Whitney Houston at event of 2009 American Music Awards (2009)
 
				
				
						 Caption: Whitney Houston at event of 2009 American Music Awards (2009)
																																				
						Soundtrack, Producer, Actress
						Born: August 9, 1963
						Star sign: Leo
						Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
						Known for: The Bodyguard (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), The Preacher's Wife (1996), Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits (2000)
						Source: IMDB
						Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston, cousin of singing star Dionne Warwick and goddaughter of soul legend Aretha Franklin.  She began singing in the choir at her church, The New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, as a young child and by the age of 15...