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Cissy, Cissie or Cissi may refer to : Cissy Chandler (died 1954), wife of American author Raymond Chandler Cissie Caudeiron (1909–1968), Creole nationalist
Cissy
American singer and mother of Whitney Houston (1933–2024)
Emily "Cissy" Houston (née Drinkard; September 30, 1933 – October 7, 2024) was an American soul and gospel singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Houston
Cissy_Houston
3rd episode of the 18th season of South Park
"The Cissy" is the third episode in the eighteenth season of the American animated television series South Park. It is the 250th overall episode and was
The_Cissy
Hong Kong model (born 1981)
(Chinese: 汪詩詩; pinyin: Wāng Shīshī; born 21 April 1981), also known as Cissy Wang, is a Hong Kong model who was crowned Miss Chinese Toronto in 2000
Cissy_Wang
American voice actress
Cissy Jones is an American voice actress. Jones's voice has appeared in games such as Firewatch, The Walking Dead, Life Is Strange, Grand Theft Auto V
Cissy_Jones
1969 single by the Meters
"Cissy Strut" is a 1969 funk instrumental by the Meters. Released as a single from their eponymous debut album, it reached No. 4 on the R&B chart and
Cissy_Strut
American singer and dancer
Cissy King is an American-born dancer and choreographer best known as a featured performer on The Lawrence Welk Show television program. Her dance team
Cissy_King
American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)
Eugenie ("Cissy") Pascal, a married woman 18 years his senior and the stepmother of Gordon Pascal, with whom Chandler had enlisted. Cissy amicably divorced
Raymond_Chandler
1974 British film by Alan Parker
Our Cissy is a 1974 British crime drama short film directed and written by Alan Parker and starring John Barrett, Ian East and Ellis Dale. It was produced
Our_Cissy
American actress
December 13, 1945) is an American actress best known for portraying Catherine "Cissy" Davis on the popular 1960s CBS sitcom Family Affair. Before that, she was
Kathy_Garver
Cissy Grahame (1862–1944) was a British stage actress and theatre manager. Grahame made her first stage appearance, aged 13, at the Theatre Royal, Hull
Cissy_Grahame
American civil rights activist (1928–2022)
stenographer and private secretary for the NAACP in Washington, D.C. Cecilia "Cissy" Suyat was born in Pu'unene, Maui, in Hawaii on July 20, 1928. Her parents
Cecilia_Suyat_Marshall
1991 film
objections, until Bobby is betrayed by Cissy, who blames him for his sister's death. Desperate, Bobby steals Cissy's money and flees with the girl to California
Eyes_of_an_Angel
American novelist
Eleanor Josephine Medill "Cissy" Patterson, Countess Gizycki (November 7, 1881 – July 24, 1948) was an American journalist and newspaper editor, publisher
Cissy_Patterson
American sitcom (1966–1971)
as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year-old Cissy (Kathy Garver) and the six-year-old twins, Jody (Johnny Whitaker) and Buffy
Family Affair (1966 TV series)
Family_Affair_(1966_TV_series)
American actress and singer (1873–1941)
Cissy Fitzgerald (born Mary Kate Kipping; 1 February 1873 – 10 May 1941) was an English-American vaudeville actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in
Cissy_Fitzgerald
Norwegian holocaust victim
Cissi Pera Klein (19 April 1929 in Narvik – 3 March 1943 in Auschwitz) was a Norwegian Jewish girl who is commemorated every year as one of the victims
Cissi_Klein
American singer and actress (1963–2012)
Presbyterian Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, to Emily "Cissy" (née Drinkard) and John Russell Houston Jr. Cissy was a Grammy-winning gospel and soul singer who
Whitney_Houston
American soul singer (1942–2008)
New Jersey, she was the sister of singer Dionne Warwick, the niece of Cissy Houston, and a first cousin of singers Whitney Houston and Leontyne Price
Dee_Dee_Warwick
Dutch actress (1911–2005)
Cissy van Bennekom (alternate spellings: Ciccy v. Bennekom and Cissij van Bennekom; 11 July 1911 – 1 March 2005) was a Dutch comedy actress. The Tars
Cissy_van_Bennekom
Dutch writer (1889–1948)
Haan (24 November 1889 – 31 October 1948), better known by her pen name Cissy van Marxveldt, was a Dutch writer of children's books. She is best known
Cissy_van_Marxveldt
Ugandan legislator
Cissy Dionizia Namujju (born 15 July 1977) is a Ugandan legislator, and an ICT Expert. As of March 2021, she serves as the elected woman representative
Cissy_Dionizia_Namujju
Chinese artist and businesswoman
Cissy Pao-Watari (Chinese: 包陪丽; pinyin: Bāo Péilì) is a Chinese artist, businesswoman, and arts administrator, living in Hong Kong. She was the chair
