Destined to be a star

Cherilyn Sarkisian was born on May 20, 1946, in El Centro, California, to a truck driver and a former model.

From a young age, she set her sights on a life in the public eye.

Reflecting on her early ambitions, she said: “I decided that I just wanted to be famous—maybe not with a specific talent, like Judy Garland or Dorothy McGuire, but as a personality.”