Cissy Houston

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

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

The Preacher's Wife

Elvis: That's the Way It Is

Whitney

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

All Movies (18)

• EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert2026 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over2021 · as Self
• Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Whitney2018 · as Self - Mother
• God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness2018 · as Lead Choir Vocalist
• Whitney: Can I Be Me2017 · as Self - Whitney's Mother
• Bang! The Bert Berns Story2016 · as Self
• Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story2014 · as Self
• The Houstons Remember Whitney2012 · as Self
• Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.1997 · as Self
• The Preacher's Wife1996 · as Mrs. Havergal
• The Vernon Johns Story1994 · as Rose
• Whitney Houston: This is My Life1992 · as Self
• Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute1988 · as Self
• Superstars and their Moms1987 · as Self
• Taking My Turn1985 · as Helen
• Hoodlums1980 · as Herself
• Elvis: That's the Way It Is1970 · as Self (uncredited)

All TV Shows (2)

• Elvis Presley: The Searcher2018 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self