Cher is an actor.
An actor ( often actress for females ; see terminology ) is a person who portrays a character in a performance . Cher . After her divorce from Sonny Bono in 1975 , Cher launched a comeback in 1979 with the disco-oriented album Take Me Home and earned $ 300,000 a week for her 198082 residency show in Las Vegas . `` Half-Breed '' is a 1973 song recorded by American singer-actress Cher with instrumental backing by L.A. sessions musicians from the Wrecking Crew . Sonny & Cher were an American pop music duo , actors , singers and entertainers made up of husband-and-wife Sonny and Cher Bono in the 1960s and 1970s . Take Me Home is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-actress Cher , released on January 25 , 1979 on Casablanca Records .