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| '''Georgia Holt''' (born '''Jackie Jean Crouch'''; June 9, 1926 – December 10, 2022 |
'''Georgia Holt''' (born '''Jackie Jean Crouch'''; June 9, 1926 – December 10, 2022<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2022-12-14 |title=Georgia Holt, singer, actress and mother of Cher – obituary |language=en-GB |work=] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/12/14/georgia-holt-singer-actress-mother-cher-obituary/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>) was an American singer-songwriter, actress, and model. She was best known for being the mother of ]-winning actress and singer ]. | ||
| ==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
| ⚫ | Holt was born Jackie Jean Crouch on June 9, 1926, in ], to Lynda Inez (née Gulley; 1913–2009) and Roy Malloy Crouch (1905–1969). Mr. Crouch was a baker at the time. Holt said she was of English, German, Irish, French, Dutch, and ] descent. Frequently moving back and forth between her separated parents, Holt estimated that she attended 17 ]. Her father taught her how to sing and play guitar.<ref>{{cite news |last=Woo |first=Kelly |title=First Look at Cher With Her Mom in Lifetime Documentary |url=https://tv.yahoo.com/news/first-look-at-cher-with-her-mom-in-lifetime-documentary--photo--183457865.html |access-date=May 1, 2013 |newspaper=Yahoo! TV |date=April 2, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Advocate Watch Cher and her Mother">{{cite news |last=Peeples |first=Jase |title=Watch: Cher and Her Mother Sing on Ellen |url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/television/2013/05/01/watch-cher-and-her-mother-sing-ellen |access-date=May 1, 2013 |newspaper=The Advocate |date=May 1, 2013}}</ref><ref name="People Seven Failed Marriages">{{cite news |last=Kalter |first=Suzy |date=August 7, 1978 |title=After Seven Failed Marriages, Cher's Ma (Chastity's Grandma) Takes Her Own Star Turn |newspaper=People |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20071447,00.html |url-status=dead |access-date=May 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607141704/https://people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20071447,00.html |archive-date=June 7, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aaanativearts.com/the-controversy-of-cher-s-heritage |title=The Controversy of Cher's Heritage |date=September 28, 2015 |website=AAA Native Arts}}</ref><ref name=":0"/> | ||
| ⚫ | Holt was born Jackie Jean Crouch on June 9, 1926 in ] to Lynda Inez (née Gulley; 1913–2009) and Roy Malloy Crouch (1905–1969). Mr. Crouch was a baker at the time. Holt said she was of English, German, Irish, French, Dutch, and ] descent. Frequently moving back and forth between her separated parents, Holt estimated that she attended 17 ]. Her father taught her how to sing and play guitar.<ref |
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| ==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| Holt sang on an ] radio station when she was six years old, and by the age of 10, had sung with ]. She won several talent and beauty competitions,<ref name="People Seven Failed Marriages"/> and had a number of minor television and film roles in the 1950s. These included ] (1950), '']'' (1951) and '']'' (1952). However, by the mid-1950s, Holt's income was largely derived from working as a club singer.<ref name=":0" |
Holt sang on an ] radio station when she was six years old, and by the age of 10, had sung with ]. She won several talent and beauty competitions,<ref name="People Seven Failed Marriages"/> and had a number of minor television and film roles in the 1950s. These included ] (1950), '']'' (1951) and '']'' (1952). However, by the mid-1950s, Holt's income was largely derived from working as a club singer.<ref name=":0"/> | ||
| After performing in a singers' workshop (]'s "Get Your Act Together") in July 1978 at ] in ], ], ], and ] booked Holt to appear on their television talk shows.<ref name="People Seven Failed Marriages" |
After performing in a singers' workshop (]'s "Get Your Act Together") in July 1978 at ] in ], ], ], and ] booked Holt to appear on their television talk shows.<ref name="People Seven Failed Marriages"/> Holt also appeared as an audience polling member as part of a group of ten mothers of famous celebrities on the American game show '']'' on July 4–8, 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thelifeandtimesofhollywood.com/meet-chers-93-year-old-mother-georgia-holt-great-video-with-cher-chaz-and-elijah-blue-allman-georgia/ |title=Meet Cher's 93 year old mother, Georgia Holt- Great Video with Cher, Chaz, and Elijah Blue , sister Georgeanne, Allman & Georgia |date=October 5, 2019 |website=thelifeandtimesofhollywood.com/ |access-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211053017/https://thelifeandtimesofhollywood.com/meet-chers-93-year-old-mother-georgia-holt-great-video-with-cher-chaz-and-elijah-blue-allman-georgia/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
