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 Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson in the Chelsea section of Manhattan on November 13, 1955. Her mother, Emma (Harris), was a teacher and a nurse, and her father, Robert James Johnson, Jr., was a clergyman. Whoopi's recent ancestors were from Georgia, Florida, and Virginia. She worked in a funeral parlor and as a bricklayer while taking small parts on Broadway. She moved to California and worked with improv groups, including Spontaneous Combustion, and developed her skills as a stand-up comedienne. Goldberg came to prominence doing an HBO special and a one-woman show as Moms Mabley. She has been known in her prosperous career as a unique and socially conscious talent with articulately liberal views. Among her boyfriends were Ted Danson and Frank Langella. Goldberg was married three times and was once addicted to drugs.Goldberg had her first big film starring role in The Color Purple (1985). She received much critical acclaim, and an Oscar nomination for her role and became a major star as a result. Subsequent efforts in the late 1980s were, at best, marginal hits. These movies mostly were off-beat to formulaic comedies like Burglar (1987), The Telephone (1988) and Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986). She made her mark as a household name and a mainstay in Hollywood for her Oscar-winning role in the box office smash Ghost (1990). Whoopi Goldberg was at her most famous in the early 1990s, making regular appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). She admitted to being a huge fan of the original Star Trek: The Original Series (1966) series and jumped at the opportunity to star in "Star Trek: The Next Generation".Goldberg received another smash hit role in Sister Act (1992). Her fish-out-of-water with some flash seemed to resonate with audiences and it was a box office smash. Whoopi starred in some highly publicized and moderately successful comedies of this time, including Made in America (1993) and Soapdish (1991). Goldberg followed up to her success with Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), which was well-received but did not seem to match up to the first.As the late 1990s approached, Goldberg seemed to alternate between lead roles in straight comedies such as Eddie (1996) and The Associate (1996), and took supporting parts in more independent minded movies, such as The Deep End of the Ocean (1999) and How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998). Goldberg never forgot where she came from, hosting many tributes to other legendary entertainment figures. Her most recent movies include Rat Race (2001) and the quietly received Kingdom Come (2001). Goldberg contributes her voice to many cartoons, including The Pagemaster (1994) and Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990), as Gaia, the voice of the earth. Alternating between big-budget movies, independent movies, tributes, documentaries, and even television movies (including Theodore Rex (1995)).Whoopi is accredited as a truly unique and visible talent in Hollywood. Perhaps she will always be remembered as well for Comic Relief, playing an integral part in almost every benefit concert they had. Whoopi is also the center square in Hollywood Squares (1998), sometimes hosts the Academy Awards, and is an author, with the book "Book."
Bio:
Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson in the Chelsea section of Manhattan on November 13, 1955. Her mother, Emma (Harris), was a teacher and a nurse, and her father, Robert James Johnson, Jr., was a clergyman. Whoopi's recent ancestors were from Georgia, Florida, and Virginia. She worked in a funeral parlor and as a bricklayer while taking small parts on Broadway. She moved to California and worked with improv groups, including Spontaneous Combustion, and developed her skills as a stand-up comedienne. Goldberg came to prominence doing an HBO special and a one-woman show as Moms Mabley. She has been known in her prosperous career as a unique and socially conscious talent with articulately liberal views. Among her boyfriends were Ted Danson and Frank Langella. Goldberg was married three times and was once addicted to drugs.Goldberg had her first big film starring role in The Color Purple (1985). She received much critical acclaim, and an Oscar nomination for her role and became a major star as a result. Subsequent efforts in the late 1980s were, at best, marginal hits. These movies mostly were off-beat to formulaic comedies like Burglar (1987), The Telephone (1988) and Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986). She made her mark as a household name and a mainstay in Hollywood for her Oscar-winning role in the box office smash Ghost (1990). Whoopi Goldberg was at her most famous in the early 1990s, making regular appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). She admitted to being a huge fan