Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, and talk show host. Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple (1985) playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe Award for her role in the film. In 1990, she starred as Oda Mae Brown, a psychic helping a slain man (Patrick Swayze) find his killer in the blockbuster film Ghost. This performance won her a second Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Notable later films include Sister Act and Sister Act 2, The Lion King, Made in America, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Girl, Interrupted and Rat Race. She is also acclaimed for her roles as the bartender Guinan in Star Trek: The Next Generation and as Terry Dolittle in Jumpin' Jack Flash. Her latest role is the voice of Stretch in Toy Story 3. Goldberg has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for her work in television. She was co-producer of the popular game show Hollywood Squares from 1998 to 2004. She has been the moderator of the daytime talk show The View since 2007. Goldberg has a Grammy, two Emmys, two Golden Globes, a Tony, and an Oscar. In addition, Goldberg has a British Academy Film Award, four People's Choice Awards and has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.

Cast

Star Trek: Generations

Guinan (uncredited)

Star Trek: Nemesis

Guinan (uncredited)

The Color Purple

Stretch (voice)

Girl, Interrupted

Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence

Harriet Franklin

Detective Avery

Corrina, Corrina

Corrina Washington

The Little Rascals

Buckwheat's Mom

Jumpin' Jack Flash

The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World

The Lion King 1½

Naked in New York

Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Deloris Van Cartier

Alice in Wonderland

The Deep End of the Ocean

Ghosts of Mississippi

A Knight in Camelot

Dr. Vivien Morgan

Ermintrude (voice)

Made in America

Star Trek: The Captain's Summit

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Delilah Abraham

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

Stormella (voice)

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

Boys on the Side

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

Billy York (uncredited)

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Daniel's 'Boss'

Comic Relief 2006

I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story

Self (archive footage)

Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)

The Rugrats Movie

Ranger Margaret (voice)

Captain (voice)

Queen Constantina

Red Flower (voice)

Fantasy (voice)

Everyone's Hero

Darlin' (voice)

The Aristocrats

Whoopi Goldberg

In the Gloaming

Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

Professor (uncredited)

A Little Bit of Heaven

For Colored Girls

Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr

A Christmas Carol

Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)

The Iceberg (voice)

Homer and Eddie

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

Moonlight and Valentino

Ghost: Remembering the Magic

Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic

If I Had Known I Was a Genius

Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years

The Long Walk Home

Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years

The Little Engine That Could

The Tower (voice)

Teenage Paparazzo

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Narrator (voice)

Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway

Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady

Aretha Franklin: Duets

Madeline: My Fair Madeline

Miss Clavel (voice)

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

Self (archive footage)

The Making of Captain EO

What Makes a Family

Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

Self - Host / Narrator

Stagecoach Mary

Free to Be... a Family

Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not

Cyberina (voice)

Barry Humphries at the BBC

Self (archive material)

Journey to the Stars

Narrator (voice)

Bill Cosby: Walking Free

Self (archive footage)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

Destination Anywhere

The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge

Bordello of Blood

Hospital Patient (uncredited)

My Father's Dragon

Why We Laugh: Funny Women

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Dr. Andrea Hart

Miracle Rising: South Africa

Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale

Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly

The Contradictions of Fair Hope

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Celebrity Guide to Wine

Comic Relief III

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Sports on the Silver Screen

Self (archive footage)

Uta Hagen's Acting Class

Katy Perry: Part of Me

But... Seriously

Self (archive footage)

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Miss Mittens (voice)

Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20

Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo

Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin

The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!

The Color Purple

Midwife (uncredited)

Our Friend, Martin

Mrs. Peck (voice)

Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins

Self - Narrator (voice)

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Misery Loves Comedy

Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later

Defenders of Dynatron City

Ms. Megawatt (voice)

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Self (archive footage)

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

The Celluloid Closet

The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

Ursula (voice) (uncredited)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Bernadette Thompson

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

Mother Gooseberg (voice)

Night of 100 Stars II

Hanna-Barbera's 50th

Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Raynelle Slocumb

Declaration of Independence

Butterfly in the Sky

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

Flower of the Dawn

Storyteller (voice)

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

(archive footage)

New York Street Games

50 Years of Star Trek

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life

Black Dog, Red Dog

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

The Sunshine Boys

Nurse (uncredited)

X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer

Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

Judge Cameo (uncredited)

The Sophisticated Misfit

More Dogs Than Bones

The Black List: Volume Three

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Whoopi Goldberg

Beverly Hills Brats

Califia, the Queen of California

Pauly Shore Is Dead

Whoopi Goldberg

Madea Goes to Jail

The Truth Is in the Stars

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Whoopi Goldberg

Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show

Jackie Chan: My Story

Self (uncredited)

Whoopi Goldberg

The Hollywood Sign

Woman at Funeral (uncredited)

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

Whoopi Goldberg

See You in September

Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)

Alegría: An Enchanting Fable

Farce of the Penguins

Whoopi Goldberg

King of the Dancehall

Loretta Brixton

New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

A Very Sordid Wedding

Abernatha Coleman

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Self (archive footage)

Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic

The Problem with Apu

The Gospel According to André

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Narrator (voice)

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

The World of Nat King Cole

Self (archive footage)

Charley Pride: I'm Just Me

The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut

Blizzard (voice)

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

Self (archive footage)

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

The Most Magnificent Thing

Narrator (voice)

A Cool Like That Christmas

Mom / Irwin (voice)

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

My Darling Vivian

Self (archive footage)

Feeding America Comedy Festival

Find Your Groove

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Self (uncredited)

The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Self - Co-host, "The View"

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'

Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

Whoopi Goldberg (voice)

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

Searching for Debra Winger

Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds

Guinan (archive footage)

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

Whoopi Goldberg

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

Paul Simon: Under African Skies

The Making of 'The Pagemaster'

Self (archive footage)

Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk

Rescued from the Closet

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

(archive footage)

Comic Relief '90

Making Rat Race

Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts

Narrator (voice)

The Best of Comic Relief

Like Tears in Rain

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

The Mother / The Ancient Booer

Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut

Sisters in Italy

Gayle Morgenstern

Bonnie Raitt Has Something To Talk About

Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica

Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest

The Voice (voice)

ASALI: Power of the Pollinators

Creating Ragtime

Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

Self(segment "Monster in the Mirror")

Crew

Executive Producer

Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway

Butterfly in the Sky

Executive Producer

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

Director, Executive Producer, Producer

Ruby's Bucket of Blood

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Caught in His Web

Executive Producer

A New Orleans Noel

Executive Producer

Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway

What Makes a Family

Executive Producer

The Piano Man's Daughter

Executive Producer

Jackie Chan: My Story

Executive Producer