she is one of the only actresses to have
won an Emmy a Grammy an Oscar and a Tony
Award all these awards I got I got four
projects I believe done
wait is that a Daytime Emmy it’s two
cows girl’s gotta eat
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the life and career of
Whoopi Goldberg good morning I’d like to
introduce myself
Karen Elaine Johnson was born November
13 1955
in New York City though she didn’t
finish high school she discovered her
love for comedy and the arts at an early
age during the 1970s she moved to
California to pursue her show business
career while there she participated in
improv troupes and adopted her famous
stage name will be Goldberg Goldberg’s
early material was sometimes considered
offensive and was full of shock value if
there’s anybody who’s a little squeamish
about any of this language get the fuck
out now she considered famed African
American comic Richard Pryor as her main
comedy idol I am tired of trying to
tiptoe around everybody’s attitude as
the following for her blunt stand-up
comedy expanded she began cultivating a
series of character monologues that
parody various ethnic groups she then
turned this into a one-woman act called
the spook show and toured throughout the
US and Europe by 1983 she brought her
show back to New York director Mike
Nichols was so impressed he helped her
take the act to Broadway and within two
years she won a Grammy Award for Best
Comedy album for skits recorded from the
show her Broadway performance also
caught the attention of director Steven
Spielberg in 1985 he cast Goldberg in
her first feature-length lead role in
the period drama the color purple was no
mission
he beat me when you ain’t here her
serious role in that critically
acclaimed film earned her both an Oscar
nomination and a Golden Globe Award and
proved goldberg was not only talented as
a comedic actress Goldberg then returned
to her comedy roots in a series of films
she appeared as a sarcastic bank worker
in the Penny Marshall spy comedy jumpin
Jack flash his face this is the face of
a woman on the edge oh I know my wife’s
got the same face and as a former thief
in burglar Goldberg then began hosting
comic relief with fellow comedians Billy
Crystal and Robin Williams starred in
the sitcom Bagdad cafe with Jean
Stapleton and embraced her love of
sci-fi by appearing as a recurring
character on Star Trek The Next
Generation you told a joke yes I am not
laughing yes however it was her role as
the comic relief in the 1990 romantic
drama ghost that won her an Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actress ever
since I was a little kid I wanted this
she followed that by joining an all-star
comedy cast in 1991’s soap dish the next
year she found success again this time
as a lounge singer who dressed as a nun
to protect herself from the mob I’m
gonna go crazy here
there’s nothing but a lot of white women
dressed as nuns am I gonna do here pray
sister act showcased both Goldberg’s
humor and musical talent as the film was
filled with musical performances the
movie proved so successful it led to a
sequel the next year and this film made
her the highest-paid actress at that
time I’ve had to flow you all gotta go
so go get your bags so we can go how huh
now thank you thank you
the comedienne kept busy through the
1990s by hosting a late-night talk show
entitled the Whoopi Goldberg show
becoming the first african-american
female host of the Oscars and adding
hilarious quips on the Celebrity game
show Hollywood Squares Goldberg also
split her time between comedy and drama
with movies like made in America boys on
the side how Stella got her groove back
and Girl Interrupted I can take a lot of
crazy shit from a lot of crazy people
but you you are not crazy she appealed
to younger audiences during this period
as well in 2001 she was part of an
ensemble comedy cast in rat race you
probably have a thousand questions for
me No 2001 was also the year she won the
prestigious Mark Twain prize for
American humor she then revived her
one-woman show in New York to honor its
20th anniversary in 2007 Goldberg began
moderating and co-hosting the talk show
the view there she showed that even
decades after her first divisive
stand-up routines she hadn’t lost her
taste for controversy
Goldberg continued to act outside her
career on the view with both theatrical
and film appearances in 2011 she
appeared in the romantic comedy a little
bit of heaven and in the Disney produced
film The Muppets Goldberg’s personal
life has made headlines more than once
her three marriages ended in divorce and
she was romantically linked to actors
Ted Danson and Frank Langella Goldberg
was also vocal about her problems with
drugs throughout her career I was a
functioning drug addict I went to work
because I knew if I didn’t show up a lot
of people would be out of work and I
wouldn’t get a check and would not have
the lifestyle that I needed to buy my
drugs this star is blessed with talents
as a comedian and as a dramatic actress
it’s no wonder that Whoopi Goldberg has
been recognized in so many areas of show
business I’m so proud to be here I’m
proud to be an actor and I’m gonna keep
on acting and thank you so much
you
