The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Whoopi Goldberg

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Whoopi Goldberg

10/5/2016

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2016.051

Actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg (1955 - ) was the first African American to receive all four Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and Oscar awards. Goldberg was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 10/5/2016, in New York, New York. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 2; Total Run Time: 01h 24m 40s

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Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-

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Actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson on November 13, 1955 in Manhattan, New York to Emma Harris Johnson and Robert James Johnson. Goldberg's mother raised her as a single parent in the Chelsea-Eliot Houses public housing project. Goldberg attended St. Columba Catholic School in Chelsea, New York and Washington Irving High School.Goldberg studied with theater teacher Uta Hagen at HB Studio in New York City during the 1970s before moving to Berkeley, California, where...