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Caryn Elaine Johnson, to the public known as Whoopi Goldberg, is a famous American actress, television and film producer, voice actress, as well as a talk show host. Throughout her acting career, Whoopi Goldberg has portrayed a variety of remarkable characters, including her first on screen appearance in “Citizen: I’m Not Losing My Mind, I’m Giving It Away”, as well as her breakthrough role in a movie adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple”. Whoopi Goldberg’s major success in terms of acting came in 1990 with the release of “Ghost”, a crime thriller film starring Patrick Swayze, Tony Goldwyn and Demi Moore. The movie with an initial budget of $22 million grossed over $505 million worldwide and became one of the highest-grossing films at the time.

“Ghost” not only opened many acting opportunities for its lead actors, but also won them several awards. For her role of Oda Mae Brown, Whoopi Goldberg received an Oscar, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, as well as a Saturn Award. Some of Whoopi Goldberg’s most notable movies appearances include “Sister Act” with Maggie Smith, “Rat Race” with Rowan Atkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kathy Bates and Seth Green, “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” and “Toy Story 3”. A famous actress, how rich is Whoopi Goldberg? In 2012, as well as 2013, Goldberg received an annual salary of $2 million for her show “The View”. In addition to her earnings, Whoopi Goldberg has several valuable assets, including her home in New York, the price of which amounts to $4 million, as well as her house in New Jersey, which she purchased for $2.5 million. Currently, Whoopi Goldberg’s net worth is estimated to be $55 million, the majority of which came from her acting career.

Whoopi Goldberg was born in 1955, in Manhattan, New York City. Prior to her acting success, Goldberg was working a variety of jobs, including working on theatre productions in East Germany. After her on-screen debut with “Citizen”, Goldberg has switched to portraying comedic characters and appeared in several comedy films and series including “The Telephone” and “Bagdad Café”. In 1987, Goldberg starred in a science fiction television series together with Patrick Stewart called “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and starred in a number of film productions before signing up as a host on a talk show called “The View”. Whoopi Goldberg joined the team in 2007 and is currently co-hosting the show with Rosie O’Donnell. Considered to be among the longest running talk shows, “The View” has been making significant contributions to Whoopi Goldberg’s net worth. More recently, Whoopi Goldberg has made an appearance in a musical called “Sister Act”, which is based on a movie of the same name, a sci-fi film “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” released in 2014, as well as a documentary film called “Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley”, which she directed, produced and narrated. Whoopi Goldberg is a truly remarkable actress known and loved all around the world. Her contributions to the television industry have been awarded with Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, and Oscars.

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Caryn Elaine Johnson Quick Info

Caryn Elaine Johnson Trademarks

1. The role of Guinan on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
2. Wire-rimmed sunglasses
3. Dreadlocks and no eyebrows

