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Trivia
Birth name: Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre
Date of birth: 20 May 1946
Place of birth: El Centro, California, USA
Credited As: Cher Bono, Sonny & Cher, Sonny and
Cher, Cherilyn, Chér
Height: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Spouse: Gregg Allman, (30 June 1975 - 16 January 1979) (divorced) 1 child, Sonny Bono, (27 October 1964 - 26 June 1975) (divorced) 1 child.
Mother, with Gregg Allman, of Elijah Blue
Allman.
Diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 30.
Had started dating producer David Geffen
after she and estranged husband Sonny Bono split up.
Was living with rock musician Gene Simmons
of Kiss for several years.
Her sister, Georganne LaPiere, was the first
wife of Michael Madsen.
Offered the part of Thelma in Thelma &
Louise (1991).
Half-sister-in-law of Michael Madsen.
Half-sister of Georganne LaPiere.
Her father was Armenian, her mother was part
Cherokee.
Legally changed her name from "Cherilyn
Sarkisian LaPierre Bono Allman" to simply "Cher."
Beat out Céline Dion's "My Heart Will
Go On" for the best selling single of 1998 with
"Believe."
Wanted to play Morticia in the The Addams
Family (1991), but the part went to Anjelica Huston.
Her favourite makeup artist, Kevyn Aucoin,
died in 2002 of a brain tumor.
Has mostly been living in London, UK over
the last few years.
Holds the record for the the longest gap
between #1 hits ("Dark Lady" 1974, "Believe" 1999).
Holds the record for oldest female artist
with a #1 hit ("Believe").
Son, Elijah Allman, fronts the band Deadsy.
Half-sister-in-law of actress Virginia
Madsen.
Is tying with Mako as the Oscar-nominated
actor throughout history with the shortest name. Technically wins, as
her name is only one syllable and is her actual legal name.
Suffers from fear of flying.
Wears size 8 shoes.
Cher's very first recording was novelty
record "I Love You Ringo," under the name of Bonnie Jo Mason
in 1963.
Her parents married and divorced 3 times.
Measurements: 32B-24-36 (in 1990), 34C-24-35
1/2 (after breast lift surgery), 35 1/2 -25 1/2-36 (late 1990s),
(Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
She won an Grammy in 1999 for the song
"Believe" and an Emmy in 2003 for a special on her farewell
concert tour.
Spoke the eulogy at ex-husband Sonny Bono's
funeral.
Ranked #43 on VH1's "100 Greatest Women
of Rock N Roll."
Wore braces as an adult.
Her 1998 hit single "Believe" was
ranked #60 on VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs.
A 2002 Rolling Stone article estimated her
wealth at over 600 million dollars. Since then she has embarked on a
hugely successful farewell tour that is still going and released a
greatest hits CD that has spent weeks in the the Billboard Top 10.
Is a big Katharine Hepburn fan.
Although her music video "If I Could
Turn Back Time" is often cited as the first video to be banned by
MTV, this is not true. The Rolling Stones ("Neighbors"), The
Ramones ("Psychotherapy") and Laura Branigan all had videos
banned several years beforehand.
Mother, with Sonny Bono, of Chastity Bono.
Named after Lana Turner's daughter Cheryl
Crane.
Is the only certified female performer in
music history to have had a U.S #1 single in the 1960s 1970s 1980s and
1990s.
She and Barbra Streisand are the only two
female performers in the U.S. to have had a #1 hit and won an Oscar.
Has appeared solo on the cover of People
magazine a near record 13 times.
In addition to her Oscar and Emmy wins, Cher
won a 2000 Grammy for the song "Believe" as Best Dance
Recording.
US-born Cher is the most famous Hollywood
personality of Armenian ethniciy, the USSR-born genius Sergei Parajanov
is the most famous non-Hollywood Armenian cinema personality.
In a recent poll, A&E's Biography
Magazine ranked her as people's Number 3 favorite actress of all time
behind her two Hollywood idols, Katharine Hepburn and Audrey Hepburn.
She was the subject of an episode of
"The X Files" (1993) called "The Post-Modern
Prometheus" (5X06; first aired November 3, 1997). This episode
concerned a deformed man who adored Cher because of her role in Mask
(1985), in which her character cared for her deformed son. Several Cher
songs appeared on the soundtrack of this episode, including
"Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" and "The Sun Ain't Gonna
Shine Anymore". At the end of the episode, Mulder and Scully take
the Cher fan to a Cher concert, where they hear her sing her cover of
"Walkin' in Memphis". Cher, an "X-Files" fan, was
asked to play herself in this scene but declined the producers' offer.
However, she revealed on The X-Files Movie Special (1998) (TV) that once
the episode aired, she regretted not having appeared in it.
Was called to be offered the role in The
Witches of Eastwick (1987) on the morning of her 40th birthday.
Her Oscar-winning part in Moonstruck (1987)
was originally offered to Sally Field, who turned it down.
She has had rhinoplasty and other cosmetic
surgeries.
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