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'''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=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |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 alsobest notableknown for being the mother of [[Academy Award]]-winning actress and singer [[Cher]].

Holt was born Jackie Jean Crouch on June 9, 1926 in [[Kensett, Arkansas]] in 1926 to Lynda Inez (née Gulley; February 8, 1913 – May 13, 20091913–2009) and Roy Malloy Crouch (July 17, 1905 – June 18, 19691905–1969). 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 [[Middle school|junior high schoolschools]]s. Her father taught her how to sing and play guitar. <ref name="Yahoo! TV First Look">{{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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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 |accessdate=May 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607141704/https://people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20071447,00.html |archive-date=7 June 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" /><ref name="People Seven Failed Marriages"/>

After performing in a singers' workshop ([[Phil Moore (jazz musician)|Phil Moore]]'s "Get Your Act Together") in July 1978 at [[Studio One (West Hollywood Nightclub)|Studio One]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[Mike Douglas]], [[Merv Griffin]], and [[Dinah Shore]] 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 U.S.American game show ''[[Card Sharks]]'' from July 4 to 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 married and divorced seven times to six husbands. She married Cher's father, [[Armenian-American]] 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=8 October 2009 }}</ref> on June 22, 1945;<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/701709261 "Licensed To Wed"]. ''The Fresno Bee''. June 25, 1945. p. 11.</ref> they briefly remarried and redivorced about 20 years later. Holt's second husband was actor [[Chris Alcaide]].<ref>{{Citecite web book|first1last1=DonaldHendricks N.|last1first1=YatesNancy |first2title=TeresaGeorgia Holt (1926–2022) A.|last2url=Yateshttps://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/georgia-holt-12542/ |titlewebsite=CherokeeEncyclopedia DNAof StudiesArkansas II|yearpublisher=2021Central Arkansas Library System |publisheraccess-date=Panther`s7 LodgeSeptember Publishers2024 |isbndate=979854265931212 December 2022}}</ref> Her third husband was actor John Southall, with whom she had her second child, actress Georganne LaPiere.<ref name=":1">{{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 &#124; 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" />

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