Cher (55 page)

Real-life biker-chick-mom Rusty Dennis gave Cher a role she could really sink her teeth into in 1984’s
Mask
. (
Universal Pictures/MJB Photo Archives
)

Kind of a drag: Cher at Harvard picking up the annual Hasty Pudding Award, February 13, 1985. (
AP/Wide World Photos
)

In the 1980s Cher changed boyfriends almost as quickly as she changed hairstyles. With TV executive Josh Donen at a party at Manhattan’s Palladium following the MTV Awards, September 14, 1985. (
AP/Wide World Photos
)

After
Silkwood
and
Mask
, Cher went back to her fashion chameleon ways. For a short time in the 1980s she even went blonde. (
Steve Granitz/Celebrity Photos
)

With her favorite designer Bob Mackie on her arm, Cher sweeps into New York City’s Metropolitan Museum to attend the opening of “The Costumes of Royal India” exhibit in 1985. (
AP/Wide World Photos
)

Sporting one of the most bizarre outfits of her entire career, Cher was a presenter at the 1986 Academy Awards when Don Ameche (left) won his Oscar. (
AP/Wide World Photos
)

Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Cher in the 1987 hit film
The Witches of Eastwick
. (
Warner Brothers Pictures/MJB Photo Archives
)

Cher as public defender Kathleen Riley in 1987’s
Suspect
. Portraying a lawyer, Joe Mantegna is seated on the right. (
TriStar Pictures/MJB Photo Archives
)

In
Suspect
, Cher’s character becomes illegally involved with one of her jurors, played by Dennis Quaid (right). (
TriStar Pictures/MJB Photo Archives
)

Both Olympia Dukakis (left) and Cher won Academy Awards for their work in the 1987 film
Moonstruck
. (
MGM Pictures/MJB Photo Archives
)