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Whoopi Goldberg


Born

in New York, New York, The United States

November 13, 1955


Genre

Biography, Memoir, Children's


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Whoopi Goldberg is one of an elite group of artists who have won the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards) and is the bestselling author of the Sugar Plum Ballerina series, Book, and Is It Just Me? While performing in the Bay Area she created the characters that became The Spook Show and evolved into her hit Broadway show, Grammy Award–winning album, and the HBO special that helped launch her career. Spanning decades, Whoopi’s credits include roles in the well-known films The Color Purple, Ghosts of Mississippi, Sister Act, and Ghost. She produced the documentary Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley, and she appeared in and was one of the producers of the critically acclaimed 2022 feature film Till. She loves VW Bugs, working casinos,Whoopi Goldberg is one of an elite group of artists who have won the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards) and is the bestselling author of the Sugar Plum Ballerina series, Book, and Is It Just Me?
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Whoopi Goldberg

American actor, comedian, and television personality (born 1955)

"Whoopi" redirects here. For the sitcom, see Whoopi (TV series).

Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955),[1][2][3] known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality.[4][5] The recipient of numerous accolades, she is one of few people to receive an Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Tony Award, collectively known as the EGOT. In 2001, she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Goldberg began her career on stage in 1983 with her one-woman show, Spook Show, which transferred to Broadway under the title Whoopi Goldberg, running from 1984 to 1985. She won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for the recording of the show. Her film breakthrough came in 1985 with her role as Celie, a mistreated woman in the Deep South, in Steven Spielberg's period drama film The Color Purple, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture –

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Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg is among an elite group of artists who have won the GRAMMY® ("Whoopi Goldberg"), Academy Award® ("Ghost"), Golden Globe® ("The Color Purple" and "Ghost"), Emmy® (as host of AMC's "Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel" and a Daytime Emmy for "The View") and Tony® (producer of "Thoroughly Modern Millie"). She was honored in 2017 with the Disney Legends Award, which celebrates artists whose work has significantly contributed to Disney's enduring reputation for creative excellence, and she served as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Board of Governors from 2017-2023.

Born and raised in New York City, Goldberg worked in theater and improvisation in San Diego and the Bay Area, performing with the Blake Street Hawkeyes theater troupe. It was there she created the characters that became "The Spook Show" and evolved into her hit Broadway show, GRAMMY Award-winning album, and the HBO special that helped launch her career.Goldberg made her motion picture debut in the Steven Spielberg-dir

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