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Saturday, August 9, 2025

Born on this day – Whitney Houston:


Whitney Houston


Singer

Actress

Producer

Philanthropist

August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012

Credits:

Albums:

I Look to You (2009); I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990); Just Whitney (2002); My Love Is Your Love (1998); One Wish: The Holiday Album (2003); The Bodyguard (1992); The Preacher's Wife (1996); Whitney (1987); Whitney Houston (1985).

Movies, television and music video:

100 Greatest Artists of All Time (2010); 100 Greatest Dance Songs of Rock & Roll (2000); 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s (2006); 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll (1999); 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003); 106 & Park (2000); 13 Going on 30 (2004); 14th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (2000); 1986 MTV Video Music Awards (1986); 1986: The Year in Rock (1986); 1987 MTV Video Music Awards (1987); 1987 Power Hits: New Year's Eve Countdown (1987); 1991 Billboard Music Awards (1991); 1992 Essence Awards (1992); 1993 MTV Movie Awards (1993); 1995 MTV Video Music Awards (1995); 1995 VH1 Honors (1995); 1996 MTV Movie Awards (1996); 1998 MTV Video Music Awards (1998); 1999 MTV Movie Awards (1999); 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); 1st Annual BET Awards (2001); 20 to 1 (2006–2010); 20/20 (2012–2022); 2000 MTV Video Music Awards (2000); 2004 Women's World Awards (2004); 2009 American Music Awards (2009); 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup (2015); 20th Annual Trumpet Awards (2012); 20th NAACP Image Awards (1988); 21st NAACP Image Awards (1989); 25 Strong: The BET Silver Anniversary Special (2005); 26th NAACP Image Awards (1994); 27th NAACP Image Awards (1996); 2nd Annual BET Awards (2001 / 2002); 30 Favoriten (2019–2023); 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990); 9 Days That Rocked the 90s (1999); A Century of Black Cinema (2003); A Football Life (2018); A New Princess (2001); A Year in Music (2019–2022); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); ABC News Nightline (2012); Access Hollywood (2017–2022); Æ har rett (2016); All Access: Whitney Houston (1999); Almost Famous III (2010); Always Whitney Houston (2012); American Bandstand's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002); American Idol (2021); American Masters (1988); America's Morning Headquarters (2022); AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005); An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (1986); Aquile (1990); Aretha Franklin & Whitney Houston: It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be (1989); Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration (2000); As the World Turns (1984); Aspekte (2023); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2014–2020); Bad 25 (2012); Bailando por un sueño (2007); Banda sonora (2012); Be Water / 30 for 30 (2015); Beat Shazam (2017–2018); Before They Were Famous (1999); Behind the Music (2000); Being Bobby Brown (2005); Berlin, Berlin (2002); BET's Top 25 Countdown (2006); Big Break (1990); Biography (1998–2007); Black in the 80s (2005); Black Pop: Celebrating the Power of Black Culture (2023); Bobby & Whitney (2021); Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston: Something in Common (1993); Bobby Brown: Feelin' Inside (1997); Boston Public (2003); Brisant (2023); Brit Awards 1987 (1987); Brit Awards 1999 (1999); Britain's Got More Talent (2016–2019); Britain's Got Talent (2012–2018); Car Share (2015); CBS Mornings (2014 / 2023); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2019–2023); Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony Magazine (1996); Celebrity Big Brother (2014); Celebrity Page (2017–2021); Champs-Elysées (1986–1988); Chansons! (2021); Chelsea Lately (2014); Cinderella (1997); Cinema 3 (2012); Cissy Houston: Sweet Inspiration (1988); Classic Whitney (1997); Claws (2017); Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017); CMT Greatest Moments: Dolly Parton (2006); CMT Insider (2012); CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs (2011); CMT: The Greatest - 40 Days That Shaped Country Music (2006); CMT: What's Your 20? 