Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston
Birth name	Whitney Elizabeth Houston
Born	August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey, USA
Died	February 11, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California, USA from drowning and the effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use
Years Active	1977-2012

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Roles

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Gimme a Break	Rita	3x20 - Katie's College	March 15, 1984
Silver Spoons	Herself	4x01 - Head Over Heels	September 15, 1985
Saturday Night Live	Herself/Musical Guest	16x14 - Alec Baldwin/Whitney Houston	February 23, 1991
Saturday Night Live	Herself/Musical Guest	22x09 - Rosie O'Donnell/Whitney Houston	December 14, 1996
Boston Public	Herself	3x22 - Chapter Sixty-Six	May 12, 2003

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella	Fairy Godmother	November 2, 1997	The Wonderful World of Disney

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

• The Merv Griffin Show (first national TV appearance)

Notable Film Roles

Film	Role	Released
The Bodyguard	Rachel Marron	November 25, 1992
Waiting to Exhale	Savannah Jackson	December 22, 1995
The Preacher's Wife	Julia Biggs	December 13, 1996
Sparkle	Emma	August 17, 2012

Album History

Album Name	Release Date
Whitney Houston	February 21, 1985
Whitney	June 2, 1987
I'm Your Baby Tonight	November 4, 1990
My Love Is Your Love	November 17, 1998
Just Whitney...	December 10, 2002
I Look to You	August 31, 2009

Awards and Accolades

Grammy Awards

(6 wins in 26 Nominations)

• Won: Record of the Year (1994)

I Will Always Love You

American Music Awards

(22 wins in 37 Nominations)

Trivia

• married to Bobby Brown from 1992 to 2007; daughter Bobbi Kristina (b. 1993)
• cousin of Dionne Warwick