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Career Highlights
Non-acting careers: worked as dishwasher at restaurant called Big Kitchen. she worked as a bank teller, a bricklayer and in a mortuary.
Big break: playing Celie in The Color Purple
Defining characters:
Celie Johnson
Terry Dolittle
Bernie Rhodenbarr
Oda Mae Brown
Deloris Van Cartier
Best movies:
The Color Purple
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Burglar
Ghost
Sister Act
Sister Act 2 : Back in the Habit
Best TV: The View , Hollywood Squares game show, Comic Relief
Endorsements: 2009 commercial for My Touch Cell Phone
Other notable appearances/credits: hosted The Academy Awards 4 times
Top awards: Academy Award for best supporting actress in Ghost (1990)
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Whoopi Goldberg Relationships
Father: Robert James Johnson (preacher; separated; died May 25, 1993, of stomach cancer and complications from HIV)
Mother: Emma Johnson
Brother: Clyde K. Johnson
Daughter: Alexandra Martin (born in 1973; father: Alvin Martin)
Grandson: Jerzey Martin (born in 1995)
Granddaughter: Amarah Skye (born on November 13, 1989)
Romance(s): Frank Langella (actor; October 1995-early 2000), Ted Danson (actor; 1992-1994), Timothy Dalton (actor; 1990-1991), Eddie Gold (director of photography; 1987-1990), David Schein (playwright, actor; 1980-1985)
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Fun Facts About Whoopi Goldberg
  • Has a tattoo of Woodstock (the bird from the Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts cartoon strip) on her shoulder.
  • Always travels by bus, she does not like airplanes
  • Was the first woman to ever host the Academy Awards.
  • On July, 14, 2004, weight loss company Slim-Fast dropped Whoopi Goldberg as its spokesperson following controversy over inappropriate remarks directed at President Bush during one of her comedy routines.
  • is a fan of the show, The Young and The Restless.
  • She took actor Michael J. Fox as her date to the 1986 Academy Awards when she was nominated for A Color Purple.
  • is an enthusiastic collector of Fiesta Ware (a type of china).
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