20 Greatest Women, 20 Years (2011); Coca-Cola Pop Music Backstage Pass to Summer (1991); Commitment to Life (2023); Coronation Street (2016–2023); Daddy's Little Girls (2007); Dancing on Ice (2010); Dancing with the Stars (2005–2023); Daria (1997–2002); Dark Side of the 2000s (2023); Dateline NBC (1994–2019); Dato' Siti Nurhaliza & Whitney Houston: Memories (2016); Deep Impact (1998); Denzel Washington: An American Model (2022); Der Mond scheint auch für Untermieter (1995); Des O'Connor Tonight (1990–1992); Di na natuto (Sorry na, puede ba?) (1993); Die Hausmeisterin (1989); Die Pepe Lienhard Sextett-Story (2021); Die Westfalenhalle - Arena der Sensationen (2023); Dino Dana (2017); Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (2021); Dish Nation (2020); Divas des 90s: Whitney, Mariah & Céline (2019); Dolly Parton Tour TV (2011); Dolly Parton: Here I Am (2019); Dolly Parton: Here She Comes Again! (2019); Dolly Parton: Platinum Blonde (2003); Dolly Parton: Queen of Country (2015); Dolly Parton: She Ain't No Dumb Blonde (1997); Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003); Drag Race Thailand (2018); Drama Queens (2024); DTV Valentine (1986); E! News Special: Whitney Houston: Last Days of a Legend (2012); E:60 (2022); EastEnders (2013); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1985–1987); Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende (1995); Elämää itsemurhan jälkeen (1999); Els dies clau (2015); Entertainment Tonight (1985–2024); Entertainment Tonight Canada (2018 / 2023); Essence Awards (1998); Essence Awards / 10th Anniversary Essence Awards (1997); Eureka (2011); Evelyn Hamann's Geschichten aus dem Leben (1993–1995); Everybody Loves Raymond (2001); Everything Wrong with... (2017); Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin (2006); Explosiv - Das Magazin (2006); Extra (2008 / 2022); Fan des années 80 (2010); Farmer Wants A Wife (2023); Frank - Der Weddingplaner (2007); Freedom Uncut (2022); Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation (1988); Fresh Off the Boat (2015); George Michael Freedom: The Director's Cut (2018); George Michael: Freedom (2017); Gimme a Break! (1984); Glee (2012); Golic and Wingo (2017–2018); Good Morning America (1990–1995); Good Morning Britain (2017–2019); Good Morning! with Will Rogers, Jr. (1985); Gospel (2024); Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017); Hall of Fame (2012); Happy Endings (2011); Have You Heard from Johannesburg: Free at Last (2010); HBO Boxing (2008); Hillbilly Elegy (2020); Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1998–2002); Hitsville: The Making of Motown (2019); Hittimittari (1986–1987); Hollywood Insider (2020); Hollywood Rock 1994 (1994); Humanda ka... Ikaw ang susunod (1987); I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston (2023); I Love the '80s (2002); Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2004); Idol (2002); Idol winner 2005 (2005); Idols (2008); If the Shoe Fits (2018); Informe semanal (1988); Inside Edition (2010–2015); Inside Out (2011); It's Black Entertainment (2002); Ja Rule Feat. Ashanti, Vita & Charli Baltimore: Down 4 U (2002); Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security (2002); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1999); Journeys in Black (2002); Justin Time (2018); Känguru (1985); Kashif: Are You the Woman (1985); Kevyn Aucoin: Beauty & the Beast in Me (2017); King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew: King Holiday (1986); King of the Hill (2007); Koptashow (2019); Kygo & Whitney Houston: Higher Love (2019); La Grande Darka! (2019); Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (2023); Larry King Live (2010); Late Night with David Letterman (1985); Late Show with David Letterman (1998); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2009 / 2012); Les 40 ans de la 2 (2004); Les enfants de la télé (2017–2020); Liberty Weekend (1986); Lip Sync Battle (2016); Lip Sync Battle Philippines (2016); Listening to Kenny G (2021); Live from Studio Five (2009–2010); Los más (2013); Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (1988); Love, Simon (2018); Luther Vandross: Dance with My Father (2003); Luther: Never Too Much (2024); Macy's 21st Annual Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular (1997); Making the Five Heartbeats (2018); Making the Video (1999); Melrose Place (1993); Memories of 'the Bodyguard' (2005); Mike & Mike (2015); Milli Vanilli (2023); Miss Austria 2009 (2009); Moonshine (2023); Morning Express with Robin Meade (2022); Move (2016); MTV 00s - The 40 Greatest Collabs of the 00s! (2025); MTV 00s - The 40 Greatest Collabs! (2022); MTV 00s - The 40 Greatest Love Songs! (2022); MTV 00s - Top 40 Anthems of Y2K! (2024); MTV 00s - Top 40 Epic Love Songs! (2022); MTV 00s - Top 40 Most Memorable Duets! (2023); MTV 00s - Top 40 Perfect Pop Duets! (2023); MTV 00s - We Love the 00s Girls! (2023); MTV 00s: Non-Stop Nostalgia (2021–2023); MTV 80s - 1986 Wrapped! (2023); MTV 80s - 1987 Wrapped! (2023); MTV 80s - 1988 Wrapped! (2023); MTV 80s - 80s Legends Super Party! (2024); MTV 80s - Black Music History: 1980-1989 (2024); MTV 80s - Christmas Wrapped! (2024); MTV 80s - Feels Like I'm in Love! 50 Uplifting 80s Hits! (2024); MTV 80s - Greatest Ever UK No.1s of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Happy New Year from MTV 80s! (2023); MTV 80s - I Want My MTV 80s Wonder Women! (2022); MTV 80s - In Love with Soul & R&B! (2024); MTV 80s - It Must Be Love! 50 Feelgood Love Songs! (2025); MTV 80s - It's an 80s New Year's Party! (2023); MTV 80s - Let's Dance! Top 50 Vids with 80s Moves! (2024); MTV 80s - Let's Get Physical! 