| Holt was the subject of the 2013 ] documentary '']'', which was executive produced by her daughter, ]. The same year, Holt also released her album ''Honky Tonk Woman'', which was recorded in 1982 with ]'s band. It was Holt's discovery of the tapes which led to the documentary project.<ref name=":0" |
Holt was the subject of the 2013 ] documentary '']'', which was executive produced by her daughter, ]. The same year, Holt also released her album ''Honky Tonk Woman'', which was recorded in 1982 with ]'s band. It was Holt's discovery of the tapes which led to the documentary project.<ref name=":0"/> The album includes a duet with Cher titled "I'm Just Your Yesterday".<ref name="EW Lifetime documentary">{{cite news |last=Rice |first=Lynette |title=Cher's family subject of Lifetime documentary |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/04/01/chers-family-subject-of-lifetime-documentary-exclusive |access-date=May 1, 2013 |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly |date=April 1, 2013}}</ref> | ||
| In 2013, Holt and Cher appeared together on '']''<ref |
In 2013, Holt and Cher appeared together on '']''<ref>{{cite news |last=Yahr |first=Emily |title=TV highlights |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/tv-highlights-amanda-knox-sits-for-first-interview-since-release-from-prison/2013/04/29/c2a301b2-a935-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html |access-date=May 1, 2013 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Avery |first=Dan |title=Cher Reveals Her Teenage Mugshot On "The Tonight Show" |url=http://www.newnownext.com/cher-reveals-her-teenage-mugshot-on-the-tonight-show-photo/05/2013/ |access-date=May 1, 2013 |newspaper=NewNowNext |date=May 1, 2013}}</ref> and '']''<ref name="Advocate Watch Cher and her Mother"/> to promote the documentary and album.<ref name="Advocate Watch Cher and her Mother"/> | ||
| ==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
| Holt was married and divorced seven times to six husbands. She married Cher's father, ] truck driver John Paul Sarkisian,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/cher/|title=Cher. Biography, news, photos and videos|website=HELLO!|date= |
Holt was married and divorced seven times to six husbands. She married Cher's father, ] truck driver John Paul Sarkisian,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/cher/ |title=Cher. Biography, news, photos and videos |website=HELLO! |date=October 8, 2009 }}</ref> on June 22, 1945;<ref>. ''The Fresno Bee''. June 25, 1945. p. 11.</ref> they briefly remarried and redivorced about 20 years later. Holt's second husband was actor ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hendricks |first1=Nancy |title=Georgia Holt (1926–2022) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/georgia-holt-12542/ |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |publisher=Central Arkansas Library System |access-date=September 7, 2024 |date=December 12, 2022}}</ref> Her third husband was actor John Southall, with whom she had her second child, actress Georganne LaPiere.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=2022-12-12 |title=Georgia Holt, actor, singer and Cher's mother, dies aged 96 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/12/georgia-holt-actor-singer-and-chers-mother-dies-aged-96 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=MyNewsGH |date=2022-12-11 |title=Georgia Holt Children: Meet Cher and Georganne LaPiere |url=https://www.mynewsgh.com/georgia-holt-children-meet-cher-and-georganne-lapiere/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=MyNewsGh |language=en-us}}</ref> She later wed Joseph Harper Collins,<ref name=":0"/> after whom she married Gilbert Hartmann LaPiere, a bank manager who legally adopted Cher and Georganne and changed their surnames to LaPiere.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lady.co.uk/cher-her-family-saga-and-mother%E2%80%99s-love |title=CHER, HER FAMILY SAGA and a mother's love | lady.co.uk |website=lady.co.uk}}</ref> Holt's last marriage was to Hamilton T. Holt, by whose surname she became known.<ref name=":0"/> | ||
| From 1976 until her death, Holt was in a relationship with Craig Spencer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvworthwatching.com/post/Dear-Mom-Love-Cher-Lifetime.aspx|title |
From 1976 until her death, Holt was in a relationship with Craig Spencer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tvworthwatching.com/post/Dear-Mom-Love-Cher-Lifetime.aspx |title=Lifetime's 'Dear Mom, Love Cher' has Georgia on its Mind}}</ref> Holt was 50 and running an antiques shop when she met the then 28-year-old Spencer, who was initially interested in her daughter Georganne.<ref name=":0"/> | ||
