (1967)
- Backstage (1968)
- 3614 Jackson Highway (1969)
- Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves (1971)
- Foxy Lady (1972)
- Bittersweet White Light (1973)
- Half-Breed (1973)
- Dark Lady (1974)
- Stars (1975)
- I'd Rather Believe in You (1976)
- Cherished (1977)
- Take Me Home (1979)
- Prisoner (1979)
- I Paralyze (1982)
- Cher (1987)
- Heart of Stone (1989)
- Love Hurts (1991)
- It's a Man World (1996)
- Believe (1998)
- Living Proof (2002)
- Closer to the Truth (2013)
- Dancing Queen (2018)
- Christmas (2023)
Cher Media
Cher in high school (1960)
Advertisement for Cher's second single, "All I Really Want to Do", featured in Cashbox, June 26, 1965
1960s publicity photo of Sonny & Cher
Cher on the set of the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., 1967
Cher on The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, 1971
Cher (right) with Farrah Fawcett on The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Cher performing with David Bowie, in his US television debut, on the variety show Cher, 1975
Cher performing in Las Vegas, 1981
Cher attending an autograph session in New York, 1985
References
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (18 December 1997). "CABARET REVIEW; On Life's Rough-and-Tumble, via Mama's Tender Heart". ESPN.com. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/18/arts/cabaret-review-on-life-s-rough-and-tumble-via-mama-s-tender-heart.html. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- ↑ "Cher, the Goddess of Pop". Beat. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
- ↑ Video: Cher rocked around Rockefeller's Christmas tree lighting | CNN, 2023-11-30, retrieved 2023-12-02
Other websites
- cher.com — Official website.
- officialcherfanclub.com Archived 2010-03-05 at the Wayback Machine — Official Fan Club website.
- Cher Net Worth Archived 2020-10-29 at the Wayback Machine — Children's Craniofacial Association. National Chairperson: Cher.
- cherconvention.com Archived 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine — Cher Convention Foundation dedicated to raising funds for CCA kids.
- Eulogy for Sonny Bono
- Cher at TV.com
- Cher on IMDb