Happy 76th birthday to Goddess of Pop and award-winning actress Cher

Katherine Donlevy

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May 20, 2022

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Cher is shown in this candid photo taken in her hotel room in Paris, France, Dec. 1966.

Cher, known as the “Goddess of Pop,” was born Cherilyn Sarkisian in El Centro, California, on May 20, 1946.

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Cher starred in her first role in the film, “Chastity” in 1969, and while the project tanked, critics noticed her acting potential. She has acted in at least 26 movies since.

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Cher with her husband Sonny Bono and president Ronald Reagan.

Cher and her husband Sonny Bono, here with President Ronald Reagan in 1971, became a duo in 1965 and kicked off their show, “The Sonny & Cher Show” in 1976.

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United States of America - American singer and actress Cher with the Golden Globe which whe received for her part in ''Silkwood."

For her role in the 1983 film “Silkwood,” Cher won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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May 6, 1992, London, United Kingdom: Cher, American singer, Love Hurts Tour, concert at Wembley Arena, London, Wednesday 6th May 1992.

Cher has had several musical comebacks over the decades, and has released 26 studio albums, ten compilation albums, two soundtrack albums, and three live albums. Here she is performing the Love Hurts Tour in London on May 6, 1992.

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Cher, American singer, Heart of Stone Tour, concert at the Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, Sunday October 14th 1990.

Cher made her directorial debut with a segment in the abortion-themed anthology “If These Walls Could Talk” in 1996.

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Cher released her iconic album “Believe” in 1998. It was the best selling record that year and the following, and the title track reached number one in more than 23 countries, selling over 10 million copies worldwide.

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CHER AT THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME CEREMONY, HOLLYWOOD, CA. 5-15-1998.

Sonny Bono and Cher received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television on March 15, 1998, just months after Bono’s death in a skiing accident on January 5, 1998.

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US pop diva Cher performs during her concert in the Hallenstadion venue in Zurich, Switzerland, as part of The Farewell Tour, on Saturday, May 29, 2004.

In June 2002, Cher embarked on the “Living Proof: The Farewell Tour,” announced as the final live concert tour of her career. It become the most successful tour ever by a woman, and Cher returned to touring a few years later.

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Cher appears at the curtain call for "The Cher Show" Broadway musical opening night in New York on Dec. 3, 2018.

Cher is the only artist to have a number-one single on a Billboard chart in six consecutive decades, from the 1960s to the 2010s. Here she appears at the curtain call for “The Cher Show” Broadway musical opening night in New York on Dec. 3, 2018.

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