50 80s Work Out Hits! (2025); MTV 80s - Let's Hear It for the Girls! (2023); MTV 80s - Let's Party! 80s Dance Anthems! (2024); MTV 80s - Madonna x MJ x Whitney x Prince: US Legends! (2024); MTV 80s - Monster Classics Party! (2024); MTV 80s - MTV's 80s Party Zone! (2024); MTV 80s - Pump Up the 80s Xmas Party! (2024); MTV 80s - Ride on Time! 80s Dance Party! (2025); MTV 80s - Sinitta's 80s School Disco! (2024); MTV 80s - The 100 Biggest Choruses of the 1980s! (2024); MTV 80s - The Best 80s Party Ever! (2025); MTV 80s - The Greatest Love Songs of All! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 1984-1989 Video Music Awards' Hall of Fame! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 80s Love Songs! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Best 80s Debut Hits! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Classics That Made MTV! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Feel Good Hits! What A Feeling! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Hits of 80s Wonder Women! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Iconic Music Videos That Made MTV! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Longest UK Chart-Toppers of the 80s! (2025); MTV 80s - Top 100 Made in the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Pop Party Classics! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Songs That Defined Your Decade! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 US Number 1s of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 1983 Vs 1987! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 1984 Vs 1988! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 40 Years Young in 2025! (2025); MTV 80s - Top 50 80s Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 80s R&B Hits! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 Best 80s Debuts! (2020); MTV 80s - Top 50 Dance Floor Hits of the 80! What A Feeling! (2023); MTV 80s - Top 50 Divas of the 80s! (2023); MTV 80s - Top 50 Essential Albums of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Girls in Love Tell It to My Heart! (2023); MTV 80s - Top 50 Global No. 1s of the 80s! (2021); MTV 80s - Top 50 Grammy Winners of the 80s! (2025); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest 80s Hits at Xmas! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Love of All! (2023); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2020); MTV 80s - Top 50 Heartwarming Hits! (2025); MTV 80s - Top 50 Hits of 1986! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 Hits of 1988! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 Iconic Videos That Made MTV! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Karaoke Classics! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Made in the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Modern Girls of the 80s! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 Never Gonna Give Up 80s Pop Hits! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Pop Firecrackers of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Pop Party Classics! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Should've Been 80s UK Number 1s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Super-Smooth R&B Hits! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 the Power of 80s Love! (2023); MTV 80s - Top 50 the Sun Always Shines on MTV! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 UK Most Streamed Songs of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 US Number 1s of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 VMA's Hall of 80s Fame! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 We're the Kids in America! (2025); MTV 80s - Top 50 Wonder Women of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top the 50 Biggest Choruses of the 1980s! (2024); MTV 80s - Totally 80s! (2023–2024); MTV 80s - We Love '80s Pop! (2024); MTV 90s - 1992 Wrapped! (2023); MTV 90s - 90s Superwomen! (2024); MTV 90s - Happy New Year from MTV 90s! (2023 / 2024); MTV 90s - MTV 90s @ the Movies! (2024); MTV 90s - Saturday Night Party! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 30 90s Duets! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 40 at the Movies! (2021); MTV 90s - Top 50 @ the Movies! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 1990-1994: Back 2 the Hits! (2021); MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Collabs! (2024); MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Girls on the Dancefloor! (2024); MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Power Ballads! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Rock: Girls Vs Boys! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Worldwide No. 1s! (2021); MTV 90s - Top 50 All for Love! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 50 Biggest Albums of the 90s! (2021); MTV 90s - Top 50 Biggest Voices of the 90s! (2021); MTV 90s - Top 50 Champion 90s Girls X Girl Groups! (2024); MTV 90s - Top 50 Endless Love Hits! (2024); MTV 90s - Top 50 Girl-Power Hits! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 Girls Who Ruled the 90s! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 50 Heartbreak Hits of the 90s! (2021); MTV 90s - Top 50 Hits of 1990! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 Hits of 1991! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 Hits of 1999! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 Hits RnB Stars! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 50 Hot 90s Hits from the Girls! (2024); MTV 90s - Top 50 It's the 90s and I'm Feeling Good! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 Legends That Made the 90s! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 50 Sing It Back 90s Karaoke Classics! (2021); MTV 90s - Top 50 Sing-A-Long Hits! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 50 the Power of 90s Love! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 50 the Story of the 90s in 50 Videos! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 Ultimate Female Artists of the 90s! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 Unstoppable 90s Wonder Women! (2022); MTV Europe Music Awards 2002 Barcelona (2002); MTV Europe Music Awards 99 (1999); MTV Rockumentary (1993); MTV20: Everybody Talk About Pop Music! (2001); Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration (1992); Mundo VIP (1998); Música sí (2000); Musicland (1984–1986); My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (2011); My Little Pony: Pony Life (2020); My Mad Fat Diary (2013); My Own Private Oshawa (2002); NBA Superstars (1990); New Year's Rockin' Eve Presents the 30 Greatest Women in Music (2013); Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '94 (1994); Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '95 (1995); No me la puc treure del cap (2010); Non mais t'as vu ce que t'écoutes (2018); Nora's Hair Salon (2004); Nostalgia Critic (2008–2010); Not Going Out (2014); Number One Video Hits (1986); O Ses Türkiye (2011); Official! Biggest Hits of the 90s (2015); Oi treis Harites (1991); One Hit Wonderland (2013); One Moment in Time: The Life of Whitney Houston (2012); One Voice (1986); Oprah: Where Are They Now? (2014); P.I.T. (1985); Paper Girls (2022); Paul O'Grady's Hollywood (2017); PedrosGames (2017); Pentatonix Feat. Whitney Houston: Do You Hear What I Hear? (2019); Perfect (1985); Pero esto qué es (1990); Peter Andre's 90 Party Hits of the 90s (2014); PopSjop T.V. (1984–1986); Popular (2001); Popular Voices at the BBC (2017); Pose (2018–2021); Power (2017); Power Vision - Pop Galerie (1996); Primetime (2002); Primetime Special Edition: Whitney Houston (2002); Prom Pact (2023); Queen Stars (2022); R&B Divas of All Time (2013); Rajoul Mohim Jedan (1996); Record for Love (2016); Red Table Talk (2021); Remembering Whitney: The Oprah Interview (2012); Richard G. Hatcher: Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer & Politician (2017); Rockopop (1990); Rudi Backstage (2021); RuPaul's Drag Race (2009–2022); RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2018–2022); Sacrée soirée (1988–1990); Safety (2020); Sally Jessy Raphael (1994); Sam Smith: Dreams Come True (2015); Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1990); Sanders Shorts (2015); Saturday Night Live (1986–2012); Saturday Night Live Christmas Special (2002); Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer (2019); Schlag den Raab (2006–2015); Scratch the Surface (1997); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); Seize the Day (2009); Sen kväll med Luuk (1999); Shine (2017); Shit: Big Brother (1996); Show Me a Hero (2015); Show van de maand (1985); Silver Spoons (1985); Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (1990); Sing 2 (2021); Single All the Way (2021); SingStar Pop (2007); Sister, Sister (1997); Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 1993 (1993); SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009); So You Think You Can Dance (2009–2013); So You Wanna Be a Popstar (2007); SOKO München (1996); Soldati - 365 all'alba (1987); Song by Song (2013); Songs of Survival at the BBC (2024); Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (2005); Soul Power! (2013); Soul Train (1985); Soul Train's 25th Anniversary (1995); SoundMojo (2022); Sounds of the 80s (2016); Sounds of the Eighties (1996); Sparkle (2012); Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019); Spise med Price (2016); Sports Illustrated's 20th Century Sports Awards (1999); Sternstunden (2016); Stop the Madness (1986); Strictly Come Dancing (2014); Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017); Succession (2018); Super Bowl XXV (1991); Superstar (2021); Superstar Duets (2016); Superstars and Their Moms (1987); TCM Remembers 2012 / Music Video (2012); Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston: Hold Me (1984); Telethon (1988); Téléthon (1993); Television's Greatest Performances I (1995); Television's Greatest Performances II (1995); Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture (2015); Tennis: Eastbourne (2016); That's What Friends Are for: Arista's 15th Anniversary Concert (1990); The 10th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1996); The 12th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1998); The 13th Annual American Black Achievement Awards (1992); The 13th Annual American Music Awards (1986); The 1993 Billboard Music Awards (1993); The 1993 World Music Awards (1993); The 1998 Billboard Music Awards (1998); The 1998 Soul Train Christmas Starfest (1998); The 19th Annual American Music Awards (1992); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 1st Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1987); The 2012 Billboard Music Awards (2012); The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2012); The 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Virtual Red Carpet Live (2020); The 21st Annual American Music Awards (1994); The 25 Songs of Christmas (2017); The 28th Annual American Music Awards (1987-2001); The 28th Annual Grammy Awards (1986); The 29th Annual Grammy Awards (1987); The 30th Annual Grammy Awards (1988); The 31st Annual Grammy Awards (1989); The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards (1991); The 36th Annual Grammy Awards (1994); The 38th Annual Grammy Awards (1996); The 38th Annual Grammy Awards Red Carpet (1996); The 39th Annual Grammy Awards (1997); The 3rd Annual Black Gold Awards (1986); The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1989); The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards (2012); The 41st Annual Grammy Awards (1999); The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards (2000); The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1998); The 51st Annual Grammy Awards (2009); The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (2012); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (2013); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards (1991); The 8th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1994); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1991); The Beat with Ari Melber (2023); The Best of the Doves Marathon (2007); The Best of the World Music Awards (2010); The BET Honors (2009 / 2010); The Big Interview with Dan Rather (2016–2021); The Bodyguard (1992); The BRITs at 40 (2020); The Cake General (2018); The Cheetah Girls (2003 / 2004); The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006); The Clash (2021); The Curse of Von Dutch: A Brand to Die For (2021); The Eighties (2016); The Funny Cartoons Show (2022); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2016–2019); The Good Wife (2015); The Great Christmas Movies (1998); The Greatest (1999–2010); The Greatest American Hero (1986); The Greatest Love of All: Whitney Houston (2012); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Hour (2012); The Insider (2015); The Jetroom (2006); The Magic of David Copperfield XIII: Mystery on the Orient Express (1991); The Magic of David Copperfield XVI: Unexplained Forces (1995); The Masked Singer (2022); The Masked Singer New Zealand (2021); The Merv Griffin Show (1983–1985); The Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of 2004 (2005); The National Lottery (1997); The Nelson Mandela Birthday Concert (1988); The Official Top 50 Best-Selling Singles of the 90s and 00s (2015); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1998–2009); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2012); The Photograph (2020); The Preacher's Wife (1996); The Prince of Egypt (1998); The Princess Diaries (2001); The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004); The Project (2023–2024); The Project (2024); The Real Friends of WeHo (2023); The Reichen Show (2006); The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions (2020); The Ronn Lucas Show (1991); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2000); The Roxy (1987); The Sara Cox Show (2019); The Simple Truth: A Concert for Kurdish Refugees (1991); The Simpsons (1998–2017); The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (1989); The Story of the Songs (2020); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1999); The Top Ten Revealed (2020–2021); The Tyra Banks Show (2006); The Voice Generations (2023); The Word (1990–1992); The World's Greatest Movie Songs: Top 50 (2014); The Wright Stuff (2012); The X Factor UK (2004–2015); This Is Pop (2021); This Is the End (2013); This Is Us (2022); This Morning (1988-2009); TLC Forever (2023); Today (1985–2011); Todd's Pop Song Reviews (2015); Tonight Live with Steve Vizard (1991); Tony Bennett Live by Request: An All-Star Tribute (1998); Too Many Tabs - der Podcast (2024); Top of the Pops (1985–2000); Top of the Pops 2 (2003); Top Ten (1999–2000); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2013–2015); Turn It Up: Ascending to a higher level (2022); Two and a Half Men (2011); Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo (2017); Ultra Sound (1999); United States of Love (2016); Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023); VH1 100 Greatest Songs of Rock n Roll (1999); VH1 Divas Duets (2003); VH1 Divas Las Vegas (2002); VH1 Divas Live 2 (1999); VH1 News Presents Whitney Houston's Greatest Moments (2012); VH1 News Special: Whitney Houston - Death of a Diva (2012); VH-1 to One (1990); VH1 to One: Whitney Houston (1990); Vh1 Top 80 Video of the 80's (2001); Vh1 Video Timeline (1999); Viaje al centro de la tele (2020); Video Killed the Radio Star (2012); Video on Trial (2006); Video Soul (1991); Videotech (1999); Viki ja Köpi Show (2023); Vincent and Doug: The Movie (1999); Vivement dimanche (2006); Waiting to Exhale (1995); Warau keikan (2009); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston (2012); Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston (1991); Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008); Wetten, dass..? (1999–2010); What's Up Doc? (1993–1994); When You Believe: Music from 'the Prince of Egypt' (1998); Whitney (2018); Whitney at the BBC (2021); Whitney Houston - The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban) (2024); Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All (2021); Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans: Count on Me (1996); Whitney Houston & Clean Bandit: How Will I Know (2021); Whitney Houston & Enrique Iglesias: Could I Have This Kiss Forever (2000); Whitney Houston & George Michael: If I Told You That (2000); Whitney Houston & Her Family: Voices of Love (2012); Whitney Houston & Jordin Sparks: Celebrate (2012); Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey: When You Believe (1998); Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey: When You Believe (Alternate Version) (1998); Whitney Houston Feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price: Heartbreak Hotel (1999); Whitney Houston Legend (2013); Whitney Houston: All at Once, Version 1 (1985); Whitney Houston: All at Once, Version 2 (1985); Whitney Houston: All the Man That I Need (1991); Whitney Houston: As I Am (2021); Whitney Houston: Born to Sing (2023); Whitney Houston: Classic Whitney (1997); Whitney Houston: Close Up (2018); Whitney Houston: Didn't We Almost Have It All (1987); Whitney Houston: Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (1995); Whitney Houston: Fine (2000); Whitney Houston: Greatest Love of All (1986); Whitney Houston: How Will I Know (1985); Whitney Houston: I Believe in You and Me (1996); Whitney Houston: I Belong to You (1991); Whitney Houston: I Have Nothing (1993); Whitney Houston: I Learned from the Best (1999); Whitney Houston: I Look to You (2009); Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (1987); Whitney Houston: I Will Always Love You (1992); Whitney Houston: I'm Every Woman (1993); Whitney Houston: I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990); Whitney Houston: It's Not Right But It's Okay (1999); Whitney Houston: Live in Concert (1991); Whitney Houston: Love to Infinity (2002); Whitney Houston: Love Will Save the Day (1988); Whitney Houston: Million Dollar Bill (2009); Whitney Houston: Miracle (1991); Whitney Houston: My Love Is Your Love (1999); Whitney Houston: My Name Is Not Susan (1991); Whitney Houston: One Moment in Time (1988); Whitney Houston: One of Those Days (2002); Whitney Houston: Queen of the Night (1994); Whitney Houston: Run to You (1993); Whitney Houston: Saving All My Love for You (1985); Whitney Houston: So Emotional (1987); Whitney Houston: Step by Step (1997); Whitney Houston: The Concert for a New South Africa (1994); Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits (2000); Whitney Houston: The Greatest Love of All - A Tribute (2012); Whitney Houston: The Star-Spangled Banner (1991); Whitney Houston: The True Story (2002); Whitney Houston: The Woman Behind the Voice (2016); Whitney Houston: This is My Life (1992); Whitney Houston: Try It on My Own (2003); Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You (2013); Whitney Houston: Whatchulookinat (2002); Whitney Houston: Where Do Broken Hearts Go (1988); Whitney Houston: Why Does It Hurt So Bad (1996); Whitney Houston: You Give Good Love (1985); Whitney T.V. (2000); Whitney, a Look Back (2022); Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017); Whitney's Addictions: Death of a Diva (2012); Wired (1988); Wogan (1985–1988); Women in Rock (1986); World Music Awards 2004 (2004); World News Tonight (2012); Wrecked (2018); X Factor (2009); You're Watching Video Music Box (2021); Zärtliche Chaoten II (1988); Zwei Männer am Herd (1999).

