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Wax figure of Cher wearing a similar outfit to the one she wore at the 60th Academy Awards, on 1988. |
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| Born | Cherilyn Sarkisian May 20, 1946 El Centro, California, USA |
| Years active | 1965 - present |
Cher is an American pop singer-songwriter, actor, director and record producer. Cher has appeared mainly in comedy, drama, and romance films. She has appeared in thirteen movies, including two as a cameo. She has also appeared in one starring theatre role, numerous television commercials and directed a piece of the motion picture If These Walls Could Talk in 1996 and some of her music videos of the Geffen-era in late '80s and in early '90s. Cher has starred in various international television commercials, as well as high profile print advertising for Lori Davis (1992). Before she started her film career, she had a couple of hits in the 60's, as a solo artist, and with her ex-husband Sonny Bono as the couple Sonny & Cher.
Her first appearance as an actress was in 1967 in the American television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as the model Ramona. That same year, she started her film career with Sonny Bono in the poorly received-movie Good Times[1] and later as a solo actress in the low budget feature Chastity. Since then she has starred in numerous independent and Hollywood motion pictures. She made her Broadway debut in Robert Altman's Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean in 1982.[2] The play was a critical and commercial success and Cher received strong reviews for her stage work (even Rich called her "ingratiating") and paved the way for her to be cast in the film version the next year, that garnered her a Golden Globe nomination.[3] She was next cast alongside Meryl Streep and Kurt Russell in the critically hailed drama Silkwood (1983) directed by Mike Nichols, inspired by the true-life story of Karen Silkwood, in which her character was a lesbian who worked in at the Kerr-McGee plant in Cimarron, Oklahoma. It was a commercial success and grossed $35 million in the United States alone. Cher then appeared in the drama Mask (1985) directed by Peter Bogdanovich and with Eric Stoltz, Sam Elliott and Laura Dern. The film is based on the life and early death of Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis, a boy who suffered from craniodiaphyseal dysplasia. The movie was considered her first critical and commercial success as a leading actress and firmly established her as an actress. For her role as a mother of a severely disfigured boy, Cher won the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival.[4] In 1987, she starred in three films: the thriller Suspect, with Dennis Quaid and Liam Neeson; the film has been credited for the high quality of acting despite the severe loopholes of the story. In particular, Cher, in the lead role, has received positive reviews. The fantasy film The Witches of Eastwick, with Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer; and the romantic comedy Moonstruck with Nicolas Cage and Olympia Dukakis. Moonstruck is also her most commercial success to date, grossing over 80$ million dollars in the United States alone. During 1989-1991, Cher refused many roles, like The War of the Roses, Thelma & Louise and The Addams Family for starred in the Richard Benjamin's Mermaids with Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder, and a then 9-year-old Christina Ricci. The movie was a modest success with only 35$ million dollars in USA. Cher made cameo appearances in the Robert Altman films The Player (1992) and Prêt-à-Porter (1994). She starred in the poorly-received film Faithful (1996) with Ryan O'Neal and Chazz Palminteri, in the role of the betrayed wife. Then, later in 1999, Cher co-starred in the well-received Franco Zeffirelli film Tea With Mussolini with Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Joan Plowright and Lily Tomlin. She was also seen, in the Farrelly Brothers comedy Stuck on You (2003) with Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear. In the film, she interprets herself and Honey, a character of a TV series. She also spoofed her own image, appearing in bed with a high school boyfriend (Frankie Muniz).
During her career, she held some notable roles, like Dolly Pelliker in Silkwood, Rusty Dennis in Mask, Alexandra Medford in The Witches of Eastwick and Loretta Castorini in Moonstruck. Cher has also contributed music to her films, through performing songs that became a hits, like "Alfie", "After All" and "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)". Cher has received several awards and nominations for her work in films. She was nominated five times for the Golden Globe Awards but won two times, in 1983 for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for her role in Silkwood and in 1987 for Best Actress in a Comedy for her role in Moonstruck. She was also nominated twice for the Academy Award but she won only one time in 1987 for Best Actress in a Comedy for her role in Moonstruck.