Caryn Elaine Johnson Quotes

• An actress can only play a woman. I’m an actor. I can play anything.
• There’s only one alternative to getting older, so suck it up.
• I wish I had known sooner that I like being on my own. If i’d figured that out earlier, I probably wouldn’t have gotten married three times.
• [on the death of Patrick Swayze] This was a well-fought battle. Patrick fought like the dickens to survive it, or to get through it. He never thought of himself as someone who was dying. He said, “You know, we’re all dying.” And so his attitude was “Until it kills me, I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing.” He worked, he did his show, he just was a cat that never gave up. I would like to be able to be that.
• [on her Academy Award for Ghost (1990)] I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: because of Patrick Swayze, I got that movie. Because of Patrick Swayze, I have an Oscar.
• The first time I saw the city through adult eyes was when I stumbled across a guy peeing. He was peeing outside! I was like “Wow! That’s really freaky.” That was the first time I realized that grown-ups were weird, and that I was probably going to be one of them.
• [At age 11, coming home late after seeing “The Nutcracker” on her own] And then you have to decide if you were going to tell the truth or if you were going to lie. I had a mother who demanded that you tell the truth or be insanely creative abut lying. It had to be a good story. If it was a terrible story, you and the risk of really having her disappointed in your lack of imagination.
• [on smoking marijuana] Just because I do it doesn’t mean you should do it.
• It bums me out tremendously what the church has become, and if it’s got me bummed, imagine what Jesus Christ must be feeling.
• I’m as American as Chevrolet.
• Most kids give you a watch or a wallet on your birthday, or a pocketbook or some flowers. My kid gave me a granddaughter instead. It was the best gift she could ever have given me.
• [on Showgirls (1995)] I haven’t seen that many poles mistreated since World War II.
• I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.
• In my opinion Mel Gibson isn’t a racist. That isn’t sticking up for someone. I know him, I’ve spent time with him, my family have spent time with him – I’d have noticed if he was racist. On slow news days people hear what they want to hear. I didn’t stick up for him but I said I’ve met real racists and he isn’t one of them. He’s a bonehead.
• [at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards, when she was very pleased to see Bob Barker won the award for Happy Gilmore (1996)]: Any Motion Picture Award program would give a big hand to Bob Barker. I have to come to; because that’s very big, and Bob told me he was surprised at what happened. See, you never know, you never know!
• [from a 1990 interview] None of the stuff I’ve done will ever cure cancer. It’s entertainment and some of it has been better entertainment than others. Ghost (1990) is a good little movie, like Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986), which I’ve changed my mind about and am finally able to watch. Burglar (1987) and Clara’s Heart (1988) are good little movies. There’s also a couple I don’t care for. The Telephone (1988) read brilliantly but was cockadoo on the screen. I’m also not crazy about Fatal Beauty (1987); it could have been a whole lot better. I’ve done good stuff and bad stuff. That’s what careers are all about.
• Nobody ever encouraged me in this business. I encouraged myself. I was a very dull and shy child. I was the last person you would expect to be a success in this business. But I always felt if I kept going something would happen. But I even surprised myself at times. When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.
• [2002 interview, on working with the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)] The connections between us is family. It’s just family. And it’s unshakable, you know. Because you look around and you see a great part of your active adult life. Great part of my active adult life was spent with the cast and crew of Star Trek.
• [in 1994 interview, on how she got cast on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)] I did it because, frankly, I couldn’t get any other work then. I liked the show, so I asked if I could be on it. As a matter of fact, I asked twice. The first time, I sent a message to LeVar Burton asking him to tell the producers that I would really like to be on the show. He got the message to the producers and they said, “Yeah, right. Whoopi wants to do Star Trek.” One of the members [Gates McFadden] left the show and I heard about it, so I approached the show’s producers again and said, “Listen, I don’t know if you know it or not, but I’ve been trying for a long time now to get on this show.” They said LeVar had told them about it and they thought he was kidding. I told them I can’t do all the episodes but I would like to do some of them. “Can I have the job?” They finally said, “Sure, we’ll build you a bar.” And they built me Ten-Forward. I got to go in and be really sage and wear great hats. I also got to hang out with some extraordinary people, like Patrick Stewart, LeVar and Jonathan Frakes.
• [in 1994 interview, on Star Trek (1966)] I know I’m never going up, for real, in anybody’s rocket ship. I know this because I hate to fly. Gene Roddenberry’s vision always included a multi-ethnic group of people. I thought that was pretty amazing. Being on Star Trek has been a great way to sort of expand on the universe and be a part of it.
• [in 1994 interview, on African-American actors in Hollywood] I don’t know if I’m the one who should be commenting on the situation. I can’t complain about the amount of work that’s out there. I am black. But I didn’t become black yesterday. I’m black and I’m getting the work and I’m doing some good things, but I realize many black actors and actresses are not being given the opportunities. The industry has got to stop thinking in terms of black and white and has to start thinking in terms of who is right, regardless of color, for the role.
• Actors have no color. That’s the art form.
• [on Alice Walker, author of “The Color Purple”, on her efforts to get a role in the film (The Color Purple (1985)) that was made from it] I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything.
• I’m a big old egotistical baby and that’s okay. I can accept it.
• My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don’t believe in man-made religions.
• [while hosting the The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999)] A Bug’s Life (1998). Wasn’t that the Linda Tripp Story?
• [on critics, on the Queen Latifah Show (1999)] You can say whatever you want about me, but talk about my daughter and I’ll beat your ass up.

