Birthday: May 23, 1928 (Gemini)
Born In: Maysville, Kentucky, United States
Rosemary Clooney was a popular American actor and cabaret singer in the fifties and had the No.1 hit ‘Come on-My House’ to her credit. The famous Hollywood actor George Clooney is her nephew. The singer started her singing career with Betty Clooney, her sister as a duo in bands and on radio before she decided to go solo. She had several other hit numbers to her credit such as ‘This Ole House’, ‘Hey There’, ‘Half as Much’, ‘Tenderly’, “Mambo Italiano’ and ‘Botch-a-Me’ to name a few. Though she was a successful as a Jazz vocalist her career was doomed in the Sixties due to problems like her drug addiction and severe depression. But during the seventies, when Bing Crossby, one of her former co-stars, asked her to perform with him at a show that marked his fiftieth anniversary in the show business, her career got the much needed boost. When Betty, Rosemary’s sister died at the age of 45 due to a brain aneurysm, she organized a memorial for her departed sister in association with the Betty Clooney Center at Long Beach in California for all those young adults who are brain-injured. She performed there every year so that she could raise funds for the foundation. Read on to know more about her life and works
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Died At Age: 74
Spouse/Ex-: Dante DiPaolo, José Ferrer
father: Andrew Joseph Clooney
mother: Marie Frances Guilfoyle
siblings: Betty Clooney, Gail Stone, Nick Clooney
children: Gabriel Ferrer, Maria Ferrer, Miguel Ferrer, Monsita Ferrer, Rafael Ferrer
Born Country: United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm), 5'6" Females
place of death: Beverly Hills, California, United States
Ancestry: German American, British American, Irish American
Diseases & Disabilities: Lung Cancer
Grouping of People: Smoker
Cause of Death: Lung Cancer
U.S. State: Kentucky
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Awards
2002 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Winner |
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