From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Whoopi Goldberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Series | The Whoopi Goldberg Show | Unknown | 2025 |
Series | Celebrity Dish | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | Aqua (voice) | 2025-06-28 |
Series | Rabbit Ears Productions | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk | 2025 | |
Series | Saturday TV Funhouse | Iceberg (voice) | 2025 |
Movie | Ezra | Jayne | 2024-05-31 |
Movie | Atrabilious | Dr. Andrea Hart | 2024-03-12 |
Movie | The Color Purple | Midwife (uncredited) | 2023-12-25 |
Series | JANET JACKSON. | Self | 2022-01-28 |
Movie | Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called | Herself (archive footage) | 2022-04-09 |
Movie | Till | Alma | 2022-10-14 |
Movie | 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda | Self | 2022-11-04 |
Movie | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | 2022-10-09 |
Movie | Luck | Captain (voice) | 2022-08-05 |
Movie | Bill Cosby: Walking Free | 2022-03-04 | |
Movie | Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising | Self | 2022-02-03 |
Movie | Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days | Self - Guest | 2021-04-26 |
Series | The Story of Late Night | Self | 2021-05-02 |
Movie | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | Self | 2021-06-18 |
Movie | The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World | Self - Host | 2021-10-01 |
Movie | JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass | Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-12 |
Series | JFK: Destiny Betrayed | Narrator | 2021-11-22 |
Movie | Siempre, Luis | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-25 |
Movie | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | (archive footage) | 2020-01-02 |
Movie | Miss Americana | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-31 |
Movie | Find Your Groove | Self | 2020-03-24 |
Movie | The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Herself | 2020-10-08 |
Movie | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Whoopi Goldberg (voice) | 2020-10-27 |
Series | The Stand | Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle | 2020-12-17 |
Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Co-host, "The View" | 2020-08-30 |
Movie | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
Movie | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Self | 2020-04-15 |
Movie | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-27 |
Movie | Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... | Self | 2020-12-28 |
Movie | The Most Magnificent Thing | Narrator (voice) | 2019-09-28 |
Movie | Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration! | Self | 2019-11-09 |
Movie | I Am Mother | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2019-06-07 |
Movie | Charley Pride: I'm Just Me | Self | 2019-02-22 |
Movie | The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut | Self - Host | 2018-11-16 |
Movie | Nobody's Fool | Lola | 2018-10-31 |
Movie | Vice | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-12-25 |
Movie | Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | Self | 2018-03-06 |
Movie | Trump @War | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-11 |
Movie | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2018-07-27 |
Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
Movie | Furlough | Moms | 2018-03-16 |
Movie | The Gospel According to André | Self | 2018-03-18 |
Movie | A Very Sordid Wedding | Abernatha Coleman | 2017-03-10 |
Movie | King of the Dancehall | Loretta Brixton | 2017-01-13 |
Movie | The Truth Is in the Stars | Self | 2017-05-01 |
Movie | Descendants 2 | Ursula (voice) (uncredited) | 2017-07-21 |
Movie | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self | 2017-09-11 |
Movie | 9/11 | Metzie | 2017-09-07 |
Movie | The Problem with Apu | Self | 2017-11-19 |
Movie | Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic | Host | 2017-12-18 |
Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Yari | 2017-09-10 |
Movie | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Self | 2016-09-15 |
Movie | Floyd Norman: An Animated Life | Self | 2016-02-05 |
Movie | 50 Years of Star Trek | Self | 2016-08-14 |
Movie | The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank | Self | 2015-04-29 |
Movie | Black Dog, Red Dog | Calliope | 2015-07-23 |
Movie | The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! | Self | 2015-05-05 |
Movie | Misery Loves Comedy | Self | 2015-01-23 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self - Interviewee | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Viola | 2014-04-19 |
Movie | Top Five | Self | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Bernadette Thompson | 2014-08-07 |
Movie | Big Stone Gap | Fleeta Mullins | 2014-10-09 |
Series | The 7D | Magic Mirror (voice) | 2014-07-07 |
Movie | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | Herself | 2013-12-11 |
Movie | Miracle Rising: South Africa | Herself | 2013-02-09 |
Movie | Blackfish | Self | 2013-06-07 |
Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self | 2013-04-23 |
Movie | Moms Mabley | Self | 2013-04-20 |
Movie | Why We Laugh: Funny Women | Self | 2013-03-21 |
Movie | The Contradictions of Fair Hope | Narrator | 2013-01-01 |
Movie | Paul Simon: Under African Skies | Self | 2012-05-11 |
Movie | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Self | 2012-06-28 |
Movie | Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
Movie | The Muppets | Whoopi Goldberg | 2011-11-22 |
Movie | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-21 |
Movie | The Little Engine That Could | The Tower (voice) | 2011-03-22 |
Movie | A Little Bit of Heaven | God | 2011-02-03 |
Movie | Teenage Paparazzo | Self | 2010-01-22 |
Movie | For Colored Girls | Alice / White | 2010-11-05 |