Caryn Elaine Johnson Important Facts

• $2,000,000 /year (2007)
• $7,000,000
• $7,000,000
• Smoked cigarettes for over forty years, she quit completely in 2015.
• Her mentor was the late Joan Rivers.
• One of her favorite movies is Valley of the Dolls (1967).
• Lived and worked for significant parts of the years 1979, 1980 and 1981 in the former East Germany where she was part of an acting troupe.
• Suffers from dyslexia, a condition that affected her studies and ultimately prompted her to drop out of high school at the age of 17.
• Credits friend Joy Behar with vouching for her team position on the popular TV series The View (1997), a post she commenced on 4 September 2007 replacing Rosie O’Donnell.
• Counts Robert De Niro as a longtime close friend and confidant (‘big brother’).
• Ironically, she used to lie about her age to seem OLDER – by six years, claiming a 1949 birthdate. Such is almost unheard of, since most public figures prefer their ages to be younger in print.
• 30 years after winning the Golden Globe for playing Celie in “The Color Purple,” winner of “Vintage Performance by an Actress in 1985” at the first Vintage Film Awards.
• She and fellow The Lion King (1994) cast member Jeremy Irons were both nominees for the first ever Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator in 2014; Irons won.
• Is left-handed.
• Is one of 22 Oscar-winning actresses to have been born in the state of New York. The others are Alice Brady, Teresa Wright, Anne Revere, Celeste Holm, Claire Trevor, Judy Holliday, Shirley Booth, Susan Hayward, Patty Duke, Anne Bancroft, Barbra Streisand, Jane Fonda, Lee Grant, Beatrice Straight, Mercedes Ruehl, Marisa Tomei, Mira Sorvino, Susan Sarandon, Jennifer Connelly, Melissa Leo and Anne Hathaway.
• As of 2015, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Color Purple (1985), Ghost (1990) and Toy Story 3 (2010).
• Longtime friends with Joan Rivers. She even attended Rivers’ funeral, on September 7, 2014.
• When signing autographs, she only signs her first name Whoopi.
• Close friends with Billy Crystal and Robin Williams.
• Great-granddaughter Charlie Rose was born March 15, 2014.
• Was the 101st actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Ghost (1990) at The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991) on March 25, 1991.
• Is a staunch liberal Democrat.
• Is one of only 14 individuals who are an “EGOT”, meaning that she has received at least one of all of the four major entertainment awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. The other recipients, in chronological order, are Richard Rodgers, Barbra Streisand, Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Scott Rudin and James Earl Jones. However, three of the 14 recipients did receive one non-competitive award: Barbra Streisand won a Special Tony, Liza Minnelli won a Special Grammy, and James Earl Jones won a Special Oscar.
• While working as a waitress at San Diego’s “Big Kitchen” café in 1978, she witnessed PSA flight #182 falling from the sky in flames following a mid-air collision. The sight was so traumatic, that to this day she will not fly on an airplane.
• She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6841 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 20, 2001.
• Is one of two African-American actresses (the other being Viola Davis) to have been nominated for an Academy Award in both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories.
• Owns a cat named Oliver.
• Is an active pro-choice campaigner, having undergone the procedure herself at age 14.
• Grandmother to Amarah Skye (born 1989), Jerzey (born 1995) and Mason (born 1998), via daughter Alex Martin.
• She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village, New York City.
• Is one of 7 African-American actresses to have won an Academy Award. The others, in chronological order, are Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind (1939), Halle Berry for Monster’s Ball (2001), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006), Mo’Nique for Precious (2009), Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011) and Lupita Nyong’o for 12 Years a Slave (2013).
• Has a brother who is seven years older.
• Has performed all her own singing in the Sister Act movies. Her co-stars have claimed that they were surprised at her vocal ability.
• She worked as a dishwasher at a restaurant called “Big Kitchen” at 3003 Grape Street in San Diego, California.