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| Year | Title | Character | Role | Movie Studio | US Box Office $ |
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| 1965 | Wild on the Beach | Herself (as part of duo Sonny & Cher) | Cameo | 20th Century Fox | |
| 1967 | Good Times | Herself (as part of duo Sonny & Cher) | Lead actress | Columbia Pictures | |
| 1969 | Chastity | Chastity | Lead actress | American International Pictures | |
| 1982 | Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Sissy | Supporting actress | Sandcastle 5 Productions Mark Goodson Productions Viacom Enterprises |
$840,958[5] |
| 1983 | Silkwood | Dolly Pelliker | Supporting actress | 20th Century Fox | $35,615,609[6] |
| 1985 | Mask | Rusty Dennis | Lead actress | Universal Pictures | $48,230,162[7] |
| 1987 | Suspect | Kathleen Riley | Lead actress | Tri-Star Pictures | $18,782,400[8] |
| 1987 | The Witches of Eastwick | Alexandra Medford | Lead actress | Warner Bros. Pictures | $63,766,510[9] |
| 1987 | Moonstruck | Loretta Castorini | Lead actress | MGM | $80,640,528[10] |
| 1990 | Mermaids | Rachel Flax | Lead actress | MGM | $35,419,397[11] |
| 1992 | The Player | Herself | Cameo | Fine Line Features | $21,706,101[12] |
| 1994 | Prêt-à-Porter aka Ready to Wear | Herself | Cameo | Miramax | $11,300,653[13] |
| 1996 | Faithful | Margaret | Lead actress | Miramax | $2,104,439[14] |
| 1996 | If These Walls Could Talk | Dr. Beth Thompson | Supporting actress | HBO | |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini | Elsa Morganthal Strauss-Almerson | Supporting actress | Universal Pictures | $14,401,563[15] |
| 2003 | Stuck on You | Herself/Honey | Supporting actress | 20th Century Fox | $33,832,741[16] |
| 2010 | Burlesque[17] | Tess | Supporting actress | Screen Gems | |
| 2011 | Zookeeper | Janet the Lioness (voice) | Supporting actress | MGM |
| Year | Company | Promoting | # | Theme | Soundtrack | Country |
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| 1984 | Chicago Health & Racquetball Club | Gim Clubs | 1 | Cher do some exercises | Instrumental song | United States |
| 1985 1989 | Jack Lalanne Spa | Gim Clubs | 3 | Cher do some exercises | Instrumental songs and "If I Could Turn Back Time" | United States/Europe |
| 1987 1988 | Uninhibited | Cher first fragrance | 2 | Beach and catwalk | Instrumental song | United States |
| 1992 | Equal | Sweetener | 1 | Cher talking about Equal | No song | United States |
| 1992 | Aquasentials Skin Care | Cher beauty line | 1 | Cher talking about Aquasentials | No song | United States |
| 1995 | It's A Man's World | Cher promote her new album | 1 | ? | One By One | ? |
| Year | Title | Notes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Bonnie and Clyde | Warren Beatty was making a gangster movie, and he wanted to test Cher for the part of Bonnie, but later was turned down because Beatty begged Natalie Wood, his girl friend at the time, to play the role.[18] | Faye Dunaway got the part |
| 1975 | The Fortune | When Bette Midler was dropped from the Nicholson-Beatty comedy, Cher auditioned for the role of "Fredrika" but was turned down by Mike Nichols.[19] "There are two kinds of girls in the world: the kind you wanna fuck and the kind you don't." He felt the role called for the latter and for him, Cher wasn't "suitable." "But I'm talented," she yelled. "If you can't see it now, you'll be sorry one day." Nine years later, Nichols cast Cher as Dolly Pelliker in Silkwood.[20] | Stockard Channing got the part |
| 1976 | King Kong | Cher auditioned for the part but was turned down.[21] In an interview she said: "I did the test as a lark. I was pregnant at the time, or else I probably would have done it - just to work."[20] | Jessica Lange got the part |
| 1976 | A Star is Born | Cher was attached to star before Jon Peters and Barbra Streisand took over.[22] | replaced by Barbra Streisand |
| 1979 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Cher was originally cast as "Mona Mondieu", but she backed out at the last minute because she was unable to fit the shooting into her schedule.[23] | replaced by Stockard Channing |
