WHOOPI GOLDBERG
Name: Whoopi Goldberg
Birth name: Caryn Elaine Johnson
Born: 13 November 1955 New York City, New York
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson November 13, 1955) is an American
actress, comedian, radio host, TV personality, game show host, and author.
She is one of only ten individuals who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and
a Tony Award, counting Daytime Emmy Awards. She is the second black American
female performer to win an Academy Award for acting (the first being Hattie
McDaniel). She has won two Golden Globe Awards and two Saturn Awards for her
performances in Star Trek Generations and Ghost.
On the August 1, 2007 broadcast of The View, Barbara Walters introduced her as
the show's new moderator as of September 4. Meredith Vieira and Rosie O'Donnell
previously held the position.
In October 2007, she announced on Larry King Live that she would be retiring
from acting because she is no longer sent scripts: "You know, there's no room
for the very talented Whoopi. There's no room right now in the marketplace of
cinema. Being a Black intellectual with a Jewish surname finally caught up to me,"
Goldberg told King.
Name: Whoopi Goldberg
Birth name: Caryn Elaine Johnson
Born: 13 November 1955 New York City, New York
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson November 13, 1955) is an American
actress, comedian, radio host, TV personality, game show host, and author.
She is one of only ten individuals who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and
a Tony Award, counting Daytime Emmy Awards. She is the second black American
female performer to win an Academy Award for acting (the first being Hattie
McDaniel). She has won two Golden Globe Awards and two Saturn Awards for her
performances in Star Trek Generations and Ghost.
On the August 1, 2007 broadcast of The View, Barbara Walters introduced her as
the show's new moderator as of September 4. Meredith Vieira and Rosie O'Donnell
previously held the position.
In October 2007, she announced on Larry King Live that she would be retiring
from acting because she is no longer sent scripts: "You know, there's no room
for the very talented Whoopi. There's no room right now in the marketplace of
cinema. Being a Black intellectual with a Jewish surname finally caught up to me,"
Goldberg told King.