Whoopi Goldberg

Also Credited As:

Caryn Elaine Johnson
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Biography

Comedienne, actress, author, talk show host and political activist Whoopi Goldberg was one of the more unique personalities to arrive on the entertainment scene of the 1980s and went on to become a lasting, formidable presence over the decades that followed. Mining her often unflattering early background for material, Goldberg first came to notoriety with her eponymous 1984 Broadway character sketch show, directed by the renowned Mike Nichols. …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Writer, Music, Executive, Consultants & Advisors, Other

Born

Caryn Elaine Johnson on November 13, 1955 in New York City, New York, USA

LATEST CREDITS

Unchained Memories: Readings From the Slave Narratives

Narrator

Homie Spumoni

Actor

The 71st Annual Academy Awards Presentation

Host

Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek and Beyond

Actor

Call Me Claus

Lucy Cullins

If I Had Known I Was a Genius

Actor

The 34th Annual Grammy Awards

Host

It's a Very Muppet Christmas Movie

Daniel's Boss

Clara's Heart

Clara Mayfield

Whoopi Goldberg & Billy Connolly in Performance

Actor

The Making of Disney's Captain EO

Host

Defenders of Dynatron City

of Ms Megawatt

The Truth About Teachers

Host

Koi and the Kola Nuts

Narration

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

Host

Zoo Babies With Whoopi Goldberg

Presenter

Bagdad Cafe

Brenda

Theodore Rex

Actor

Bob Hope: The Road to the Top

Narration

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence

Sister Act

Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence

The Whoopi Goldberg Show

Host

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

Actor

Hurricane Relief

Actor

A Gala For the President at Ford's Theatre

Host