Cissy_Pao-Watari
British gymnast (1932–2005)
Cissy Davies (1 December 1932 – 4 October 2005) was a British gymnast. She competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics. "Cissy Davies"
Cissy_Davies
1978 gothic thriller film
Cissy, both the daughters of a late anthropologist Max Carpenter, residing in a dilapidated Los Angeles mansion: Ellen, is an astronomer, and Cissy,
The_Mafu_Cage
British TV sitcom (1968–1977)
and girlfriend of Private Walker. Dolly (Amy Dalby and Joan Cooper) and Cissy Godfrey (Nan Braunton and Kathleen Saintsbury), Private Godfrey's spinster
Dad's_Army
2012 British comedy-drama film directed by Dustin Hoffman
real-life Casa di Riposo per Musicisti founded by Giuseppe Verdi, Reg, Wilf and Cissy are retired opera singers who had often worked together. Among other residents
Quartet_(2012_film)
American gospel singing group
RCA Records in 1958. The group would launch the careers of soul singers Cissy Houston and her adopted niece Judy Clay as well as mentor fellow soul singers
The_Drinkard_Singers
British actress (born 1960)
sometimes credited as Katie Rabett, is a British actress. She played Cecily "Cissy" Meldrum in the BBC sitcom You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993). She was a member
Catherine_Rabett
British-born American actress (active 1995– )
Akopian on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Detective Sheila Muncie on Ray Donovan, and Cissy Saint on Snowfall. Hyatt was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, to Jamaican-born
Michael_Hyatt
American stage musical
Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943), but when Shirley Booth was cast as Aunt Cissy (spelled Sissy in the book), a secondary character in the novel, the prominence
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (musical)
A_Tree_Grows_in_Brooklyn_(musical)
American funk band
Dorsey, Robert Palmer, Dr. John, and Allen Toussaint. Their original songs "Cissy Strut" and "Look-Ka Py Py" are considered funk classics. While they rarely
The_Meters
American television personality and singer (1993–2015)
related to many singers and entertainers: her maternal grandmother was singer Cissy Houston of The Drinkard Singers; her mother's cousins were singers Dee Dee
Bobbi_Kristina_Brown
Ceylonese social worker and politician
Cissy Cooray, OBE (8 June 1889 – 6 November 1965) was a Ceylonese social worker and the first woman to be appointed to the Senate of Ceylon. Cooray was
Cissy_Cooray
2020 American action comedy film
bring the drugs. Spenser, Hawk, and Cissy go to Wonderland, where Driscoll and others are gathered on the track. Cissy arrives first to move Henry out of
Spenser_Confidential
Folklorist from Roseau, Dominica (1909–1968)
org. Retrieved 15 April 2023. Henry, Steinberg (11 July 2015). "Daniel & Cissy Caudeiron, Alwin Bully et al (A precious Summer Drift)". Retrieved 15 April
Cissie_Caudeiron
South African activist
Zainunnisa "Cissie" Gool (6 November 1897 – 1 July 1963) was an anti-apartheid political and civil rights leader in South Africa. She was the daughter
Zainunnisa_Gool
Australian singer and songwriter (born 1975)
streams list, the most of any artist. In the 2014 South Park episode "The Cissy", Sia provided the vocals for the fictional Lorde track "Push (Feeling Good
Sia
Ugandan physician and medical researcher
Cissy Kityo Mutuluuza (née Cissy Kityo), is a Ugandan physician, epidemiologist and medical researcher. She is the Executive Director of the Joint Clinical
Cissy_Kityo
1978 single by Cissy Houston
"Think It Over" is a song by American recording gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston and is the lead single from her 1978 third studio album Think It Over
Think It Over (Cissy Houston song)
Think_It_Over_(Cissy_Houston_song)
American television and film actress
(1954-01-05) January 5, 1954 (age 72) United States Other names Cissy Cameron Cissie Colpitts Cissy Colpitts Celea Ann Cole Occupation Actress Spouse Reb Brown
Cisse_Cameron
1926 novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery
very ill childhood friend Cissy Gay and her father, who is a master carpenter and notorious town drunk named Roaring Abel. Cissy is dying of consumption
The_Blue_Castle
1990 Canadian film
76, an Englishwoman who moved to Montreal after World War II, Cissy Meddings as Cissy, 76, who was born in England and moved to Canada in 1981, Mary
The_Company_of_Strangers
American R&B vocal group
American R&B girl group from Newark, New Jersey, founded by American singer Cissy Houston. The group was mostly known for their work as backup singers on
The_Sweet_Inspirations
British actress (1876–1943)
