- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (2 video files (1 hr., 24 min., 40 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Actress Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson on November 12, 1955 in Manhattan, New York. She dropped out of high school to study with theatre practitioner Uta Hagen at HB Studio and performed with experimental theatre groups in Berkeley, California where she developed her first major comedic work, a one-woman series of character monologues called The Spook Show. Renamed Whoopi Goldberg, the show caught the eye of Steven Spielberg during its Broadway run, landing Goldberg the lead role in The Color Purple. Goldberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and appeared in countless films, television series, and stage performances, becoming one of twelve individuals who have won Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and Oscar awards. A lifelong Star Trek fan, Goldberg had a recurring role on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Goldberg is a bestselling author and produced television and stage projects. She also works as a moderator on the tv talk show The View.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Whoopi Goldberg
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 997172183
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Whoopi Goldberg.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
012440
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2016 October 5.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Film Actress.
- Added Author
Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.