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Born on this day – Jane Bryan:


Jane Bryan


Actress

Philanthropist

Arts patron

June 11, 1918 – April 8, 2009

Credits:

A Slight Case of Murder (1938); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974); Breakdowns of 1937 (1937); Brother Rat (1938); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); Confession (1937); Each Dawn I Die (1939); Girls on Probation (1938); Invisible Stripes (1939); Kid Galahad (1937); Marked Woman (1937); Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal Females (1992); TCM Remembers 2009 (2009); The Captain's Kid (1936); The Case of the Black Cat (1936); The Cherokee Strip (1937); The Man Who Dared (1939); The Old Maid (1939); The Sisters (1938); These Glamour Girls (1939); Under Southern Stars (1937); We Are Not Alone (1939).

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Friday, January 3, 2025

Born on this day – Marion Davies:


Marion Davies


Actress

Producer

Writer

Philanthropist

January 3, 1897 – September 22, 1961

Credits:

Ever Since Eve (1937); Cain and Mabel (1936); Hearts Divided (1936); Catalina Isle (1935); Page Miss Glory (1935); Operator 13 (1934); Going Hollywood (1933); Peg o' My Heart (1933); Blondie of the Follies (1932); Polly of the Circus (1932); The Christmas Party (1931); Five and Ten (1931); It's a Wise Child (1931); The Bachelor Father (1931); The Florodora Girl (1930); Not So Dumb (1930); Marianne (1929); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Five O'Clock Girl (1928); Show People (1928); The Cardboard Lover (1928); The Patsy (1928); Quality Street (1927); The Fair Co-Ed (1927); Tillie the Toiler (1927); The Red Mill (1927); Beverly of Graustark (1926); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Lights of Old Broadway (1925); Zander the Great (1925); The Wife of the Centaur (1924); Janice Meredith (1924); Yolanda (1924); Little Old New York (1923); The Pilgrim (1923); Adam and Eva (1923); When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922); The Young Diana (1922); Beauty's Worth (1922); The Bride's Play (1922); Enchantment (1921); Buried Treasure (1921); The Restless Sex (1920); April Folly (1920); The Cinema Murder (1919); The Dark Star (1919); Getting Mary Married (1919); The Belle of New York (1919); The Burden of Proof (1918); Cecilia of the Pink Roses (1918); Runaway Romany (1917).

Monday, December 16, 2024

Born on this day – Ruth Johnson Colvin:


Ruth Johnson Colvin


Literacy Advocate

Writer

Teacher

Philanthropist

December 16, 1916 – August 18, 2024

Credits:

Founder of the non-profit organization Literacy Volunteers of America / renamed ProLiteracy Worldwide.

Awarded the Volunteer Action Award by President Ronald Reagan in 1987,
and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006 by President George W. Bush.

Books and educational videos:

Basic Reading Workshop (video); English as a Second Language Tutor Training Workshop; Great Traveling After 55 (1989); How to Add Family Literacy to Your Program; I Speak English (1962); LVA Works: A Guide to Workplace Education; Maintaining the Balance: A Guide to 50/50 Management; My Travels Through Life, Love, and Literacy: A Memoir (2020); Off the Beaten Path: Stories of People Around the World (2011); Reading to Children (video); Student Involvement Guidelines; Tutor (1962); Tutoring Small Groups Handbook.