Cher
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| AKA: Cher Bono |
| Born: 05/20/1946 El Centro, CA |
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Biography: Born into a lower-income California family, actress/pop singer Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian) attempted to escape her poverty by entering show business as a go-go dancer at the age of 16. She met and married singer/promoter Sonny Bono, who lifted her from obscurity as half of the immensely popular singing duo Sonny and Cher. The diminutive, ebullient Bono and the tall, deadpan Cher became a top recording team (their big hit was "I Got You, Babe") and a regular guest act on the many variety shows of the period. Sonny and Cher continued their upward climb until musical tastes changed in the early '70s, whereupon they began concentrating on comedy sketches and kidding-on-the-square insults directed at one another in their own variety weekly, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, which enjoyed a successful three-year network run beginning in 1971. It was on this program that Cher, began sharpening her acting versatility in such sketch roles as brash housewife Laverne, sardonic waitress Rosa, and a whole slew of historical vamps. But Cher began to chafe at Bono's hold on her career and her private life, and the couple divorced in 1974. Both Sonny and Cher were starring on separate TV series that fall, but they also each faced poor ratings; so the pair decided to team up professionally once more in 1976 for a new Sonny & Cher Show, although Cher was now married to Gregg Allman and pregnant with their son Elijah. But the old chemistry was no longer there, and the new program was canceled in the following year. |
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DVDs that Cher appeared in...
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- 02/10/2009 - Rona Barrett's Hollywood: Nothing But the Truth
- 10/02/2007 - Glen Campbell: Good Times Again
- 11/15/2005 - Cher: Extravaganza - Live at the Mirage
- 10/19/2004 - Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
- 09/07/2004 - Sixties Soft Rock
- 08/24/2004 - Chastity
- 08/17/2004 - Mayor of the Sunset Strip
- 06/22/2004 - The Very Best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection
- 06/01/2004 - Faithful
- 04/27/2004 - Stuck on You [Fullscreen]
DVDs that Cher worked on "behind the scenes"...
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- 08/26/2003 - Cher: The Farewell Tour - Director
- 03/21/2000 - If These Walls Could Talk - Conception
- Cher: The Farewell Tour [UMD for PSP] -