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In the late 1970s, Holt owned and operated a bedding store in ], called Granny's Cabbage Patch. It was paid for by Cher, who noted in her 2024 autobiography that it consistently operated at a financial loss until its closure. | ||
| Holt had two grandsons, Cher's children, ] and ].<ref name="EW Lifetime documentary" |
Holt had two grandsons, Cher's children, ] and ].<ref name="EW Lifetime documentary"/> | ||
| On December 10, 2022, Cher announced on ] that Holt had died.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 11, 2022|title=Cher confirms her mother Georgia Holt death at 96|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/457967-cher-confirms-her-mother-georgia-holt-death-at-96|access-date=December 12, 2022|website=Geo.tv|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Cher |user=cher |number=1601804644501508096 |title=Mom is gone😔}}</ref> Holt was survived by Spencer, her daughters and |
On December 10, 2022, Cher announced on ] that Holt had died.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 11, 2022 |title=Cher confirms her mother Georgia Holt death at 96 |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/457967-cher-confirms-her-mother-georgia-holt-death-at-96 |access-date=December 12, 2022 |website=Geo.tv |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Cher |user=cher |number=1601804644501508096 |title=Mom is gone😔}}</ref> Holt was survived by Spencer, her daughters and grandchildren.<ref name=":0"/> She was 96 years old. | ||
| ==Filmography== | ==Filmography== | ||
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| * Release date: April 30, 2013 | * Release date: April 30, 2013 | ||
| | 43<ref name=denver_05102013>{{cite web|title=Cher's mother Georgia Holt makes chart debut at age 86|date=May 10, 2013|work=Denver Post|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2013/05/10/chers-mother-georgia-holt-makes-chart-debut-at-age-86/|access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref> | | 43<ref name=denver_05102013>{{cite web |title=Cher's mother Georgia Holt makes chart debut at age 86 |date=May 10, 2013 |work=Denver Post |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2013/05/10/chers-mother-georgia-holt-makes-chart-debut-at-age-86/ |access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref> | ||
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| ==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| *{{cite book |date= |
*{{cite book |date=1989 |title=Star Mothers – The Moms Behind the Celebrities |first1=Georgia |last1=Holt |first2=Phyllis |last2=Quinn |first3=Sue |last3=Russell |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=0-312-91540-3 }} | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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American singer-songwriter actress (1926–2022)
| Georgia Holt | |
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 Georgia Holt in the 1940s | |
| Born | Jackie Jean Crouch (1926-06-09)June 9, 1926 Kensett, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | December 10, 2022(2022-12-10) (aged 96) Malibu, California, U.S. |
| Other names |
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| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1932–2014 |
| Spouses |
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| Partner | Craig Spencer (1976–2022; her death) |
| Children | 2, including Cher |
| Relatives |
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| Musical career | |
| Genres | Country |
| Musical artist | |
Georgia Holt (born Jackie Jean Crouch; June 9, 1926 – December 10, 2022) was an American singer-songwriter, actress, and model. She was best known for being the mother of Academy Award-winning actress and singer Cher.
Early life
Holt was born Jackie Jean Crouch on June 9, 1926, in Kensett, Arkansas, to Lynda Inez (née Gulley; 1913–2009) and Roy Malloy Crouch (1905–1969). Mr. Crouch was a baker at the time. Holt said she was of English, German, Irish, French, Dutch, and Cherokee descent. Frequently moving back and forth between her separated parents, Holt estimated that she attended 17 junior high schools. Her father taught her how to sing and play guitar.
Career
Holt sang on an Oklahoma City radio station when she was six years old, and by the age of 10, had sung with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. She won several talent and beauty competitions, and had a number of minor television and film roles in the 1950s. These included Watch the Birdie (1950), Grounds for Marriage (1951) and Lovely to Look At (1952). However, by the mid-1950s, Holt's income was largely derived from working as a club singer.
