Filmography:
>> You'll Never Wiez in This Town Again (2002) .... Herself
>> Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) .... Guinan
>> Golden Dreams (2001) .... Calafia, the Queen of California (Narrator)
>> Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas', The (2001) (TV) .... Hosted
by
>> Call Me Claus (2001) (TV) .... Lucy Cullins
>> I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001) (TV) .... Cohost
>> America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001) (TV) .... Herself
>> Brooke Shields: Celebrity Profile (2001) (TV) (archive footage)
.... Herself
>> Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001) (TV)
.... Host
>> Rat Race (2001) .... Vera Baker
>> Monkeybone (2001) .... Death
>> Kingdom Come (2001/I) .... Raynelle Slocumb
>> What Makes a Family (2001) (TV) .... Terry Harrison
>> Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years (2000) (TV) .... Host
>> Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (2000) .... Host/Narrator
>> Second Chance at Life, A (2000) .... Narrator
>> Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens, a Life in Animation (2000)
(V) .... Herself
>> "Strong Medicine" (2000) TV Series .... Dr. Lydia Emerson
>> More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
>> Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, The (2000) (uncredited) ....
Judge Cameo
>> AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV)
.... Herself
>> 71st Annual Academy Awards, The (1999) (TV) .... Host
>> AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars (1999) (TV) .... Herself
>> Our Friend, Martin (1999) (V) (voice) .... Mrs. Peck
>> Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (1999) (VG) (archive footage)
.... Guinan
>> Girl, Interrupted (1999) .... Valerie Owens R.N.
>> "Magical Legend of the Leprechauns, The" (1999) (mini) TV Series
.... The Grand Banshee
>> "Foxbusters" (1999) TV Series (voice)
>> Jackie's Back! (1999) (TV) .... Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens
(Jackie's Sister)
>> Deep End of the Ocean, The (1999) .... Candy Bliss
>> Alice in Wonderland (1999) (TV) .... Cheshire Cat
>> Get Bruce (1999) .... Herself
>> AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) (TV) .... Herself
>> Alegrķa (1998) .... Baby Clown
>> Rugrats Movie, The (1998) (voice) .... Ranger Margaret
>> Jackie Chan: My Story (1998) (V) .... Herself
>> Knight in Camelot, A (1998) (TV) .... Vivien Morgan
>> Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998) (V) (voice) ....
Stormella, The Evil Ice Queen
>> "Hollywood Squares" (1998) TV Series .... Hostess/Herself
>> How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) .... Delilah
>> Christmas Carol, A (1997) (voice) .... Spirit of Christmas Present
>> Michael Jackson: History on Film - Volume II (1997) (V) .... Herself
(Liberian Girl video)
>> Cinderella (1997) (TV) .... Queen Constantina
>> Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, An (1997) .... Herself
>> In & Out (1997) (uncredited) .... Herself
>> Destination Anywhere (1997) (V) .... Cabbie
>> In the Gloaming (1997) (TV) .... Nurse Myrna
>> Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) .... Myrlie Evers
>> Associate, The (1996) .... Laurel Ayres
>> Bogus (1996) .... Harriet Franklin
>> Bordello of Blood (1996) (uncredited) .... Hospital Patient
>> Eddie (1996) .... Edwina 'Eddie' Franklin
>> 68th Annual Academy Awards, The (1996) (TV) .... Host
>> "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" (1995) TV Series
(voice) .... Mother Goose
>> Salute to Steven Spielberg, A (1995) (TV) .... Herself
>> Sunshine Boys, The (1995) (TV) (uncredited) .... Nurse
>> Theodore Rex (1995) .... Katie Coltrane
>> Moonlight and Valentino (1995) .... Sylvie Morrow
>> Celluloid Closet, The (1995) .... Interviewee
>> Boys on the Side (1995) .... Jane Deluca
>> Corrina, Corrina (1994) .... Corrina Washington
>> Liberation (1994/I) (voice) .... Narrator
>> Naked in New York (1994) .... Face on the Theater Wall
>> Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge (1994) (V) .... Host
>> Little Rascals, The (1994) .... Buckwheat's Mom