Movie | See You in September | Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited) | 2010-01-01 |
Movie | The Black List: Volume Three | Self | 2010-02-08 |
Movie | Toy Story 3 | Stretch (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
Movie | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | 2009-07-14 | |
Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Whoopi Goldberg | 2009-07-03 |
Series | Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren | Unknown | 2009-01-16 |
Movie | Star Trek: The Captains' Summit | Self | 2009-04-12 |
Series | The Justin Lee Collins Show | Unknown | 2009-03-19 |
Movie | Madea Goes to Jail | Self | 2009-02-16 |
Movie | Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2008-06-03 |
Movie | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Taxi Driver | 2008-12-17 |
Movie | Descendants | Red Flower (voice) | 2008-06-30 |
Movie | Snow Buddies | Miss Mittens (voice) | 2008-02-05 |
Movie | If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Mom | 2007-01-23 |
Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | 2007-05-19 |
Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Helen (voice) | 2007-07-14 |
Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
Movie | The Sophisticated Misfit | Herself | 2007-04-26 |
Movie | Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden | Self | 2007-03-29 |
Movie | Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic | Self | 2007-03-13 |
Movie | The N Word | Herself | 2006-01-16 |
Movie | Doogal | Ermintrude (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
Movie | Homie Spumoni | Thelma | 2006-09-08 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Everyone's Hero | Darlin' (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
Series | So NoTORIous | Unknown | 2006-04-02 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Movie | Racing Stripes | Franny (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
Series | Hell's Kitchen | Unknown | 2005-05-30 |
Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Self | 2005-05-08 |
Movie | The Aristocrats | Self | 2005-07-29 |
Series | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Unknown | 2005-08-03 |
Series | Everybody Hates Chris | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
Movie | Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway | Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady | 2005-04-09 |
Movie | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
Movie | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Whoopi Goldberg | 2004-08-27 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
Movie | The World of Nat King Cole | Self | 2004-06-15 |
Movie | Pinocchio 3000 | Cyberina (voice) | 2004-05-14 |
Series | Whoopi's Littleburg | 2004-01-18 | |
Movie | The Lion King 1½ | Shenzi (voice) | 2004-02-06 |
Movie | Good Fences | Mabel Spader | 2003-01-22 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Self | 2003-01-01 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Blizzard | Blizzard (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
Movie | New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions | Voice | 2003-07-01 |
Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-10 |
Series | Whoopi | Mavis Rae | 2003-09-09 |
Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Whoopi Goldberg | 2003-03-11 |
Movie | Declaration of Independence | Self | 2003-06-10 |
Series | Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy | 2002-08-13 | |
Movie | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Daniel's 'Boss' | 2002-11-29 |
Movie | Star Trek: Nemesis | Guinan (uncredited) | 2002-12-13 |
Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
Movie | Madeline: My Fair Madeline | Miss Clavel (voice) | 2002-11-11 |
Series | Liberty's Kids | 2002-09-02 | |
Movie | What Makes a Family | Terry Harrison | 2001-01-22 |
Movie | Monkeybone | Death | 2001-02-23 |
Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
Movie | Call Me Claus | Lucy Cullins | 2001-12-03 |
Movie | The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' | Self - Hostess | 2001-12-06 |
Movie | The Hollywood Sign | Woman at Funeral (uncredited) | 2001-09-28 |
Movie | Rat Race | Vera Baker | 2001-08-17 |
Movie | Ghost: Remembering the Magic | Self | 2001-04-24 |
Movie | Rescued from the Closet | Self | 2001-05-29 |
Movie | Kingdom Come | Raynelle Slocumb | 2001-04-11 |
Movie | Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation | Self | 2000-11-08 |
Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Judge Cameo (uncredited) | 2000-06-30 |
Series | Strong Medicine | Unknown | 2000-07-23 |
Movie | More Dogs Than Bones | Cléo | 2000-07-14 |
Movie | Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | Self - Host / Narrator | 2000-09-12 |
Movie | Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years | 1999-01-01 | |
Movie | Girl, Interrupted | Valerie Owens | 1999-12-21 |
Series | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | The Grand Banshee | 1999-11-07 |
Movie | Get Bruce! | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Jackie's Back! | Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister) | 1999-06-14 |
Series | Foxbusters | Ransome (voice) | 1999-09-09 |
Movie | Alegría: An Enchanting Fable | Baby Clown | 1999-01-10 |
Movie | The Deep End of the Ocean | Candy Bliss | 1999-03-12 |
Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire Cat | 1999-02-28 |
Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mrs. Peck (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
Movie | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Whoopi Goldberg | 1998-02-20 |
Movie | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Stormella (voice) | 1998-10-16 |
Movie | A Knight in Camelot | Dr. Vivien Morgan | 1998-11-08 |
Movie | The Rugrats Movie | Ranger Margaret (voice) | 1998-11-20 |
Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Delilah Abraham | 1998-08-14 |
Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Herself | 1998-07-17 |
Series | Celebrity Deathmatch | Unknown | 1998-05-14 |
Movie | Titey | The Iceberg (voice) | 1998-05-15 |
Movie | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
Movie | In the Gloaming | Nurse Myrna | 1997-04-20 |
Movie | Cinderella | Queen Constantina | 1997-11-02 |
Movie | A Christmas Carol | Spirit of Christmas Present (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
Movie | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special | Mother Gooseberg (voice) | 1997-10-12 |
Movie | In & Out | Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited) | 1997-09-10 |
Movie | Destination Anywhere | Cabbie | 1997-06-16 |
Series | The View | Self - Co-Host | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Pitch | Herself | 1997-09-04 |
Movie | The Celluloid Closet | Self | 1996-01-30 |
Series | Muppets Tonight | Unknown | 1996-03-08 |
Movie | The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self (archive footage) | 1996-03-17 |
Movie | Bordello of Blood | Hospital Patient (uncredited) | 1996-08-16 |
Movie | Bogus | Harriet Franklin | 1996-09-06 |
Movie | The Associate | Laurel Ayres | 1996-10-25 |
Movie | Ghosts of Mississippi | Myrlie Evers | 1996-12-20 |
Movie | Eddie | Eddie Franklin | 1996-05-31 |
Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Nurse (uncredited) | 1996-08-08 |
Movie | The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge | Self - Hostess | 1995-12-05 |
Movie | Theodore Rex | Katie Coltrane | 1995-12-14 |
Movie | Boys on the Side | Jane Deluca | 1995-02-03 |
Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
Series | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Unknown | 1995-03-12 |
Movie | Moonlight and Valentino | Sylvie Morrow | 1995-09-29 |
Movie | But... Seriously | Self (archive footage) | 1994-03-25 |
Movie | Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
Movie | Liberation | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | The Pagemaster | Fantasy (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
Movie | The Making of 'The Pagemaster' | Self (archive footage) | 1994-12-01 |
Movie | Corrina, Corrina | Corrina Washington | 1994-08-12 |
Movie | Star Trek: Generations | Guinan (uncredited) | 1994-11-18 |
Movie | The Lion King | Shenzi (voice) | 1994-06-24 |
Series | The Magic School Bus | 1994-09-10 | |
Movie | The Little Rascals | Buckwheat's Mom | 1994-08-05 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Made in America | Sarah Mathews | 1993-01-06 |
Movie | Aretha Franklin: Duets | Self | 1993-05-09 |
Movie | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Deloris Van Cartier | 1993-12-09 |
Movie | Naked in New York | Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall | 1993-11-10 |
Series | The Nanny | Unknown | 1993-11-03 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Billy York (uncredited) | 1993-02-04 |
Movie | Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence | 1992-05-28 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Sarafina! | Mary Masembuko | 1992-09-18 |
Movie | The Player | Detective Avery | 1992-04-03 |
Movie | House Party 2 | Professor (uncredited) | 1991-10-23 |
Movie | Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1991-09-28 |
Movie | Soapdish | Rose Schwartz | 1991-05-31 |
Movie | The Long Walk Home | Odessa Cotter | 1990-12-21 |
Series | Bagdad Cafe | 1990-03-30 | |
Movie | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | 1990-07-13 |
Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | 1990-09-15 | |
Movie | Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Self (uncredited) | 1990-12-01 |
Movie | Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | 1990-02-28 |
Movie | Kiss Shot | Sarah Collins | 1989-04-11 |
Movie | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly | Herself | 1989-09-10 |
Movie | Homer and Eddie | Eddie Cervi | 1989-08-17 |
Movie | Hanna-Barbera's 50th | Self | 1989-07-17 |
Movie | Beverly Hills Brats | Self | 1989-10-06 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
Movie | The Telephone | Vashti Blue | 1988-01-22 |
Movie | Clara's Heart | Clara Mayfield | 1988-10-07 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | Self | 1988-12-21 |
Series | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Unknown | 1988-09-23 |
Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
Movie | Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight? | Fontaine | 1988-08-06 |
Movie | Free to Be... a Family | Self | 1988-12-14 |
Movie | Citizen Steve | Self - Actress | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite | Self | 1987-01-23 |
Movie | Fatal Beauty | Rita Rizzoli | 1987-10-30 |
Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Guinan | 1987-09-28 |
Series | Showtime at the Apollo | 1987-09-12 | |
Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
Movie | Burglar | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | 1987-03-20 |
Series | Pee-wee's Playhouse | Unknown | 1986-09-13 |
Movie | The Making of Captain EO | Host | 1986-09-12 |
Movie | Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show | 1986-05-24 | |
Movie | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Terry Dolittle | 1986-04-23 |
Movie | The Color Purple | Celie Harris Johnson | 1985-12-18 |
Series | Television Parts | Unknown | 1985-03-07 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
Movie | Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway | Self | 1985-07-20 |
Series | Moonlighting | Unknown | 1985-03-03 |
Series | Muppet Babies | Unknown | 1984-11-05 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Series | Hollywood Squares | Unknown | 1966-10-17 |
Series | The Oscars | Whoopi Goldberg | 1953-03-19 |