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Cher (Best Actress)

Michael Douglas (Best Actor)

Olympia Dukakis (Best Supporting Actress)

Sean Connery (Best Supporting Actor)

1988

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Cher, Kd Lang, and Madonna after the Oscars, 1998

What are you?

We know for sure that Cher's dark features can at least partly be attributed to her half-Armenian ethnicity (her father is full Armenian). It is unclear, however, if she also possesses Cherokee ancestry (I've read several different stories). I've also read she is a bit English and French.

Did You Know...

... many actresses were considered for the roles of Thelma and Louise (writer and producer Callie Khouri desperately wanted to cast Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand, but that idea was nixed). A few were offered parts (Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathleen Turner, Cher, Debra Winger), but turned them down. Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep wanted to do a film together and they considered this, but ultimately decided on "Death Becomes Her".

Flick of the Day

Film: MERMAIDS

Director: Richard Benjamin

Actors: Cher, Winona Ryder, Bob Hoskins, Christina Ricci, Michael Schoeffling

Year: 1990

Synopsis: A young girl comes of age in a new town.

Cher leads a fantastic cast in this wonderful flick. Ryder stars as Charlotte, a strange teen who wants desperately to become a nun. Things change when she meets Joe (Schoeffling). Cher is perfect as Charlotte's somewhat trampy mother. It's a great film.

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Cher arriving at the Oscars with an unusual hairdo, 1968