of the original Star Trek: The Original Series (1966) series and jumped at the opportunity to star in "Star Trek: The Next Generation".Goldberg received another smash hit role in Sister Act (1992). Her fish-out-of-water with some flash seemed to resonate with audiences and it was a box office smash. Whoopi starred in some highly publicized and moderately successful comedies of this time, including Made in America (1993) and Soapdish (1991). Goldberg followed up to her success with Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), which was well-received but did not seem to match up to the first.As the late 1990s approached, Goldberg seemed to alternate between lead roles in straight comedies such as Eddie (1996) and The Associate (1996), and took supporting parts in more independent minded movies, such as The Deep End of the Ocean (1999) and How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998). Goldberg never forgot where she came from, hosting many tributes to other legendary entertainment figures. Her most recent movies include Rat Race (2001) and the quietly received Kingdom Come (2001). Goldberg contributes her voice to many cartoons, including The Pagemaster (1994) and Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990), as Gaia, the voice of the earth. Alternating between big-budget movies, independent movies, tributes, documentaries, and even television movies (including Theodore Rex (1995)).Whoopi is accredited as a truly unique and visible talent in Hollywood. Perhaps she will always be remembered as well for Comic Relief, playing an integral part in almost every benefit concert they had. Whoopi is also the center square in Hollywood Squares (1998), sometimes hosts the Academy Awards, and is an author, with the book "Book."
Tivia:
As of 2023, she is one of only six actresses who have won an Oscar, Tony, Emmy and Grammy, also known as the EGOT. The other five in order are: Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, Whoopi, Jennifer Hudson and Viola Davis.Dropped out of high school and became addicted to heroin. She ended up marrying her drug counselor. She cleaned up and later divorced him. In 1974, she moved to California and helped found the San Diego Repertory Company, where she used the name, Whoopi Cushion. Before making it as an actress, she worked as a bank teller, a bricklayer and in a mortuary.Has performed all her own singing in the Sister Act movies. Her co-stars have claimed that they were surprised at her vocal ability.While working as a waitress at San Diego's "Big Kitchen" caf�� in 1978, she witnessed PSA flight #182 falling from the sky in flames following a mid-air collision. The sight was so traumatic, that to this day she will not fly on an airplane.1994: Became the very first woman to host the Academy Awards solo.Michael J. Fox accompanied her to the 1986 Academy Awards when she was nominated for The Color Purple (1985).Was the second African-American woman to receive an Academy Award. The first was Hattie McDaniel.Travels to locations by bus since she hates flying.She was inspired to become an actress by watching Nichelle Nichols' portrayal of Nyota Uhura on the original Star Trek: The Original Series (1966) series.Once worked in a mortuary where her job was applying makeup to corpses.As of 2023, she is one of 8 African-American actresses to have won an Academy Award. The others, in chronological order, are Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind (1939), Halle Berry for Monster's Ball (2001), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006), Mo'Nique for Precious (2009), Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011), Viola Davis for Fences (2016), and Regina King for If Beale Street Could Talk (2018).Is one of only 15 individuals who are an "EGOT", meaning she has received at least one of all of the four major entertainment awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony, competitively. The other recipients are Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Scott Rudin, Robert Lopez, John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Six others (Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, James Earl Jones, Alan Menken, Harry Belafonte, and Quincy Jones) have won three of the four awards competitively and received an honorary fourth.Asked Gene Roddenberry for a role on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) because she was a huge fan. She was given the role of Guinan, the head of the Ten-Forward lounge. Her character was named for legendary entertainer/nightclub owner Texas Guinan.Is part-owner of Mary's Kitchen, a country store/kitchen in Malibu, California. It is staffed by "New Yorkers" and certain furnishings were imported from New York because Whoopi wanted a touch of home in Malibu.Was the first woman to host the Academy Awards on her own. She hosted them in 1994, 1996, 1999, and 2002.Was one of the eulogists at Gene Roddenberry's