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Mostly Credited As: Chaz Bono Sometimes Credited As: Chaz Salvatore Bono Chastity Bono Birth Name: Chastity Sun Bono Date Of Birth: March 04, 1969 (Age 44) Country Of Birth:  USA Birth Place: Los Angeles, California
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Chaz Salvatore Bono (born Chastity Sun Bono; March 4, 1969) is an American transgender advocate, writer, actor, and musician. Bono is the only child that American entertainers Sonny and Cher begot together, though each had other children. Bono is a female-to-male transgender man.
In 1995, after several years of being outed as lesbian by the tabloid press, Bono publicly declared herself as such in a cover story in a leading American gay monthly magazine, The Advocate. Bono went on to discuss the process of coming out to oneself and to others in two books. Family Outing: A Guide to the Coming Out Process for Gays, Lesbians, and Their Families (1998) includes the author's coming out account.
The memoir, The End of Innocence (2003) discusses the author's outing, music career, and partner Joan's death from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Around age 39, Bono underwent female-to-male gender transition. A two-part Entertainment Tonight feature in June 2009 explained that Bono's transition had started a year before. In May 2010, Bono legally changed gender and name. Bono made a documentary about his life which debuted on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
TV Appearances |
The View (1997)
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• Patricia Heaton, T.I. |
15x31: (Oct/18/2011) |
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Himself (Footage from “Dancing with the Stars”) |
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• Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett, Bernadette Peters |
15x26: (Oct/11/2011) |
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Himself (Footage from “Dancing with the Stars”), [Uncredited] |
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• Rhea Perlman, Chastity Bono, Tempestt Bledsoe |
09x19: (Jan/26/2006) |
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Himself |
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• Season 5, Episode 115 |
05x115: (Jun/10/2002) |
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Herself |
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• Season 2, Episode 25 |
02x25: (Oct/02/1998) |
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Himself, [Interviewees] |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
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• Albert Brooks, Chaz Bono, TV on the Radio |
19x162: (Sep/29/2011) |
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Himself, [Interviewees] |
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• Chaz Bono, Brady Barr, Foster the People |
19x93: (May/25/2011) |
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Himself, [Interviewees] |
Piers Morgan Tonight (2011)
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• Chaz Bono & Girlfriend Jennifer Elia / Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Cal.) |
01x86: (May/16/2011) |
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Himself, [Interviewees] |
Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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• Chaz Bono, Ray LaMontagne |
18x133: (May/11/2011) |
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Himself, [Interviewees] |
Oprah (1986)
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• First TV Interview: Chaz Bono: Sonny & Cher's Only Daughter Becomes a Man |
25x118: (May/09/2011) |
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Himself, [Interviewees] |
Behind The Music (1997)
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• Cher (update) |
05x15: (May/19/2002) |
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Himself |
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• Cher |
02x35: (Apr/11/1999) |
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Himself |
The Sonny & Cher Show (1976)
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• Show 25 |
02x14: (Jan/14/1977) |
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Himself (as Chastity Bono) |
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• Show 22 |
02x11: (Dec/05/1976) |
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Himself (as Chastity Bono) |
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• Show 20 |
02x09: (Nov/21/1976) |
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Himself (as Chastity Bono) |
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• Show 17 |
02x06: (Oct/31/1976) |
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Himself (as Chastity Bono) |
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• Show 12 |
02x01: (Sep/26/1976) |
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Himself (as Chastity Bono) |
Cher (1975)
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• Show 12 |
01x12: (May/04/1975) |
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Himself |
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