Whoopi Goldberg

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Did You Know?

• Whoopi was the first woman to ever host the Academy Awards.
• Whoopi always travels by bus, she does not like airplanes.
• She has one daughter, Alexandrea, and one granddaughter, Amarah.
• One of Whoopi's first jobs was in a morturary where she was a make-up artist for corpses.
• She earned a Ph.D from New York University in literature.
• Her birthname is Caryn Johnson. She was nicknamed "Whoopi" from the whoopi cushion due to being overly flatulent. She added Goldberg for the Jewish side of her heritage.

Actor Credits

1. 4 Film Favorites: Whoopi Goldberg (2010)
2. Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
3. Homie Spumoni (2007)
4. Everyone's Hero (2006)
5. Doogal (2006)
6. The Aristocrats (2005)
7. Jiminy Glick in La La Wood (2005)
8. Racing Stripes (2005)
9. Whoopi: Back on Broadway (2005)
10. P3K: Pinocchio 3000 (2005)
11. Pauly Shore is Dead (2004)
12. The Lion King 1 1/2 (2004)
13. Blizzard (2003)
14. Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales For Every Child (2003)
15. Good Fences (2003)
16. Searching for Debra Winger (2003)
17. Jackie's Back (2002)
18. More Dogs Than Bones (2002)
19. Rat Race (2001)
20. Kingdom Come (2001)
21. Monkeybone (2001)
22. Call Me Claus (2001)
23. Girl, Interrupted (1999)
24. The Deep End Of The Ocean (1999)
25. Alice In Wonderland (1999)
26. The Magical Legend Of The Leprechauns (1999)
27. A Knight In Camelot (1998)
28. How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
29. A Christmas Carol (1997)
30. Burn, Hollywood, Burn (1997)
31. Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997)
32. Ghosts Of Mississippi (1996)
33. The Associate (1996)
34. Eddie (1996)
35. Bogus (1996)
36. Theodore Rex (1996)
37. Boys On The Side (1995)
38. Moonlight And Valentino (1995)
39. The Little Rascals (1994)
40. Star Trek Generations (1994)
41. The Pagemaster (1994)
42. Corrina, Corrina (1994)
43. The Lion King (1994)
44. Made In America (1993)
45. Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit (1993)
46. National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
47. The Player (1992)
48. Sister Act (1992)
49. Sarafina! (1992)
50. Soapdish (1991)
51. Ghost (1990)
52. The Long Walk Home (1990)
53. Homer & Eddie (1989)
54. Kiss Shot (1989)
55. The Telephone (1988)
56. Clara's Heart (1988)
57. Burglar (1987)
58. Fatal Beauty (1987)
59. Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
60. The Color Purple (1985)

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