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
1970
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
2026
The Preacher's Wife
1996
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
2018
Whitney
2018
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
1970
Whitney: Can I Be Me
2017
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
Whitney, a Look Back
2022
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021
The Vernon Johns Story
1994

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
21
2026
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Whitney, a Look Back
as Self - Whitney's Mother (archive footage)
2021
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
as Self
2018
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
as Lead Choir Vocalist
2018
Whitney
as Self - Mother
2018
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
as Self
2017
Whitney: Can I Be Me
as Self - Whitney's Mother
2016
Bang! The Bert Berns Story
as Self
2014
Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story
as Self
2012
The Houstons Remember Whitney
as Self
1997
Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.
as Self
1996
The Preacher's Wife
as Mrs. Havergal
1994
The Vernon Johns Story
as Rose
1992
Whitney Houston: This is My Life
as Self
1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
as Self
1987
Superstars and their Moms
as Self
1985
Taking My Turn
as Helen
1980
Hoodlums
as Herself
1970
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
as Self (uncredited)
1970
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self