Cher turns 79: a look back (29 images)

By UPI Staff

Singer and Academy Award-winning actress Cher, best known for starring in "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again," "Moonstruck," "Mermaids" and "Silkwood," for her songs "If I Could Turn Back Time," "Believe" and "I Got You Babe," and for starring in the legendary "Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour," turns 79 on Tuesday. Here's a look back at her career through the years.

Cher (R) caresses her former husband and singing partner, Sonny Bonno in this undated photo. UPI File Photo

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Recipients of the Outstanding Learning Disabled Achiever Award pose with first lady Nancy Reagan (C), from right to left, G. Chris Anderson, Tom Cruise, Caitlyn Jenner, previously known as Bruce Jenner, Cher, Richard C. Strauss, and Robert Rauschenberg, in the White House in Washington, D.C., on October 30, 1985. Official White House Photo by Terry Arthur ***REVIEW CAITLYN JENNER ID

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Cher, half of the popular singing duo Sonny & Cher, listens during a Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony honoring the famed singing couple with a star on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, on May 15, 1998. Rep. Sonny Bono was killed earlier this year in a skiing accident. Photo by Tiziana Sorge/UPI

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Cher sings the national anthem at the start of Super Bowl XXXIII at the Pro Player Stadium in Miami, on January 31, 1999. Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI

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