Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. She is best-known for her debut film role as Rachel Marron in The Bodyguard (1992). She is also well-known for her film roles as Savannah Jackson in Waiting to Exhale (1995), Julia Biggs in The Preacher's Wife, and Fairy Godmother in Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997). In August, 2012, Houston's final film Sparkle will be released, in which she played Emma.