it is known as St. Mary's Catholic College. In July 1893, 17-year-old Cissy Loftus made her début at the Oxford Music Hall in London, followed by an
Cecilia_Loftus
Australian Aboriginal woman
Cissy McLeod sometimes spelt Cissie McLeod (c.20 July 1896 – 6 February 1928) was the first Indigenous woman in Australia to receive a bronze medal from
Cissy_McLeod
American crime drama television series
employed as an enforcer for the Villanueva Cartel. Michael Hyatt as Sharon "Cissy" Saint, Franklin's mother and a veteran real estate agent. Amin Joseph as
Snowfall_(TV_series)
Duet from the album/musical Chess
1987, a studio version of "I Know Him So Well" was recorded as a duet by Cissy Houston and her daughter Whitney Houston for Whitney's second album, Whitney
I_Know_Him_So_Well
1966 single by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
popular song written by Julius Wechter in the 1960s with lyrics by his wife Cissy Wechter. The original version was recorded by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana
Spanish_Flea
British actress (1895–1978)
career during the 1930s and 1940s but who is best remembered for playing Cissy Godfrey in the BBC comedy Dad's Army. Braunton was born in Cardiff in 1895
Nan_Braunton
2007 American TV series or program
marriage is tumultuous, primarily due to Mitch's self-indulgent behavior and Cissy's overbearing personality. Mitch has come to believe that surfing should
John_from_Cincinnati
1989 dramatic television film
Texas, where her mother, Cissy, is babysitting several young children. While the children play in the large backyard, Cissy steps inside to answer a phone
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
Everybody's_Baby:_The_Rescue_of_Jessica_McClure
American actress (1949–2013)
p. A11. Retrieved October 29, 2022. "Cissy Finds Apartment". The Ithaca Journal. October 11, 1969. p. 51. "Cissy feels the way to handle a crisis in her
Terry_Burnham
Doll designed to be dressed to reflect fashion trends
children. The first American fashion doll, Cissy, was released by the Alexander Doll Company in 1955. Cissy sported a pronounced bosom and high-heeled
Fashion_doll
American singer and songwriter (1941–2010)
backing group. When she joined, the lead singer of the Sweet Inspirations was Cissy Houston, the mother of Whitney Houston and dynamic soprano featured on Aretha
Myrna_Smith
2005 compilation album by Cissy Houston
The Cissy Houston Collection is a gospel compilation album by American gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston, released on September 20, 2005. The album's tracks
Cissy_Houston_Collection
African American man murdered by law enforcement (1973–2020)
born on October 14, 1973, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to Larcenia "Cissy" Jones Floyd (1947–2018) and George Perry (1949–2002). He had four siblings
George_Floyd
American actress (1935–2025)
Thompson Episode: "Rodger Young" Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Cissy Episode: "The Game with Glass Pieces" 1964–1967 Gunsmoke Bonnie Mae Haley
Diane_Ladd
2nd episode of the 18th season of South Park
South Park responded by a subplot in the following week's episode "The Cissy", featuring a Spin reporter named "Brandon Carlile" investigating the concert
Gluten_Free_Ebola
1995 studio album by Cissy Houston
Midnight Train to Georgia is a compilation album by American soul singer Cissy Houston, released in 1995 on Ichiban Records. The album consist of songs
Midnight Train to Georgia (album)
Midnight_Train_to_Georgia_(album)
1969 studio album by the Meters
style that included elements of R&B, rock, and jazz. The first track, "Cissy Strut", was the band's opening song during their residency at the Ivanhoe
The_Meters_(album)
1973 single by Gladys Knight & the Pips
song to a guy named Sonny Limbo in Atlanta and he wanted to cut it with Cissy Houston... he asked if I minded if he changed the title to 'Midnight Train
Midnight_Train_to_Georgia
1980 studio album by Chaka Khan
background vocals performed by a 16-year-old Whitney Houston and her mother Cissy Houston (US R&B #10), "Get Ready, Get Set" (#48) and the big hit "Papillon
Naughty_(Chaka_Khan_album)
Pejorative slur used against effeminate boys and men
began to reclaim the term sissy for themselves. The spelling variation cissy was used in British English, at least prior to the mid 1970s. In the United
Sissy
1977 studio album by Cissy Houston
Cissy Houston is the second studio album by American soul/gospel singer Cissy Houston, released in 1977 on Private Stock Records as the follow-up to her
Cissy_Houston_(album)
American basketball player
