{"id":2210740,"date":"2025-12-24T06:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T06:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2210740"},"modified":"2025-12-24T06:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T06:55:46","slug":"rosemary-clooney-over-the-years-photos-of-white-christmas-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rosemary-clooney-over-the-years-photos-of-white-christmas-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosemary Clooney over the years. Photos of &#8216;White Christmas&#8217; star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"84422594007\" title=\"Video: Top 20 celebrities with Cincy ties, ranked!\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/06\/09\/PCIN\/84120873007-top-20-celebrities-with-cincinnati-ties-ranked.png?crop=2099,1182,x0,y21\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Video: Top 20 celebrities with Cincy ties, ranked!<\/p>\n<p>Enquirer readers voted for their favorite celebrities with Cincinnati ties. Here&#8217;s what their top 20 looks like.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>From hit songs to starring in holiday classics, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/03\/16\/wlw-famous-alums-doris-day-clooney-collinsworth-more\/7038469001\/\">Rosemary Clooney<\/a> captivated generations.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>The Maysville, Kentucky, native made her singing debut as half of The Clooney Sisters in 1945 on Cincinnati&#8217;s WLW radio. Within a few years, she went on to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2024\/12\/05\/12-holiday-films-cincinnati-ties-christmas-story-more\/76771621007\/\">star in &#8220;White Christmas&#8221;<\/a> and later received the\u00a0coveted Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n<p>Clooney had a successful recording career that lasted until her death in 2002.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/media\/2018\/10\/18\/USATODAY\/usatsports\/247WallSt.com-247WS-499428-white-christmas.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/media\/2018\/10\/18\/USATODAY\/usatsports\/247WallSt.com-247WS-499428-white-christmas.jpg?crop=1024,768,x171,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/media\/2018\/10\/18\/USATODAY\/usatsports\/247WallSt.com-247WS-499428-white-christmas.jpg?crop=576,768,x395,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/media\/2018\/10\/18\/USATODAY\/usatsports\/247WallSt.com-247WS-499428-white-christmas.jpg?crop=1365,768,x0,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Courtesy of Paramount Pictures\" caption=\"&quot;White Christmas&quot; is a 1954 holiday film starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She never forgot the city that gave her her big break. Clooney maintained strong ties to Cincinnati years after her career took off. The beloved entertainer even received a key to the city prior to a 1977 performance at Ault Park where she sang &#8220;We&#8217;re In The Money,&#8221; which she dedicated to her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/12\/04\/george-clooneys-cincinat-scouting-reporting-from-when-he-tried-out-for-the-reds-is-absolutely-brutal\/87605117007\/\">nephew, actor George Clooney.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Entertainment: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2024\/12\/05\/12-holiday-films-cincinnati-ties-christmas-story-more\/76771621007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">12 holiday films with Cincinnati connections: &#8216;White Christmas,&#8217; &#8216;A Christmas Story,&#8217; more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Entertainment: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/news\/2025\/12\/14\/christmas-songs-from-cincinnati-2025-remix\/87457033007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Frosty the Snowman&#8217; and other Christmas songs with Cincinnati ties<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Take a look back at Clooney&#8217;s iconic career with our gallery below.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Photos of Rosemary Clooney, the &#8216;White Christmas&#8217; star and Greater Cincinnati native<\/h2>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"87146204007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2025-12-24 05:01:45.983253643 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2025-12-24 05:01:45.983253643 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cincinnati.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video: Top 20 celebrities with Cincy ties, ranked! 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