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Whoopi Goldberg birth
Born -November 13, 1955
Where - NEW YOURK CITY
- Manhattan -
Period: to
Whoopi Goldberg
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drop out
dropped out of high school at age 17
- did not know she had Dyslexia
but she went back to school and went to collage twice
-Wilson Collage IN CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
- Honorary degree
NEW York UNIVERSITY
-PH.D in literature -
first spouse
1973-1979ALVIN MARTIN (was her drug counselor) -
its a Girl Whoopi
- One child
- ALEXANDREA MARTIN
- One child
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MOMS MABLEY
- A ONE WOMAN SHOW
- 1985
- the start of her career
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second spouse
1986-1988-DAVID CLAESSEN -
color purple
Stared in the movie color purple, this movie launched her to a highly visible acting career -
acedemy awards
Won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award. She was the second black woman in the history of the Academy Awards to win an acting Oscar.
1993
Won
American Comedy Award Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
Sister Act (1992) -
academy award
1994 – Hosted the Academy awards
first women to host the acedemy awards -
third spouse
1994-1995- LYLE TRANCHTENBERG -
academy awards
1996 she had hosted the ACADEMY AWARDS -
acedemy awards
1999- Hosted the Academy awards -
the star
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6841 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 20, 2001.