This girl had a challenging childhood before
she moved to Hollywood and became a star.
Her career progressed until she became a world-famous singer.
She is also an actress, television personality, and activist.
The talented girl, who is now a mom of two, looks gorgeous at 77.
This well-known Hollywood star has led an incredible life with its
ups and downs. After a difficult childhood, she became a famous singer with several popular hits.
The girl was born in 1946 in El Centro, California. Her mother, Georgia Holt,
was a Bohemian actor, singer and songwriter. Georgia got married six times
to five different men. However, she raised the girl and her half-sister Georganne as a single mother.
The singer’s father, John Sarkisian, was an American Armenian who worked as a truck driver.
She didn’t meet her dad until she was 11. She recalled her dad to be charming, but he had a criminal past.
The singer said her mom was her greatest supporter, but as much as she was loving and championed her,
Georgia would sometimes hit her. The girl, seen in this throwback picture she shared,
noted that her mom was from the South and hitting kids was somehow normalized there in the past.
As a single parent, the girl’s mother struggled to provide for her kids. At one point,
the singer and Georganne were placed in an orphanage as their mother went to look for work.
At school, the girl also had a difficult time because she struggled with dyslexia.
However, her mom still supported her and told her studying wasn’t important.
The girl told her mom that she couldn’t even see numbers, but Georgia dismissed
this by telling her someone else would be doing the numbers for her anyway as a grown-up.
The girl did grow up, and at the age of 16, she left high school and moved to Hollywood.
She had known from a young age that she wanted to be in the arts and entertainment
industry, so she actively pursued acting as her extracurricular activity.
When she got to Hollywood, she met Salvatore Bono, 27, who went by “Sonny.”
Sonny wasn’t a great singer, but he was a good songwriter, and the girl
was beautiful and had an incredible voice. They chose to work together and became a huge hit.
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