Whoopi Goldberg
Acting
Biography
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, and talk show host. Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple (1985) playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe Award for her role in the film. In 1990, she starred as Oda Mae Brown, a psychic helping a slain man (Patrick Swayze) find his killer in the blockbuster film Ghost. This performance won her a second Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Notable later films include Sister Act and Sister Act 2, The Lion King, Made in America, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Girl, Interrupted and Rat Race. She is also acclaimed for her roles as the bartender Guinan in Star Trek: The Next Generation and as Terry Dolittle in Jumpin' Jack Flash. Her latest role is the voice of Stretch in Toy Story 3. Goldberg has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for her work in television. She was co-producer of the popular game show Hollywood Squares from 1998 to 2004. She has been the moderator of the daytime talk show The View since 2007. Goldberg has a Grammy, two Emmys, two Golden Globes, a Tony, and an Oscar. In addition, Goldberg has a British Academy Film Award, four People's Choice Awards and has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.
Born: November 13, 1955
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
Five years into performing as renowned filmmaker George Lucas in the cult comedy show "The George Lucas Talk Show", comedian Connor Ratliff questions the need for its continuation and his own drive for success and fulfillment in show business.
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
More commonly known by his stage name Tony Bennett, one of America's most treasured singers and one of the few remaining crooners of his time. Making his way to the top using his voice and passion for music, how will his legacy live on.
Celebrity Guide to Wine
Spago restaurant maître d’ Bernard Erpicum hosts this program featuring Hollywood stars as they share tips for choosing the best wine for any occasion. Dudley Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Steven Seagal, and Peter Weller are among the guests. Added advice is provided by Robert Loggia, Kelly LeBrock, Herbie Hancock, and Shelley Hack. Other topics covered include quickly ordering from a restaurant's lengthy wine list and selecting the proper stemware for home entertaining.
Sports on the Silver Screen
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Commemorates the 10th anniversary of the SpongeBob SquarePants. The documentary chronicles the beloved character's journey to international pop culture icon status and showcases the series' around the world.
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
There was a time when the biggest names in pop music believed they could change the world for the better. Faced with the intolerance and excesses of the established authorities, music celebrities decided to use their prestige to draw attention to the problems that less favoured people in the world faced. Wembley Stadium, London, 1988: thousands of English people fill one of the most famous football arenas in the world to celebrate an unforgettable pop music festival, with a lofty goal above entertainment - the celebration of the seventieth birthday of African leader Nelson Mandela.
Our Barbara
Our Barbara: A Special Edition of 2020, a two-hour primetime special, will feature Walters’ most groundbreaking and iconic interviews, never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage of Walters, and interviews with Bob Iger, David Muir, Diane Sawyer, Deborah Roberts, Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos, among others, according to the network. ABC News will profile Walters’ prolific life and legacy, including making history as the first woman to co-anchor network morning and evening newscasts and paving the way for women in broadcast journalism.
Declaration of Independence
Famous actors and actresses read the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
Citizen
A group of anonymous young people embark on an apparently random journey through a disjointed San Francisco cityscape. Along their travels they encounter a succession of madmen and eccentrics, portrayed by various West Coast performance artists, whose impassioned monologues and improvisations satirize the institutions of contemporary American society.
Find Your Groove
In this uplifitng documentary, stars and musicians from across the industry speak to the power and importance of music in society. Here we examine how close we came to not having many of the incredible artists who we cherish today had it not been for arts programs. Music has the power to inspire and change world, and that starts with our supporting young talent.