>> Pagemaster, The (1994) (voice) .... Fantasy
>> Star Trek: Generations (1994) (uncredited) .... Guinan
>> Lion King, The (1994) (voice) .... Shenzi the Hyena
>> 66th Annual Academy Awards, The (1994) (TV) .... EmCee
>> Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (1993) (TV) (archive footage)
.... Herself
>> Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) .... Deloris Van Cartier/Sister
Mary Clarence
>> Made in America (1993) .... Sarah Mathews
>> Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) .... Billy York
>> "Whoopi Goldberg Show, The" (1992) TV Series .... Hostess
>> Comic Relief V (1992) (TV) .... Herself
>> Magical World of Chuck Jones, The (1992) .... Herself (interviewee)
>> Oscar's Greatest Moments: 1971 to 1991 (1992) (V) .... Herself
>> Sarafina! (1992) .... Mary Masembuko
>> Sister Act (1992) .... Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence
>> Player, The (1992) .... Detective Susan Avery
>> 64th Annual Academy Awards, The (1992) (TV) (uncredited) .... Presenter
- Best Supporting Actor
>> Comic Relief (1991) (TV) .... Herself
>> Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special (1991) (TV) .... Herself
>> Wisecracks (1991) .... Herself
>> House Party 2 (1991) (uncredited)
>> Soapdish (1991) .... Rose 'Rosie' Schwartz
>> 63rd Annual Academy Awards, The (1991) (TV) (uncredited) .... Presenter
- Best Sound Effects Editing
>> "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" (1990) TV Series (voice) ....
Gaia
>> Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990) (TV) .... Herself
>> Tales from the Whoop: Hot Rod Brown Class Clown (1990) (TV)
>> Motown 30: What's Goin' On! (1990) (TV)
>> Circus of the Stars #15 (1990) (TV) .... Ringmaster
>> Long Walk Home, The (1990) .... Odessa Cotter
>> Ghost (1990) .... Oda Mae Brown, Spiritualist
>> "Bagdad Cafe" (1990) TV Series .... Brenda
>> Beverly Hills Brats (1989) .... Cameo appearance
>> Comic Relief III (1989) (TV) .... Whoopi Goldberg
>> Comicitis (1989)
>> Trouble with Teachers, The (1989) (TV) .... Herself
>> Homer & Eddie (1989) .... Eddie Cervi
>> Kiss Shot (1989) (TV) .... Sarah Collins
>> Christmas Special (1988) (TV) .... Herself
>> Clara's Heart (1988) .... Clara Mayfield
>> Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (1988) (TV) .... Herself
>> Telephone, The (1988) .... Vashti Blue
>> "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) TV Series .... Guinan (1988-1993)
>> Fatal Beauty (1987) .... Rita Rizzoli
>> Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987) (TV)
>> Burglar (1987) .... Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
>> Comic Relief (1986/I) (TV) .... Herself
>> Salute to Billy Wilder, A (1986) (TV) .... Herself
>> Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) .... Teresa 'Terry' Dolittle
>> Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce (1985) .... Herself
>> Color Purple, The (1985) .... Celie
>> Citizen (1982)
Trivia :
>> (2000) Broke up with boyfriend of five years Frank Langella.
Discovered by director Mike Nichols. Became the very first woman to
host the Academy Awards when she did so in 1994. Dated Ted Danson.
Born at 12:48pm-EST Daughter: Alexandrea; Granddaughters: Amarah and
Jerzey. Travels to locations by bus, as she hates to fly. She appeared
in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That
Care." She won a Grammy for "Whoopi Goldberg: Direct From Broadway"
Once worked in a mortuary where her job was applying makeup to corpses.
>> Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1985" in
John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 37. Earned a Ph.D from New York University
in literature. Was nicknamed Whoopi (as in "whoopi-cushion") because
of being overly flatulent. She added the name Goldberg, taken from
the Jewish side of her family. Holds an honorary degree from Wilson
College in Chambersburg, Pa. Whoopi 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. She was inspired to become an actress
by watching 'Uhura' on "Star Trek" (the original series). Left-handed.
Is dyslexic. Mother of actress Alex Martin (I)
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