Michael Houston. Gary, Michael, and Whitney are the children of singer Cissy Houston. Gary is the cousin of singers Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick
Gary_Garland
2022 film by Kasi Lemmons
singer mother Cissy for a church choir. Her close friendship with Robyn Crawford turns romantic, leading to cohabitation and upsetting Cissy. At the Sweetwaters
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Whitney_Houston:_I_Wanna_Dance_with_Somebody
1970 studio album by Cissy Houston
Presenting Cissy Houston is the debut album by American soul singer/backing vocalist and former Sweet Inspirations lead singer Cissy Houston, originally
Presenting_Cissy_Houston
1986 single by Whitney Houston
win. Houston's song for the competition, as given to her by her mother Cissy Houston, was the Barbra Streisand ballad "Evergreen". Houston lost by technicality
Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston recording)
Greatest_Love_of_All_(Whitney_Houston_recording)
1968 single by Aretha Franklin
performed backing vocals on the track. The Sweet Inspirations' founder Cissy Houston showcased her operatic upper range during Franklin's bridges and
Ain't_No_Way
2000 studio album by Cissy Houston
The Definitive Collection: Cissy Houston is a compilation album by American soul/gospel singer Cissy Houston, released in the U.S. and UK in 2000. It
The Definitive Collection (Cissy Houston album)
The_Definitive_Collection_(Cissy_Houston_album)
British TV sitcom (BBC1, 1988–1993)
although he is more interested in her maid, Rose. Cecily "Cissy" Meldrum (Catherine Rabett) – Cissy is Lord Meldrum's elder daughter. Although attractive
You_Rang,_M'Lord?
British dancer
Lydia Cecilia Hill (20 July 1913 – 11 October 1940), known as Cissie Hill or Cecily Hill, was an English cabaret dancer notable for being a favourite of
Lydia_Cecilia_Hill
German-born diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
version, she addressed each entry to "Kitty", a fictional character in Cissy van Marxveldt's Joop ter Heul novels that Anne enjoyed reading. Moved by
Anne_Frank
1992 studio album by Chuck Jackson and Cissy Houston
I'll Take Care of You is a duet album by American soul/gospel singers Cissy Houston and Chuck Jackson, released in 1992. It was issued by Shanachie Records
I'll Take Care of You (Chuck Jackson and Cissy Houston album)
I'll_Take_Care_of_You_(Chuck_Jackson_and_Cissy_Houston_album)
2016 adventure video game
lookout in Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. On his first day, Delilah (Cissy Jones), a lookout in another watchtower, contacts him via walkie-talkie
Firewatch
1996 studio album by Cissy Houston
Face To Face is the sixth studio album by American gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston, released in 1996 on the House of Blues Music distributed by BMG.
Face to Face (Cissy Houston album)
Face_to_Face_(Cissy_Houston_album)
2004 American film
her husband tried to kill her. She joined a rock band and had a daughter Cissy with Randall (Bacon). Randall dies in LA and Delia decides after a ten year
Cavedweller_(film)
2006 American TV series or program
Hathaways. Cissy makes overt passes at Jesse in front of her husband. The next day, at a charity festival, Jesse and Abby see Genest flirting with Cissy Hathaway
Jesse_Stone:_Night_Passage
Transformers character
2026. "Linsay Rousseau". linsayrousseau.com. Retrieved April 24, 2026. "Cissy Jones on 'Elita-1' Transformers Earthspark Interview: New Characters, Story
Elita_One
American entertainment awards ceremony
entertainers who died between 2024 and 2025, causing subsequent controversy. Cissy Houston James Earl Jones Wanda Smith Tito Jackson DJ Clark Kent Roy Ayers
BET_Awards_2025
1904 novel by Howard Sturgis
(Lady Charmington), he marries Cissy. However, she turns out to find him repugnant, and the marriage is unconsummated. Cissy later gives birth to a son,
Belchamber
Cast of the novels by George R. R. Martin
Hardyng daughter Lord Elesham five other daughters Jasper Waynwood son Cissy Harrold Hardyng Saffron Alys Stone bastard child Notes: Martin, George R
List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters
List_of_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire_characters
Town and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands
(1862–1949), a Dutch-American Calvinist theologian of the Princeton Theology Cissy van Marxveldt (1889 in Oranjewoud – 1948) a Dutch writer of children's books
Heerenveen
Fictional character
Cherry Tree Cottage with his hard-of-hearing spinster sisters, Dolly and Cissy. He is clearly very fond of them, and often brings them up in conversation
Private_Godfrey
Newspaper formerly published in Washington, D.C.
daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It was created by Eleanor "Cissy" Patterson of the Medill–McCormick–Patterson family (long-time owners of
Washington_Times-Herald
English actress
2016 Casualty Carly Swinford Episode: "Fall on Me" 2019 Call the Midwife Cissy Pilkington Series 8 Episode 6 2021 Late Night Mash Visit Britain advert
Laura_Howard
American child actress (1958–1976)
sitcom, Buffy, her twin brother Jody (Johnny Whitaker), and older sister Cissy (Kathy Garver) are sent to live with their bachelor Uncle Bill (Brian Keith)
Anissa_Jones
1989 American TV series or program
children, 14-year-old Matthew and 11-year-old Aurora. Abigail's sister "Cissy" (Christina Pickles) was also a regular, as was meddlesome mailman Truman
The People Next Door (American TV series)
The_People_Next_Door_(American_TV_series)
Dutch novelist Setske de Haan (1889-1948), who wrote under the pen name Cissy van Marxveldt. Joop is high-spirited, headstrong, and stubborn. The first
Joop_ter_Heul
American and Canadian actress
Letter Day, 13 Fanboy, and Come True. Likely Stories, Vol. 3 (1983) as Cissy Hard to Hold (1984) as Fan #2 O.C. and Stiggs (1985) as Charlotte Friday
Tiffany_Helm
1976 novel by Sidney Sheldon
engaged to another woman, Cissy, the morning after he nearly proposed to Jill himself. In reality, David's mother and Cissy trick David into thinking
A_Stranger_in_the_Mirror
2026 studio album by Kanye West
"Whatever Works" contains samples of "Don't Wonder Why", as performed by Cissy Houston. "Mama's Favorite" contains samples of Donda West's voice from the
Bully_(album)
American animated television series
Wendie Malick, Alex Hirsch, Tati Gabrielle, Issac Ryan Brown, Mae Whitman, Cissy Jones, Zeno Robinson, Matthew Rhys, Michaela Dietz, Elizabeth Grullon, and
The_Owl_House
American singer (1951–2005)
to the studio by her mother and Vandross' fellow session singing partner Cissy Houston. The two young singers forged a lifelong friendship. In 1980, Vandross
Luther_Vandross
Canadian actress (born 1984)
Does an Acting Class" Episode: "Marcy Does a Pool Party" 2012 Spyburbia Cissy (voice) Episode: "Pilot" 2012–2013, 2015–2017, 2019–2020, 2022 Family Guy
Martha_MacIsaac
Autonomous artificial intelligence agent
Intelligence Invest". natlawreview.com. June 17, 2025. Retrieved 2026-04-28. Zhou, Cissy; Yu, Yifan (April 28, 2026). "China's block of Meta-Manus deal spooks entrepreneurs
Manus_(AI_agent)
American singer (1951–2026)
singer and songwriter. After collaborating with singers Luther Vandross and Cissy Houston on his debut album Peabo (1976), he signed to Capitol Records and
Peabo_Bryson
2015 American TV series or program
Bodyguard, Houston suffers a miscarriage, causing her to become very sickly. Cissy visits and persuades Whitney to leave Bobby, but Whitney refuses. Whitney
Whitney_(2015_film)
American actress (1957–2021)
Sounder with Carl Lumbly. Douglas was also well known for her portrayal as Cissy Houston in the Lifetime TV movie Whitney which aired in 2015. In May 2019
Suzzanne_Douglas
CISSY
CISSY
Female
English
Short form of English Cissy, CISS means "blind."
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Danish, German, Latin, Swedish
Blind; Sixth; Form of Cecilia
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English
Diminutive of any name begining with Christ-, for example Christahel, Christian, or Christopher.....
Female
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Short form of English Cissy, CIS means "blind."
Boy/Male
English
Diminutives of any masculine or feminine name begining with Christ-, for example Christahel,...
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English
Pet form of English Cecilia, CISSY means "blind."
CISSY
CISSY
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Biblical Hebrew
Dwelling, habitation.
Girl/Female
Arabic
Tranquil
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Tamil
Auspicious victory
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Foster mother of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
Boy/Male
Arabic
Glad; Happy
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Gold Like
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
A Guru
Boy/Male
Hindu
Master of the right way, Master of the right path, Principle
Girl/Female
Latin
Fertile.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Employer
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