• Name: Cher
  
• Birth Name: Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre
  
• Height: 5' 8''
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: May 20, 1946
  
• Birth Place: El Centro, CA
  
• Profession: singer, actress, producer, director
  
• Education: Studied acting with Jeff Corey
  
• Husband/Wife: Greg Allman (member of band the Allman Brothers; married in June 1975; divorced in 1977), Sonny Bono (aka Salvatore Phillip Bono; singer; married on October 27, 1964; divorced in 1975)
  
• Relationship: David Geffen (music executive), Gene Simmons (member of KISS), Richie Sambora (member of Bon Jovi; together 1989 to 1990), Val Kilmer (actor; dated in 1980s), Warren Beatty (actor; had relationship when Cher was a teenager)
  
• Father: John Sarkisian (truck driver; Armenian; married and divorced Cher's mother twice)
  
• Mother: Georgia Holt (aka Jackie Jean Crouch; actress; author of Star Mothers)
  
• Half Sister: Georganne La Piere (actress; born 1951)
  
• Step Father: John Southall (married to Cher's mother in the early 1950s)
  
• Son: Elijah Blue Allman (born in 1976; plays with band Deadsy; father: Greg Allman)
  
• Daughter: Chastity Bono (father: Sonny Bono; activist; former singer; born March 4, 1969)
  
• Claim to fame: Cohosted CBS variety show The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971-1974)
  

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• "Some years I'm the coolest thing that ever happened, and the next year everyone's so over me."
• "A girl can wait for the right man to come along, but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones."
• "I answer to two people: myself and my God."
• "I think you just gravitate to the people you gravitate to, and there's something that you find in somebody that makes them special to you. It never has anything to do with their age, because once you know someone's age, it's never really going to figure in the relationship again. It's like the color of their eyes - that's never going to figure in the relationship either."
• "Living your life the way you want to live it is the most important thing, so if you have to pay small prices along the way its not important."
• "I've always taken risks and never wondered what people might really think about me."

• Emmy Awards: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special for Cher: The Farewell Tour (2003)
• Billboard Music Awards: Artist/Lifetime Achievement Award (2002)
• Women in Film Lucy Awards: Lucy Award (2000)
• GLAAD Media Awards: Vanguard Award (1998)
• David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Actress, MOONSTRUCK (1988)
• Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Best Actress - Foreign Film, MOONSTRUCK (1988)
• Academy Awards: Best Actress, MOONSTRUCK (1987)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role-Musical or Comedy, MOONSTRUCK (1987)
• Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Woman of the Year (1985)
• Cannes Film Festival: Best Actress, MASK (1985)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, SILKWOOD (1983)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role--Musical or Comedy Series or Television Movie, THE SONNY AND CHER COMEDY HOUR (1973)
• Grammy Awards for 'Believe'.

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