| 1983 | Going to the Chapel | Cher was supposed to star in the movie to Paramount Pictures during the summer of 1983, until she reportedly nixed so many prospective directors that she and the studio came to a parting of the ways.[24] | Film never made |
| 1983 | Road Show | Cher was supposed to have been Jack Nicholson's leading lady in the movie, until Nicholson objected to her casting.[24] | Film never made |
| 1984 | Grandview, U.S.A. | Cher was offered the role of "Michelle 'Mike' Cody" but she turned down the role in favor of the film Mask. She turned down the role because producers wouldn't cast Eric Stolz as her co-star.[25] About the role she said "I won't do anything for just money, only if I can bring something to it."[26] | replaced by Jamie Lee Curtis |
| 1984 | Crimes of Passion | Cher was reportedly considered for the dual role of "Joanna Crane", aka the hooker "China Blue" in Ken Russell's romantic thriller.[20] | Kathleen Turner got the part |
| 1986 | Fatal Beauty | During the first controversial interview with David Letterman, Cher confirmed that was working for two films, Suspect and Fatal Beauty,[27] but backed out of the latter.[28] | replaced by Whoopi Goldberg |
| 1987 | Baby Boom | Cher turned down the female lead in the film Baby Boom.[29] Cher said also that Diane Keaton was much better for the role.[29] | replaced by Diane Keaton |
| 1987 | Black Widow | Cher was reportedly considered for the lead role, but was later turned down.[29] In an interview she said, "For me, it's about life experiences. Making films and... growth in life is real intertwined."[20] | replaced by Theresa Russell |
| 1988 | Midnight Run | Production executives suggested that the Mardukas character be changed to a woman and wanted Cher for the role in the hope she would provide some "sexual overtones".[30] But Cher said that "I have to find a character to express who I am - and that's not easy."[20] | Charles Grodin got the part |
| 1989 | Riding in Cars with Boys | When the rights were purchased in 1989 by James L. Brooks, Debra Winger and Cher were considered for the lead.[31] | replaced by Drew Barrymore |
| 1989 | The Witches | Cher was considered for the role of the "Grand High Witch" in a movie adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel The Witches, but the role was eventually given to Anjelica Huston.[32] | Anjelica Houston got the part |
| 1990 | The War of the Roses | Cher was originally offered the role that eventually went to Kathleen Turner.[33] Cher did not accept the role for personal reasons: "I knew that was going to be a hit. A great script but... kinda mean. I'd lived it for real. I didn't want to do it for money."[20] | Kathleen Turner got the part |
| 1990 | She-Devil | After winning the Oscar, she spent three years choosing her next film and She-Devil was the one she most wanted.[20] | Meryl Streep got the part |
| 1990 | Working Girl | Cher was considered for the role of "Tess McGill". She also said, "I act really great but I don't think of myself as an actress. I don't do it for a living."[20] | Melanie Griffith got the part |
| 1990 | The Grifters | For the role of Lilly, Cher was originally considered but she became too expensive after the success of Moonstruck[34] for UK director Stephen Frears and his producer Martin Scorsese. | Anjelica Houston got the part |
| 1991 | Thelma & Louise | Cher was offered for the role of "Thelma Yvonne Dickinson", but turned it down.[33] In an interview Cher also said "It was a much rougher when I got it. It probably would've been a good movie to do. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. I'm glad Susan did it."[20] | Geena Davis got the part |
| 1991 | The Addams Family | Cher was considered for the role of "Morticia Addams".[19] | Anjelica Houston got the part |
| 1992 | Batman Returns | Cher was in competition with many other actresses for the role of "Catwoman".[35] | Michelle Pfeiffer got the part |
| 1992 | Leaving Normal | Backed away from director Edward Zwick's second feature (a kind of Thelma & Louise revisited) as the waitress was a cousin of her role in Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.[36] Besides, she was busy with her Aquasentials Skin Care infomercials. | Christine Lahti got the part |
