Whoopi Goldberg

CTL-E-6010 · Person · other · 1955–present

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Combined Graph record U-07240 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6010.

Whoopi Goldberg, born Caryn Elaine Johnson on November 13, 1955, in New York City, is a comedian, actor and producer whom Britannica describes as the first Black woman to achieve EGOT status — winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. She first came to national attention with a one-woman stage show of character monologues, brought to Broadway in 1984; a recording of that show won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. Her film breakthrough came as Celie in The Color Purple (1985), which earned her a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ghost (1990), becoming the second Black woman to win an acting Oscar, and headlined Sister Act (1992) and its sequel, at the time becoming the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. She completed the EGOT in 2002 with a Daytime Emmy and the Tony Award for producing Thoroughly Modern Millie. Since 2007 she has co-hosted and moderated the daytime talk show The View, and she has hosted the Academy Awards ceremony four times.

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• Also known as: Caryn Elaine Johnson

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Relationships

• The Color Purple (1985 film) — starred in
  Whoopi Goldberg starred as Celie in The Color Purple (1985 film) (CTL-E-5476), winning the Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination.

Sources

• Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Whoopi Goldberg" (accessed 2026-10-16) — born November 13, 1955, New York; comedian, actress and producer; cohost of The View; the first Black woman to win an EGOT — https://www.Britannica.com/print/article/675132 (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia, "Whoopi Goldberg" (accessed 2026-10-16) — the 1984–85 Broadway one-woman show and its Grammy-winning recording; The Color Purple (1985) and the Best Actress nomination; Ghost (1990) and the Best Supporting Actress Oscar as the second Black woman to win an acting Oscar; Sister Act (1992) and its sequel; the 2002 EGOT completion via the Daytime Emmy and the Thoroughly Modern Millie Tony; The View since 2007; four Academy Awards hosting turns — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg (build store)

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