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. Holt also appeared as an audience polling member as part of a group of ten mothers of famous celebrities on the American game show Card Sharks on 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. The same year, Holt also released her album Honky Tonk Woman, which was recorded in 1982 with Elvis Presley's band. It was Holt's discovery of the tapes which led to the documentary project. The album includes a duet with Cher titled "I'm Just Your Yesterday".
In 2013, Holt and Cher appeared together on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote the documentary and album.
Personal life
Holt was married and divorced seven times to six husbands. She married Cher's father, Armenian-American truck driver John Paul Sarkisian, on June 22, 1945; they briefly remarried and redivorced about 20 years later. Holt's second husband was actor Chris Alcaide. Her third husband was actor John Southall, with whom she had her second child, actress Georganne LaPiere. She later wed Joseph Harper Collins, after whom she married Gilbert Hartmann LaPiere, a bank manager who legally adopted Cher and Georganne and changed their surnames to LaPiere. Holt's last marriage was to Hamilton T. Holt, by whose surname she became known.
From 1976 until her death, Holt was in a relationship with Craig Spencer. Holt was 50 and running an antiques shop when she met the then 28-year-old Spencer, who was initially interested in her daughter Georganne.
In the late 1970s, Holt owned and operated a bedding store in Brentwood, California, called Granny's Cabbage Patch. It was paid for by Cher, who noted in her 2024 autobiography that it consistently operated at a financial loss until its closure.
Holt had two grandsons, Cher's children, Chaz Bono and Elijah Blue Allman.
On December 10, 2022, Cher announced on Twitter that Holt had died. Holt was survived by Spencer, her daughters and grandchildren. She was 96 years old.
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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
- ^ "Georgia Holt, singer, actress and mother of Cher – obituary". The Telegraph. December 14, 2022. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- Woo, Kelly (April 2, 2013). "First Look at Cher With Her Mom in Lifetime Documentary". Yahoo! TV. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ Peeples, Jase (May 1, 2013). "Watch: Cher and Her Mother Sing on Ellen". The Advocate. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ Kalter, Suzy (August 7, 1978). "After Seven Failed Marriages, Cher's Ma (Chastity's Grandma) Takes Her Own Star Turn". People. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- "The Controversy of Cher's Heritage". AAA Native Arts. September 28, 2015.
- "Meet Cher's 93 year old mother, Georgia Holt- Great Video with Cher, Chaz, and Elijah Blue , sister Georgeanne, Allman & Georgia". thelifeandtimesofhollywood.com/. October 5, 2019. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ^ Rice, Lynette (April 1, 2013). "Cher's family subject of Lifetime documentary". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- Yahr, Emily (April 29, 2013). "TV highlights". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- Avery, Dan (May 1, 2013). "Cher Reveals Her Teenage Mugshot On "The Tonight Show"". NewNowNext. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- "Cher. Biography, news, photos and videos". HELLO!. October 8, 2009.
- "Licensed To Wed". The Fresno Bee. June 25, 1945. p. 11.
- Hendricks, Nancy (December 12, 2022). "Georgia Holt (1926–2022)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- Cain, Sian (December 12, 2022). "Georgia Holt, actor, singer and Cher's mother, dies aged 96". the Guardian. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- MyNewsGH (December 11, 2022). "Georgia Holt Children: Meet Cher and Georganne LaPiere". MyNewsGh. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- "CHER, HER FAMILY SAGA and a mother's love | lady.co.uk". lady.co.uk.
- "Lifetime's 'Dear Mom, Love Cher' has Georgia on its Mind".
- "Cher confirms her mother Georgia Holt death at 96". Geo.tv. December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- Cher (December 11, 2022). "Mom is gone😔" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Georgia Holt". TVGuide.com.
- ^ "Cher's mother Georgia Holt makes chart debut at age 86". Denver Post. May 10, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
External links
- Georgia Holt at IMDb
- Georgia Holt discography at Discogs
- 1926 births
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- Female models from Alabama
- American women country singers
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- People from Kensett, Arkansas
- Actresses from Arkansas
- Country musicians from Arkansas
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of English descent
- American people of German descent
- American people who self-identify as being of Cherokee descent
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