Whitney Houston
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East Orange, New Jersey, USA
The daughter of Cissy Houston and a cousin of Dionne Warwick, singer Whitney Houston burst on the music scene with her inaugural album in 1985, becoming the first woman performer to debut at the number one slot in the Billboard charts. Houston could have remained merely a fabulously successful songstress, but in 1992 she decided to make her film debut in The Bodyguard. Playing an ill-tempered rock star, Houston was paired with Kevin Costner, who portrayed an ex-cop hired to protect her from a stalking fan. Written years earlier by Lawrence Kasdan as a vehicle for Steve McQueen, The Bodyguard made a pile at the box office, providing Whitney Houston with yet another vocal hit: a new version of the Dolly Parton standard "I Will Always Love You", which became the biggest-selling single in the history of pop music. Houston was married to oft-arrested funk singer Bobby Brown from 1992-2007, with whom she had a daughter, Bobbi.
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Highest Rated Movies
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85%
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60%
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57%
Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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| 85% | Whitney: Can I Be Me |
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— | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | Whitney Houston: The Woman Behind the Voice |
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— | 2013 |
| 57% | Sparkle |
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$24.4M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | The 20th Anniversary Of The Bodyguard Event |
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— | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Always Whitney Houston |
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— | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Whitney Houston: The Greatest Love Of All |
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— | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston |
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— | 2012 |
| 25% | The Princess Diaries 2 - Royal Engagement |
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$95.2M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | The Cheetah Girls |
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— | 2003 |
| 47% | The Princess Diaries |
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$107.8M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits |
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— | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | It's Black Entertainment |
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— | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella |
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— | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | Scratch the Surface |
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— | 1997 |
| 60% | The Preacher's Wife |
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— | 1996 |
| 52% | Waiting to Exhale |
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— | 1995 |
| 32% | The Bodyguard |
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— | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | Whitney Houston: A Song for You: Live |
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— | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | American Masters |
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— | 1989 |
TV
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| No Score Yet |
Dancing With the Stars
2005
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| No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live
1975
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American Masters
2001
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Quotes from Whitney Houston's Characters
| Rachel Marron: | (seeing her son, Fletcher, getting into a boat) You know, Fletcher can't swim very well. |
| Rachel Marron: | You know, Fletcher can't swim very well. |
| Herb Farmer: | I guess he'd better stay in the boat, then. |
| Herb Farmer: | I guess he'd better stay in the boat then. |
| Rachel Marron: | So, can we get you anything? |
| Frank Farmer: | Yeah, orange juice. |
| Rachel Marron: | Straight? |
| Rachel Marron: | Are you afraid, I might get picked off in my snazzy running suit? |
| Frank Farmer: | No, I'm afraid that I might have to jog with you. |
| Rachel Marron: | What's going on, Frank? |
| Frank Farmer: | I wanna keep it straight in my head what job I'm doing. |
| Rachel Marron: | And what is that exactly? Making me feel like shit? |
| Rachel Marron: | I don't trust discipline. I know, at crucial moment, I'd cop out. |
| Rachel Marron: | But I can't go out on a date because you have to be with me every minute. I mean, what if he wants to invite me up to his place afterwards? Are you gonna come too? |
| Rachel Marron: | And I wanna be able to brunch with my friends |
| Frank Farmer: | So go on Tuesdays. |
| Sy Spector: | Tuesday morning brunch? Where'd you get this guy, Bill? |
| Rachel Marron: | Will you grab that jacket for me? The red one, please? |
| Frank Farmer: | I'm here to keep you alive, not help you shop. |
| Rachel Marron: | Well, you don't look like a bodyguard. |
| Frank Farmer: | What'd you expect? |
| Rachel Marron: | Well, I don't know, maybe a tough guy? |
| Frank Farmer: | This is my disguise. |
| Rachel Marron: | And you're ready to die for me? |
| Frank Farmer: | It's the job. |
| Rachel Marron: | And you'd do it? Why? |
| Frank Farmer: | I can't sing. |
| Frank Farmer: | Aw, Christ, I told you why! I - I can't protect you like this. |
| Rachel Marron: | So that's it for me? That's it? |
| Frank Farmer: | Yeah. |
| Rachel Marron: | Well, I don't believe it! |
| Frank Farmer: | Well, you can live with it, or you can fire me. |
| Rachel Marron: | But I can't fuck you. |
| Rachel Marron: | Are you afraid, I might get picked off in my snazzy running suit? |
| Herb Farmer: | No, I'm afraid that I might have to jog with you. |
| Julia Biggs: | (talking to Henry) If the policeman saw your mama come walking down the street and he yelled 'Break it up'. |
| Julia Biggs: | If the policeman saw your mama come walking down the street and he yelled '"Break it up." |
| Julia Biggs: | If the policeman saw your mama come walking down the street and he yelled, '"Break it up." |
| Fairy Godmother: | When she sings impossible. |
| Fairy Godmother: | When the fairy goodmother sings inpossible |
| Fairy Godmother: | [singing] Impossible things are happening every day! |
| Emma: | Keep dancing like that you will bring home some kid you can't feed. |
| Rachel Marron: | You afraid I might get picked off in my snazzy running suit? |
| Frank Farmer: | No, I'm afraid that I might have to jog with you. |
| Rachel Marron: | (singing) Don't make me close one more door/I don't wanna hurt anymore/Stay in my arms if you dare/Must I imagine you there/Don't walk away from me/If I have nothing, nothing, nothing. |
| Rachel Marron: | Don't make me close one more door, I don't wanna hurt anymore. Stay in my arms if you dare, Or must I imagine you there. Don't walk away from me. |
| Rachel Marron: | Can I get you anything?. |
| Rachel Marron: | Can I get you anything? |
| Frank Farmer: | Orange juice!. |
| Frank Farmer: | Orange juice! |
| Rachel Marron: | Straight?. |
| Rachel Marron: | Straight? |