Whoopi Goldberg was born in the Chelsea section of Manhattan in 1955 as Caryn Elaine Johnson. She worked in a funeral parlor and as a bricklayer while taking small parts on Broadway. She moved to California and worked with improv groups, including Spontaneous Combustion, and developed her skills as a stand-up comedienne...See full bio »
[at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards, when she was very pleased to see Bob Barker won the award for
Happy Gilmore]: Any Motion Picture Award program would give a big hand to Bob Barker. I have to come to; because that's very big, and Bob told me he was surprised at what happened. See, you never know, you never know!
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Trivia:
Has over 4 different action figures modeled after her character, Guinan, from the "Star Trek" series and the films.
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