• Is one of only 10 individuals who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award (counting Daytime Emmy Awards).
• Is one of 10 African-American actresses to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination. The others in chronological order are: Dorothy Dandridge, Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson, Diahann Carroll, Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Gabourey Sidibe, Viola Davis and Quvenzhané Wallis.
• Is the first woman to host the Academy Awards on her own. She hosted them in 2002, 1999, 1996 and 1994.
• She was awarded the Annual Kennedy Centre Mark Twain Prize for Comedy.
• Good friends with Patrick Stewart and Marlon Brando.
• Her performance as Oda Mae Brown in Ghost (1990) is ranked #95 on Premiere magazine’s 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
• Is one of only four actresses who won the quadruple crown of acting: The Oscar, Tony, Emmy and Grammy.
• Has done a private stand-up comedy routine entitled “If E.T. landed in Oakland” in front of, among others, Steven Spielberg and Michael Jackson, which eventually won her the lead in The Color Purple (1985), which Spielberg directed.
• Was one of the eulogists at Gene Roddenberry’s funeral in 1991, along with other Star Trek stars Nichelle Nichols and Patrick Stewart.
• Michael J. Fox accompanied her to the 1986 Academy Awards when she was nominated for The Color Purple (1985).
• Has her own production company, One Ho Productions, which backs most of her movies and television projects.
• Was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991.
• When she was only 8, she performed with the Children’s Program, the Hudson Guild and the Rubenstein Children’s Theatre.
• Granddaughter Amarah Skye was born on her 34th birthday.
• Has a tattoo of Woodstock (the bird from the Charles M. Schulz’s “Peanuts” cartoon strip) on her shoulder.
• On the British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992) (episode “Gay”), she played a woman who arranges marriages. In her guest-starring role on The Nanny (1993) (episode “The Pre-Nup”), she played a wedding planner.
• Is part-owner of Mary’s Kitchen, a country store/kitchen in Malibu, California. It is staffed by “New Yorkers” and certain furnishings were imported from New York because Whoopi wanted a touch of home in Malibu.
• Has over four different action figures modeled after her character, Guinan from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and the Star Trek films.
• Biography in: “Who’s Who in Comedy” by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 184-186. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387.
• Was the second African-American woman to win an Academy Award. The first was Hattie McDaniel.
• 1985: Won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical for “Original Broadway Show Recording”.
• 2002: Won a Tony Award as a producer for Best Musical, “Thoroughly Modern Millie”.
• Is an avid Fiesta Ware (china) collector.
• Asked Gene Roddenberry for a role on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) because she was a huge fan. She was given the role of Guinan, the head of the Ten-Forward lounge. Her character was named for legendary entertainer/nightclub owner Texas Guinan.
• Mother of actress and producer Alex Martin.
• She was inspired to become an actress by watching Nichelle Nichols’ portrayal of Nyota Uhura on the original Star Trek (1966) series.
• Dropped out of high school and became addicted to heroin. She ended up marrying her drug counselor. She cleaned up and later divorced him. In 1974, she moved to California and helped found the San Diego Repertory Company, where she used the name, Whoopi Cushion. Before making it as an actress, she worked as a bank teller, a bricklayer and in a mortuary.
• Received an honorary degree from Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
• 1985: Listed as one of 12 Promising New Actors of 1985 in “John Willis’s Screen World”, Vol. 37.
• Once worked in a mortuary where her job was applying makeup to corpses.
• She won a Grammy Award for “Whoopi Goldberg: Direct From Broadway”.
• Travels to locations by bus since she hates flying.
• 2000: Broke up with boyfriend of five years Frank Langella.
• 1994: Became the very first woman to host the Academy Awards solo.
• Discovered by director Mike Nichols.
• Born at 12:48pm-EST.

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