Whoopi Goldberg Bio, Age, Career, Education, Net Worth,
Whoopi Goldberg Biography
Whoopi Goldberg is also known as Caryn Elaine Johnson is an American actress, author, comedian, and television personality. She is among the sixteen entertainers who won an Emmy award, a Grammy award, an Academy Award, and a Tony award
Whoopi Goldberg Age/ Birthday
How old is Whoopi? Goldberg is 65 years old as of 2021. She was born on November 13, 1955, in the Chelsea section of Manhattan. She does celebrate her birthday on 13 November every year.
Whoopi Goldberg Height/ Measurement
She stands at an average height of 5 feet 5 inches(
(approximately 1.65 m) tall.
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Whoopi Goldberg Education
She attended St Columba’s Catho; ic school during her childhood stage. Later, she went to study at Washington Irving High school but she dropped out at the age of 17. This was because of her poor performance resulting from dyslexia.
She attended acting lessons from Uta Hagen at the HB Studio in New York City and she happened to attend the New York University’s Tisch School of arts.
Whoopi Goldberg Parents/ Siblings
She is the daughter of Robert James Johson who was a clergyman. Her mother Emma Johnson was a nurse and a teacher. She had a brother Clyde Goldberg who passes away in 2015.
Whoopi Goldberg Husband/ Children
She got married to Alvin Martin in 1973. Their marriage never took long and they divorced in 1979.
She went ahead and get married for the second time to cinematographer David Claessen in 1986 but later divorced in 1988.
Whoopi never gave up on marriage life until she got into another relationship with Union organizer Lyle Trachtenberg in 1994 and they two went ahead to divorce in 1995.
After the 3 times divorces, Whoopi said that she will never get married again since she was never meant to be with a husband.
She gave birth to a daughter, Alexandrea Martin in 1973. Her daughter also became an actress and a film producer.
She has three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter through her daughter Alexandrea
Whoopi Goldberg Career
Whoopi’s film breakthrough came in 1985 when she played a role as Celie, a mistreated woman in the Deep South, in Steven Spielberg’s period drama film The Color Purple. The film enables her to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a motion picture.
Her performance in the romantic fantasy film Ghost in 1990 as an eccentric psychic enable her to win the Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actress and also Golden Globe.
She became the highest-paid actress when she starred in the comedy sister act in 1992 and its sequel.
Golberg, a theatre performer, and producer has performed in Broadway productions, including a one-woman show that produced a comedy album which enabled her to win a Grammy award,
She starred as pseudolus in the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical comedy A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the forum in 1996.
Whoopi also starred as Ma Rainey in August Wilson’s historical drama Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom in 2003.
She was able to win a Tony award as a producer of the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. Whoopi also portrays Guinan on Star Trek; The Next Generation in television series.
Whoopi has co-hosted the daytime talk show The View since 2007. This enables her to win a Daytime Emmy Award. She has also hosted various Academy Award ceremonies
Whoopi Goldberg salary
She earns an annual salary that can be estimated to be in the $5 million- &6 million. Her hardworking nature in the field of acting and film production is the reason beyond her large amount of salary
Whoopi Goldberg Net worth
She has a net worth that ranges $45 million that comes as a result of acting and film production.