won an Emmy a Grammy an Oscar and a Tony
Award all these awards I got I got four
projects I believe done
wait is that a Daytime Emmy it’s two
cows girl’s gotta eat
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the life and career of
Whoopi Goldberg good morning I’d like to
introduce myself
Karen Elaine Johnson was born November
13 1955
in New York City though she didn’t
finish high school she discovered her
love for comedy and the arts at an early
age during the 1970s she moved to
California to pursue her show business
career while there she participated in
improv troupes and adopted her famous
stage name will be Goldberg Goldberg’s
early material was sometimes considered
offensive and was full of shock value if
there’s anybody who’s a little squeamish
about any of this language get the fuck
out now she considered famed African
American comic Richard Pryor as her main
comedy idol I am tired of trying to
tiptoe around everybody’s attitude as
the following for her blunt stand-up
comedy expanded she began cultivating a
series of character monologues that
parody various ethnic groups she then
turned this into a one-woman act called
the spook show and toured throughout the
US and Europe by 1983 she brought her
show back to New York director Mike
Nichols was so impressed he helped her
take the act to Broadway and within two
years she won a Grammy Award for Best
Comedy album for skits recorded from the
show her Broadway performance also
caught the attention of director Steven
Spielberg in 1985 he cast Goldberg in
her first feature-length lead role in
the period drama the color purple was no
mission
he beat me when you ain’t here her
serious role in that critically
acclaimed film earned her both an Oscar
nomination and a Golden Globe Award and
proved goldberg was not only talented as
a comedic actress Goldberg then returned
to her comedy roots in a series of films
she appeared as a sarcastic bank worker
in the Penny Marshall spy comedy jumpin
Jack flash his face this is the face of
a woman on the edge oh I know my wife’s
got the same face and as a former thief
in burglar Goldberg then began hosting
comic relief with fellow comedians Billy
Crystal and Robin Williams starred in
the sitcom Bagdad cafe with Jean
Stapleton and embraced her love of
sci-fi by appearing as a recurring
character on Star Trek The Next
Generation you told a joke yes I am not
laughing yes however it was her role as
the comic relief in the 1990 romantic
drama ghost that won her an Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actress ever
since I was a little kid I wanted this
she followed that by joining an all-star
comedy cast in 1991’s soap dish the next
year she found success again this time
as a lounge singer who dressed as a nun
to protect herself from the mob I’m
gonna go crazy here
there’s nothing but a lot of white women
dressed as nuns am I gonna do here pray
sister act showcased both Goldberg’s
humor and musical talent as the film was
filled with musical performances the
movie proved so successful it led to a
sequel the next year and this film made
her the highest-paid actress at that
time I’ve had to flow you all gotta go
so go get your bags so we can go how huh
now thank you thank you
the comedienne kept busy through the
1990s by hosting a late-night talk show
entitled the Whoopi Goldberg show
becoming the first african-american
female host of the Oscars and adding
hilarious quips on the Celebrity game
show Hollywood Squares Goldberg also
split her time between comedy and drama
with movies like made in America boys on
the side how Stella got her groove back
and Girl Interrupted I can take a lot of
crazy shit from a lot of crazy people
but you you are not crazy she appealed
to younger audiences during this period
as well in 2001 she was part of an
ensemble comedy cast in rat race you
probably have a thousand questions for
me No 2001 was also the year she won the
prestigious Mark Twain prize for
American humor she then revived her
one-woman show in New York to honor its
20th anniversary in 2007 Goldberg began
moderating and co-hosting the talk show
the view there she showed that even
decades after her first divisive
stand-up routines she hadn’t lost her
taste for controversy
Goldberg continued to act outside her
career on the view with both theatrical
and film appearances in 2011 she
appeared in the romantic comedy a little
bit of heaven and in the Disney produced
film The Muppets Goldberg’s personal
life has made headlines more than once
her three marriages ended in divorce and
she was romantically linked to actors
Ted Danson and Frank Langella Goldberg
was also vocal about her problems with
drugs throughout her career I was a
functioning drug addict I went to work
because I knew if I didn’t show up a lot
of people would be out of work and I
wouldn’t get a check and would not have
the lifestyle that I needed to buy my
drugs this star is blessed with talents
as a comedian and as a dramatic actress
it’s no wonder that Whoopi Goldberg has
been recognized in so many areas of show
business I’m so proud to be here I’m
proud to be an actor and I’m gonna keep
on acting and thank you so much
you
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