14 Facts About Georgia Holt

Georgia Holt was best known for being the mother of Cher.

Georgia Holt said she was of English, German, Irish, French, Dutch, and Cherokee descent.

Frequently moving back and forth between her separated parents, Georgia Holt estimated that she attended 17 junior high schools.

Georgia Holt's father taught her how to sing and play guitar.

Georgia 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.

Georgia Holt won several talent and beauty competitions, and had a number of minor television and film roles in the 1950s.

However, by the mid-1950s, Georgia Holt's income was largely derived from working as a club singer.

Georgia Holt was the subject of the 2013 Lifetime documentary Dear Mom, Love Cher, which was executive produced by her daughter, Cher.

Georgia Holt was married and divorced seven times to six husbands.

Georgia Holt married Cher's father, Armenian-American truck driver John Paul Sarkisian, on June 22,1945 in Reno, Nevada; they briefly remarried and redivorced about 20 years later.

Georgia Holt 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.

From 1976 until her death, Georgia Holt was in a relationship with Craig Spencer.

Georgia 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.

Georgia Holt had two grandsons, Cher's children, Chaz Bono and Elijah Blue Allman.