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Whoopi Goldberg
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Well, when I was nine years old, Star Trek came on, I looked at it and I went screaming through the house.
— "“When I was 9 years old, Star Trek came on…” ~ Whoopi Goldberg" March 8, 2014.
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, author and television personality
- Fame72.3
- Momentum23.9
- Actors rank#195
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- Fame72.3
- Momentum23.9
- Actors rank#195
- Wikipedia164K
Born 1955 · age 71United States
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One of 28 people to close the EGOT — and she got there by way of a one-woman show, a psychic in a pottery scene, and a nun who can't quite stay out of trouble.
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Caryn Elaine Johnson started with one-woman shows on stage, and a recording of her 1984–1985 Broadway run won the Grammy for Best Comedy Album. Steven Spielberg cast her as a mistreated woman in The Color Purple, earning her a Golden Globe, then she played Guinan on Star Trek: The Next Generation and an eccentric psychic in Ghost — the latter won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, making her the second African-American woman with that win. Sister Act and its sequel made her the highest-paid actress at the time, and she kept working: Soapdish, a hyena in The Lion King, Girl, Interrupted…
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Whoopi Goldberg
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For many, many, many years, there were not Jews in Israel. Okay?
— 8 June 2010 archived here on 18 August 2011 "My View on Helen Thomas, Israel and the Terror Flotilla"; as quoted by Miriam Metzinger,
Whoopi Goldberg
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Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.
— 17 April 2009 "Whoopi Goldberg in full flight". Interview with Cole Morton of The Guardian
Whoopi Goldberg
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Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American.
— The Daily Telegraph interview, 20 April 1998
Whoopi Goldberg
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Thanks! Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted this! You don't know...my brother sitting there, he says "Thank God we don't have to listen to anymore...
— Best Supporting Actress of 1990 Acceptance Speech, for Ghost
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- Disney Legends
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host
- Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
- Crystal Award
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