Whoopi Goldberg Net Worth

Whoopi Goldberg's Quotes

• [on critics, on the Queen Latifah Show (1999)] You can say whatever you want about me, but talk about my daughter and I'll beat your ass up.
• [while hosting the The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999)] A Bug's Life (1998). Wasn't that the Linda Tripp Story?
• My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.
• I'm a big old egotistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it.
• [on Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple", on her efforts to get a role in the film (The Color Purple (1985)) that was made from it] I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything.

Interesting Facts about Whoopi Goldberg

1. 1994: Became the very first woman to host the Academy Awards solo.
2. 2000: Broke up with boyfriend of five years Frank Langella.
3. Travels to locations by bus since she hates flying.
4. She won a Grammy Award for "Whoopi Goldberg: Direct From Broadway".
5. Once worked in a mortuary where her job was applying makeup to corpses.
6. 1985: Listed as one of 12 Promising New Actors of 1985 in "John Willis's Screen World", Vol. 37.
7. Received an honorary degree from Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
8. 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.
9. She was inspired to become an actress by watching Nichelle Nichols' portrayal of Nyota Uhura on the original Star Trek (1966) series.
10. Mother of actress and producer Alex Martin. Grandmother of Amarah Skye (born 1989), Jerzey (born 1995) and Mason (born 1998), via daughter Alex Martin. Great-granddaughter Charlie Rose was born March 15, 2014. Sister of the late Clyde Johnson (died May 11, 2015).
11. Asked Gene Roddenberry for a role on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) because she was a huge fan. She was given the role of Guinan, the head of the Ten-Forward lounge. Her character was named for legendary entertainer/nightclub owner Texas Guinan.
12. Is an avid Fiesta Ware (china) collector.
13. 2002: Won a Tony Award as a producer for Best Musical, "Thoroughly Modern Millie".
14. 1985: Won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical for "Original Broadway Show Recording".
15. Was the second African-American woman to receive an Academy Award. The first was Hattie McDaniel.
16. Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 184-186. New York: Facts on File (1992). ISBN 0816023387.
17. More than four different action figures have been modeled after her character, Guinan from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and the Star Trek films.
18. Is part-owner of Mary's Kitchen, a country store/kitchen in Malibu, California. It is staffed by "New Yorkers" and certain furnishings were imported from New York because Whoopi wanted a touch of home in Malibu.
19. On the British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992) (episode "Gay"), she played a woman who arranges marriages. In her guest-starring role on The Nanny (1993) (episode "The Pre-Nup"), she played a wedding planner.
20. Has a tattoo of Woodstock (the bird from Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" cartoon strip) on her shoulder.