Cissy Houston
Acting
September 30, 1933
Died October 7, 2024 (91 years old)
Newark, New Jersey, USA
21
Acting Credits
Biography
Cissy Houston was a Grammy winning soul and gospel singer. She was also the mother of Whitney Houston.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
Self (archive footage)
The Preacher's Wife
Mrs. Havergal
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
Lead Choir Vocalist
Whitney
Self - Mother
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Self
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
Self (uncredited)
Filmography
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
2026
as Self (archive footage)
8.2
Whitney, a Look Back
2022
as Self - Whitney's Mother (archive footage)
10
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
2021
as Self (archive footage)
8.7
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021
as Self
6.5
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
2018
as Lead Choir Vocalist
6.6
Whitney
2018
as Self - Mother
7.3
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
as Self
7.5
Whitney: Can I Be Me
2017
as Self - Whitney's Mother
6.6
Bang! The Bert Berns Story
2016
as Self
5.5
Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story
2014
as Self
7.3
The Houstons Remember Whitney
2012
as Self
Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.
1997
as Self
10
The Preacher's Wife
1996
as Mrs. Havergal
5.8
The Vernon Johns Story
1994
as Rose
8.5
Whitney Houston: This is My Life
1992
as Self
6
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
as Self
6.5
Superstars and their Moms
1987
as Self
10
Taking My Turn
1985
as Helen
10
Hoodlums
1980
as Herself
4.1
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
1970
as Self (uncredited)
8.1
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
7.5