Filmography
as Mildred
as Storyteller (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Dr. Andrea Hart
as Jayne
as Self
as Dawn's Breasts
as Stagecoach Mary
as Self (archive footage)
as Midwife (uncredited)
as (Narration)
as Self (archive material)
as Self
as Cat (voice)
as Alma
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest
as Captain (voice)
as Self
as Mother Olm
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Dr. Elise Pruitt
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle
as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
as Narrator
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Whoopi Goldberg
as The Mother / The Ancient Booer
as Self - Co-host, "The View"
as Mary
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Guinan
as (archive footage)
as Miss Willa
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
as Mother Olm (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Herself
as Self - Host
as Herself
as Lola
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Police Officer
as Self (archive footage)
as Barb (voice)
as Moms
as Self
as Self
as Yari (voice)
as Metzie
as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Abernatha Coleman
as Pat Norman
as Loretta Brixton
as Self (archive footage)
as Meg (voice)
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Self
as Herself
as Calliope
as Self
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Fleeta Mullins
as Mikhaela (voice)
as Bernadette Thompson
as Magic Mirror (voice)
as Viola
as Self
as Self
as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)
as Self
as Guinan (archive footage)
as Self
as Narrator
as Self
as Self
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Narrator (voice)
as Yakult (voice)
as The Tower (voice)
as God
as Pirate Myra (voice)
as Alice / White
as Regina Thomas
as (archive footage)
as Self
as Stretch (voice)
as Self - Guest Judge
as Self
as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
as Jane Marsh
as Self - Guest
as Self (archive footage)
as Narrator (voice)
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Carmen Tibideaux
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest Judge
as Self - Special Guest
as Taxi Driver
as Self
as Red Flower (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Miss Mittens (voice)
as Self
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Helen (voz)
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Thelma
as Self - Guest
as Darlin' (voice)
as MaMa Belle
as Ermintrude (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Louise Clarkson
as Self
as Self - Restaurant Patron
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
as Franny (voice)
as Shenzi (voice)
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Self
as Cyberina (voice)
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Mavis Rae
as Self
as Self
as Blizzard (voice)
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Mabel Spader
as Guinan (uncredited)
as Daniel's 'Boss'
as Miss Clavel (voice)
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
as Robert Shirtliff (voice)
as Self
as Herself
as Herself
as Self - Hostess
as Lucy Cullins
as Chesley Watkins
as Vera Baker
as Self
as Self
as Raynelle Slocumb
as Death
as Califia, the Queen of California
as Terry Harrison
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Self - Host / Narrator
as Dr. Lydia Emerson
as Cléo
as Judge Cameo (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Valerie
as The Grand Banshee
as Janette Grayson
as Ransome (voice)
as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
as Candy Bliss
as Cheshire Cat
as Mrs. Peck (voice)
as Baby Clown
as Self
as Ranger Margaret (voice)
as Dr. Vivien Morgan
as Stormella (voice)
as Self
as Self - Panelist
as Self
as Delilah Abraham
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as The Iceberg (voice)
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Host
as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
as Queen Constantina
as Edwina Badger (voice)
as Mother Gooseberg (voice)
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Self
as Self - Moderator
as Self - Co-Host
as Cabbie
as Nurse Myrna
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Myrlie Evers
as Laurel Ayres
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Harriet Franklin
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Self - Guest
as Eddie Franklin
as Self
as Self
as Katie Coltrane
as Self - Hostess
as Self
as Sylvie Morrow
as Whoopi (voice)
as Zenobia (voice)
as Mother Gooseberg (voice)
as Jane Deluca
as Self (archive footage)
as Fantasy (voice)
as Guinan (uncredited)
as Self
as Corrina Washington
as Buckwheat's Mom
as Shenzi (voice)
as Narrator
as Mom / Irwin (voice)
as Deloris Van Cartier
as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Edna
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Billy York (uncredited)
as Sarah Mathews
as Mary Masembuko
as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
as Detective Avery
as Ms. Megawatt (voice)
as Professor (uncredited)
as Narrator (voice)
as Rose Schwartz
as Odessa Cotter
as Self (uncredited)
as Gaia (voice)
as Oda Mae Brown
as Brenda
as Self
as Self
as Eddie Cervi
as Self
as Peligre
as Sarah Collins
as Self
as Clara Mayfield
as Self
as Vashti Blue
as Rita Rizzoli
as Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
as Guinan
as Self
as Dr. Jordan
as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
as Self - Actress
as Terry Dolittle
as Self
as Self
as Self - Host
as Celie
as Self
as Camille Brand
as Mariah Johnston
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self (uncredited)
as Self - Winner
as Self
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Iceberg (voice)
as Aqua (voice)
as Bird Woman