Photo: Bud Fraker, for Paramount Pictures / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Rosemary Clooney is my favorite kind of star: one whose second act outshines the first. The novelty hits of the early fifties — 'Come On-a My House,' 'Mambo Italiano' — made her famous, but I would argue they almost obscured what she really was, a jazz singer of remarkable warmth and phrasing. The voice she rebuilt later in life, lower and wiser, is the one I keep returning to. Receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in the very year she died feels like history scrambling to settle its debt. A small-town Kentucky girl who ended up defining an era of American song — that arc never stops moving me.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rosemary Clooney
- Name (Japanese)
- ローズマリー・クルーニー
- Reading
- ろーずまりー・くるーにー
- Born
- May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dragon
- Origin
- Maysville, Kentucky, United States
- Occupation
- singer / actor / jazz musician / screenwriter / television actor
2. Background
- High school
- Withrow High School
Awards & achievements
- 2002 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
- Kentucky Women Remembered
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Rosemary Clooney born?
May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002.
Where is Rosemary Clooney from?
Rosemary Clooney is from Maysville, Kentucky, United States.
What does Rosemary Clooney do?
Rosemary Clooney works as singer, actor, jazz musician, screenwriter, television actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.