| 1992 | This Is My Life | Fox wanted the Jewish housewife struggling to be a stand-up comic to be Cher, Bette Midler or Michelle Pfeiffer.[20] | Julie Kavner got the part |
| 1993 | Title unknown | In 1993, Cher and Michelle Pfeiffer had a movie in development, a black comedy about a movie star and a tabloid reporter, but the movie never appeared.[37] | Project abandoned |
| 1994 | Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles | Due to the Hollywood's homophobia of the time, Anne Rice rewrote the part of Louis, changing his sex to female, in order specifically to heterosexualyze his/her reletioship with Lestat.[38] At the time, Rice felt it was the only way to get the film made, and Cher was considered for the part.[38] | Brad Pitt got the part |
| 1995 | The Bridges of Madison County | Cher was considered for the role of "Francesca Johnson".[39] | Meryl Streep got the part |
| 1996 | Evita | Cher was proposed to play "Eva Peron" in the musical.[40] | Madonna got the part |
| 1996 | Freaky Deaky | In early 1996 Barry Cooper with Monte Hellman made a deal with the Japanese company Shochiku.[41] Part of the deal was that Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender would be executive producers of the pictures that Hellman would direct.[41] One of the film was Freaky Deaky, an adaption of the Elmore Leonard's 1988 novel.[41] The cast for the movie included Vince Vaughn (as Chris), Cher (as Robin) and Mickey Rourke (as Skip), but due to conflicts the company and the producers team the movie never appeared.[41] | Project abandoned |
| 2000 | Mame | ABC in late 2000 confirmed that Cher would star in a TV adaptation of the musical Mame.[42] | Film never made |
| 2001 | Heartbreakers | Originally, Doug Liman was set to direct, with Cher and Jennifer Aniston playing the roles of "Max" and "Page", a movie called The Breakers.[20] However, due to the long pre-production stage, both actresses had to bow out of the film due to scheduling conflicts. | replaced by Sigourney Weaver |
| 2001 | The Enchanted Cottage | Since 1992 Cher had plans to direct and star in a remake of the 1945 John Cromwell film,[43] and in 2001 was announced that she was hoping to play opposite Brendan Fraser, but the film never happened.[44] | Film never made |
| 2003 | In The Pink | In December 2003, during an interview Cher announced that was offered a role in a movie called In The Pink.[45] Cher was set to star with Britney Spears, Bette Midler, comic Wanda Sykes and Tim Allen as director.[46] The movie was written by Simon Beaufoy, who wrote also The Full Monty, for Revolution Studios. The comedy features Allen playing a Texas playboy wealthy exec who loses his job and is forced to sell Mary Kay cosmetics door to door with a group of women.[47][48] The movie was also to start shooting in early 2005, but in March 2005 Midler said that the movie had not been put into development.[49] | Film never made |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight Rises | In the summer of 2008 was reported the Cher was set to play Catwoman opposite Christian Bale in the third Batman film from British director Christopher Nolan.[50] A studio executive said also that "Cher is Nolan's first choice to play Catwoman. He wants to her to portray her like a vamp in her twilight years." and "The new Catwoman will be the absolute opposite of Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry's purring creations."[51] Those rumors were denied on November 3, 2008, when Cher appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[52] | Rumours denied |
| 2008 | Mamma Mia! | In a 2010 red carpet interview at the premiere of Burlesque that she had been offered a part in Mamma Mia! alongside her Silkwood co-star Meryl Streep, but was on the road so could not commit.[53] | Could not commit |
| 2008-11 | The Drop-out[52] | In a 2008 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Cher told DeGeneres that she was to appear in a film with Johnny Knoxville[54]. This did not materialise in 2010 as expected, but during a red carpet interview at the Burlesque premiere, Cher indicated that she and Knoxville were still keen to make the movie.[55] | Status unknown |
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