funeral in 1991, along with other Star Trek stars Nichelle Nichols and Patrick Stewart.Is one of two African-American actresses (the other being Viola Davis) to have been nominated for an Academy Award in both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories.Has a tattoo of Woodstock (the bird from Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" cartoon strip) on her shoulder.When signing autographs, she only signs her first name Whoopi.Has done a private stand-up comedy routine entitled "If E.T. landed in Oakland" in front of, among others, Steven Spielberg and Michael Jackson, which eventually won her the lead in The Color Purple (1985), which Spielberg directed.Counts Robert De Niro as a longtime close friend and confidant ('big brother').She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6841 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 20, 2001.She and fellow The Lion King (1994) cast member Jeremy Irons were both nominees for the first ever Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator (2014); Irons won.Her performance as Oda Mae Brown in Ghost (1990) is ranked #95 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.Suffers from dyslexia, a condition that affected her studies and ultimately prompted her to drop out of high school at the age of 17.Good friends with Patrick Stewart and Marlon Brando.Smoked cigarettes for over forty years but reportedly quit completely in 2015.One of her favorite movies is the classic Valley of the Dolls (1967).More than four different action figures have been modeled after her character, Guinan from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and the Star Trek films.2002: Won a Tony Award as a producer for Best Musical, "Thoroughly Modern Millie".Is one of 12 African-American actresses to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination. The others in chronological order are: Dorothy Dandridge, Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson, Diahann Carroll, Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Gabourey Sidibe, Viola Davis, Quvenzhan�� Wallis, Ruth Negga and Andra Day.When she was only 8, she performed with the Children's Program, the Hudson Guild and the Rubenstein Children's Theatre.Her nickname "Whoopi" evolved during a time when she used to do stand-up comedy in small clubs that didn't have much room backstage for changing, so she would fart a lot during her routines and people would quip that she was like a "Whoopee Cushion".Has her own production company, One Ho Productions, which backs most of her movies and television projects.She won a Grammy Award for "Whoopi Goldberg: Direct From Broadway" in 1985.Mother of actress and producer Alex Martin. Grandmother of Amarah Skye (born 1989), Jerzey (born 1995) and Mason (born 1998), via daughter Alex Martin. Great-granddaughter Charlie Rose was born March 15, 2014. Sister of the late Clyde Johnson (died May 11, 2015).Received an honorary degree from Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.Is an active pro-choice campaigner, reportedly having had an abortion at 14.As of 2015, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Color Purple (1985), Ghost (1990) and Toy Story 3 (2010).Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 44th Cannes International Film Festival in 1991.2000: Broke up with boyfriend of five years Frank Langella.Is an avid Fiesta Ware (china) collector.She worked as a dishwasher at a restaurant called "Big Kitchen" at 3003 Grape Street in San Diego, California. The location was showcased in San Diego, CA (2002).In a 2017 interview on the British television chat show Loose Women (1999), she revealed that she is a huge fan of the long-running BBC series EastEnders (1985) and Doctor Who (1963)/Doctor Who (2005), and as a child she had wanted to reside in England because it was where The Beatles came from.In February 2019, she suffered near-fatal double pneumonia and sepsis, and spent three weeks in the hospital.Became a great-grandmother at age 58 when daughter Alex Martin's granddaughter Amarah Dean gave birth to Charlie Rose (b. March 15, 2014).Credits friend Joy Behar with vouching for her team position on the popular talk show The View (1997), a post she commenced on 4 September 2007 replacing Rosie O'Donnell.Longtime friends with her late mentor Joan Rivers; she attended Rivers' funeral on September 7, 2014.Owns a cat named Oliver.She was awarded the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' annual Mark Twain Prize for American Comedy in 2001. |
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Whoopi Goldberg |
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Actress,Producer,Writer (IMDB) |
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Actress,Producer,Writer |
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5' 5' (1.65 m) |
| Biography: |
Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson in the Chelsea section of Manhattan on November 13, 1955. Her mother, Emma (Harris), was a teacher and a nurse, and her father, Robert James Johnson, Jr., was a clergyman. Whoopi\'s recent ancestors were |
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As of 2023, she is one of only six actresses who have won an Oscar, Tony, Emmy and Grammy, also known as the EGOT. The other five in order are: Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, Whoopi, Jennifer Hudson and Viola Davis.Dropped out of high school and became addicted to heroin. She ended up marrying her drug counselor. She cleaned up and later divorced him. In 1974, she moved to California and helped found the San Diego Repertory Company, where she used the name, Whoopi Cushion. Before making it as an actress, she worked as a bank teller, a bricklayer and in a mortuary.Has performed all her own singing in the Sister Act movies. Her co-stars have claimed that they were surprised at her vocal ability.While working as a waitress at San Diego's "Big Kitchen" caf�� in 1978, she witnessed PSA flight #182 falling from the sky in flames following a mid-air collision. The sight was so traumatic, that to this day she will not fly on an airplane.1994: Became the very first woman to host the Academy Awards solo.Michael J. Fox accompanied her to the 1986 Academy Awards when she was nominated for The Color Purple (1985).Was the second African-American woman to receive an Academy Award. The first was Hattie McDaniel.Travels to locations by bus since she hates flying.She was inspired to become an actress by watching Nichelle Nichols' portrayal of Nyota Uhura on the original Star Trek: The Original Series (1966) series.Once worked in a mortuary where her job was applying makeup to corpses.As of 2023, she is one of 8 African-American actresses to have won an Academy Award. The others, in chronological order, are Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind (1939), Halle Berry for Monster's Ball (2001), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006), Mo'Nique for Precious (2009), Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011), Viola Davis for Fences (2016), and Regina King for If Beale Street Could Talk (2018).Is one of only 15 individuals who are an "EGOT", meaning she has received at least one of all of the four major entertainment awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony, competitively. The other recipients are Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Scott Rudin, Robert Lopez, John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Six others (Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, James Earl Jones, Alan Menken, Harry Belafonte, and Quincy Jones) have won three of the four awards competitively and received an honorary fourth.Asked Gene Roddenberry for a role on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) because she was a huge fan. She was given the role of Guinan, the head of the Ten-Forward lounge. Her character was named for legendary entertainer/nightclub owner Texas Guinan.Is part-owner of Mary's Kitchen, a country store/kitchen in Malibu, California. It is staffed by "New Yorkers" and certain furnishings were imported from New York because Whoopi wanted a touch of home in Malibu.Was the first woman to host the Academy Awards on her own. She hosted them in 1994, 1996, 1999, and 2002.Was one of the eulogists at Gene Roddenberry's funeral in 1991, along with other Star Trek stars Nichelle Nichols and Patrick Stewart.Is one of two African-American actresses (the other being Viola Davis) to have been nominated for an Academy Award in both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories.Has a tattoo of Woodstock (the bird from Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" cartoon strip) on her shoulder.When signing autographs, she only signs her first name Whoopi.Has done a private stand-up comedy routine entitled "If E.T. landed in Oakland" in front of, among others, Steven Spielberg and Michael Jackson, which eventually won her the lead in The Color Purple (1985), which Spielberg directed.Counts Robert De Niro as a longtime close friend and confidant ('big brother').She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6841 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 20, 2001.She and fellow The Lion King (1994) cast member Jeremy Irons were both nominees for the first ever Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator (2014); Irons won.Her performance as Oda Mae Brown in Ghost (1990) is ranked #95 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.Suffers from dyslexia, a condition that affected her studies and ultimately prompted her to drop out of high school at the age of 17.Good friends with Patrick Stewart and Marlon Brando.Smoked cigarettes for over forty years but reportedly quit completely in 2015.One of her favorite movies is the classic Valley of the Dolls (1967).More than four different action