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Georgia Holt (born Jackie Jean Crouch; June 9, 1926) is an American retired singer-songwriter, actress, and model. She is the mother of singer and actress Cher.

Georgia Holt
Born	Jackie Jean Crouch (1926-06-09) June 9, 1926 (age 96) Kensett, Arkansas, U.S.
Other names	Georgia Pelham Georgia LaPiere
Occupation	Singer-songwriter actress model
Years active	1932–2014
Spouses	John Sarkisian ​ ​ (m. 1946; div. 1947)​ ​ ​ (m. 1965; div. 1966)​ John Southall ​ ​ (m. 1951; div. 1955)​ Joseph Harper Collins ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1961)​ Gilbert Hartmann LaPiere ​ ​ (m. 1961; div. 1964)​ Hamilton T. Holt ​ ​ (m. 1970; div. 1974)​
Partner(s)	Craig Spencer (1976–present)
Children	2; including Cher
Relatives	Chaz Bono (grandson) Elijah Blue Allman (grandson)
Musical career
Genres	Country
Musical artist

Early life

Holt was born Jackie Jean Crouch in Kensett, Arkansas, in 1926[1][2][3] to Lynda Inez Gulley,[4] aged 13, and Roy Malloy Crouch, a 21-year-old baker. Holt says she is of English, German, Irish, French, Dutch, and Cherokee descent.^{[citation needed]} She frequently moved back and forth between her separated parents. Holt has estimated that she attended 17 junior high schools. Her father taught her how to sing and play guitar.[3]

Career

Holt sang on an Oklahoma City radio station when she was six years old, and by age 10 sang with bandleader Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. She won several talent and beauty competitions,[3] and had a number of minor television and film roles in the 1950s. After performing in a singers' workshop (Phil Moore's "Get Your Act Together") in July 1978 at Studio One in Los Angeles, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, and Dinah Shore booked Holt to appear on their television talk shows.[3]

Holt also appeared as an audience polling member as part of a group of ten mothers of famous celebrities on the U.S. game show Card Sharks from July 4–8, 1988.

Holt was the subject of the 2013 Lifetime documentary Dear Mom, Love Cher, which was executive produced by her daughter, Cher. Holt also released her album Honky Tonk Woman, which was recorded in 1982, in 2013. The album includes a duet with Cher titled "I'm Just Your Yesterday".[5]

In 2013, Holt and Cher appeared together on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno[6][7] and The Ellen DeGeneres Show[2] to promote the documentary Dear Mom, Love Cher and Holt's album Honky Tonk Woman.[2]

In 2014, Holt and her grandson Chaz Bono appeared in episode 9 of the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race for a talk show themed challenge.

Personal life

Holt has been married and divorced six times.

She and her first husband, Armenian-American John Sarkisian[8] (whom she remarried 19 years later as her fifth husband and divorced again), had daughter Cher.[3]

She later married actor John Southall, by whom she had her other child, actress Georganne LaPiere (born Georganne Elizabeth Southall).[9] Georganne was married to Michael Madsen in the 1980s.

In 1961, Holt married Gilbert Hartmann LaPiere, a bank manager, who legally adopted Cher and Georganne, changing their surnames to LaPiere.

Through Cher, Holt has two grandsons, Chaz Bono and Elijah Blue Allman.[5]

Since 1976, Holt has been in a relationship with partner Craig Spencer.[10]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950	A Life of Her Own	Uncredited	Movies
	Watch the Birdie	Grandpop's Girl
1951	Grounds for Marriage	First Girl
1955	The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet	Bride	TV episode "David's Engagement"
	Artists and Models	Uncredited	Movie
1956	I Love Lucy	Jaques Marcel Model	TV episode "Lucy Gets a Paris Gown"
1966	The Lucy Show	Model	TV episode "Lucy and Pat Collins"
1978	Cher... Special	Herself	Voice only
1979	The Mike Douglas Show		TV series
1980	The Merv Griffin Show
1987	Superstars and Their Moms		TV movie, also co-executive producer
1999	Behind The Music		TV series documentary episode "Cher"
2011	Becoming Chaz		TV series
2013	Entertainment Tonight		Television infotainment series
	The Tonight Show With Jay Leno		Late night comedy program (NBC-TV)
	The Ellen DeGeneres Show		TV series
	Good Morning America		Morning news program (ABC-TV)
	Access Hollywood		Television infotainment series
	Dear Mom, Love Cher		TV documentary
	20/20		Weekly news program (on ABC-TV)
2013	Sunday Morning	Herself	Weekly news program
2014	RuPaul's Drag Race	Herself/Guest Judge	Season 6 Episode 9; "Queens of Talk"

Discography

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US Heat
Honky Tonk Woman	Release date: April 30, 2013	43	13

Bibliography

• Holt, Georgia; Quinn, Phyllis; Russell, Sue (1989). Star Mothers – The Moms Behind the Celebrities. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-91540-3.

References

External links

• Georgia Holt at IMDb

На других языках

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[ru] Джорджия Холт

Джо́рджия Холт (англ. Georgia Holt; настоящее имя — Дже́ки Джин Кра́уч (англ. Jackie Jean Crouch), род. 9 июня 1926, Кенсетт, Арканзас, США) — американская актриса, певица и модель, является матерью актрисы и певицы Шер[4] и актрисы Джорджин Лапьер.

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