figures have been modeled after her character, Guinan from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and the Star Trek films.2002: Won a Tony Award as a producer for Best Musical, "Thoroughly Modern Millie".Is one of 12 African-American actresses to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination. The others in chronological order are: Dorothy Dandridge, Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson, Diahann Carroll, Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Gabourey Sidibe, Viola Davis, Quvenzhan�� Wallis, Ruth Negga and Andra Day.When she was only 8, she performed with the Children's Program, the Hudson Guild and the Rubenstein Children's Theatre.Her nickname "Whoopi" evolved during a time when she used to do stand-up comedy in small clubs that didn't have much room backstage for changing, so she would fart a lot during her routines and people would quip that she was like a "Whoopee Cushion".Has her own production company, One Ho Productions, which backs most of her movies and television projects.She won a Grammy Award for "Whoopi Goldberg: Direct From Broadway" in 1985.Mother of actress and producer Alex Martin. Grandmother of Amarah Skye (born 1989), Jerzey (born 1995) and Mason (born 1998), via daughter Alex Martin. Great-granddaughter Charlie Rose was born March 15, 2014. Sister of the late Clyde Johnson (died May 11, 2015).Received an honorary degree from Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.Is an active pro-choice campaigner, reportedly having had an abortion at 14.As of 2015, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Color Purple (1985), Ghost (1990) and Toy Story 3 (2010).Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 44th Cannes International Film Festival in 1991.2000: Broke up with boyfriend of five years Frank Langella.Is an avid Fiesta Ware (china) collector.She worked as a dishwasher at a restaurant called "Big Kitchen" at 3003 Grape Street in San Diego, California. The location was showcased in San Diego, CA (2002).In a 2017 interview on the British television chat show Loose Women (1999), she revealed that she is a huge fan of the long-running BBC series EastEnders (1985) and Doctor Who (1963)/Doctor Who (2005), and as a child she had wanted to reside in England because it was where The Beatles came from.In February 2019, she suffered near-fatal double pneumonia and sepsis, and spent three weeks in the hospital.Became a great-grandmother at age 58 when daughter Alex Martin's granddaughter Amarah Dean gave birth to Charlie Rose (b. March 15, 2014).Credits friend Joy Behar with vouching for her team position on the popular talk show The View (1997), a post she commenced on 4 September 2007 replacing Rosie O'Donnell.Longtime friends with her late mentor Joan Rivers; she attended Rivers' funeral on September 7, 2014.Owns a cat named Oliver.She was awarded the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' annual Mark Twain Prize for American Comedy in 2001. |
| Trademarks: |
Deep husky voice
Dreadlocks and no eyebrows
The role of Guinan on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Often wears wire-rimmed sunglasses |
| Quotes: |
[on critics, on the Queen Latifah Show (1999)] You can say whatever you want about me, but talk about my daughter and I'll beat your ass up.
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[while hosting the The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999)] A Bug's Life (1998). Wasn't that the Linda Tripp Story?
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My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.
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I'm a big old egotistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it.
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[on Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple", on her efforts to get a role in the film (The Color Purple (1985)) that was made from it] I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything. |
| Salaries: |
The View (1997) - $2,000,000 /year (2007)
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Theodore Rex (1997) - $7,000,000
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) - $7,000,000 |
| Job title: |
Actress,Producer,Writer |
| Others works: |
(1999) Print ads: National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board ("Got Milk?" Milk Moustache).
(1999) Audiobook: Narrates "Suffer the Little Children" on "Stephen King's Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume #1", Penguin Audi |
| Spouse: |
Lyle Trachtenberg (October 1, 1994 - October 26, 1995) (divorced)David Claessen (September 1, 1986 - October 4, 1988) (divorced)Alvin Martin (1973 - January 20, 1983) (divorced, 1 child) |
| Children: |
Alex Martin |
| Parents: |
Emma Johnson (Harris)
Robert James Johnson Jr. |
| Relatives: |
Amara Skye Dean (Grandchild) |
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