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Oprah Gail Winfrey (/ ˈ oʊ p r ə /; born Orpah Gail Winfrey; [a] January 29, 1954), also known mononymously as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor.
The company's origins can trace back to 1985 when Oprah appeared in The Color Purple.Winfrey founded her own company in 1986. Oprah Winfrey got her roots in 1988 when Harpo Productions had to acquire her eponymous talk show from ABC O&O WLS-TV in Chicago, and automatically renewed its deal with King World Productions, who held minority interest, which was set to expire in 1991.
The Oprah Winfrey Show [a] is an American first-run syndicated talk show that was hosted by Oprah Winfrey. The show ran for twenty-five seasons from September 8, 1986, to May 25, 2011, in which it broadcast 4,561 episodes. The show was taped in Chicago and produced by Winfrey.
For almost 40 years, Oprah Winfrey has had a massive impact on entertainment and wider culture, helping to shape opinions about race, sexuality, sexual abuse and many other social issues. Whether ...
Beloved is a 1998 American gothic psychological horror drama film [2] directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, and Thandiwe Newton.Based on Toni Morrison's 1987 novel of the same name, the plot centers on a formerly enslaved woman after the American Civil War, her haunting by a poltergeist, and the visitation of her reincarnated daughter.
Katherine Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American journalist and author of best-selling unauthorized biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British royal family, the Bush family, and Oprah Winfrey. For the Sinatra biography, Kelley won praise for the quality of her research and ...
Through the years, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah's Angel Network (1998–2010), [1] [2] the Oprah Winfrey Foundation (established in 1987), [3] [4] and the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation (established in 2010) [5] have donated hours and dollars to numerous non-profit organizations operating in the United States, South Africa, and other countries.
An oil painting of Oprah Winfrey by Shawn Michael Warren was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., in 2023. [1] [2] [3]The painting depicts a smiling Winfrey in a voluminous purple taffeta dress by Christian Siriano, its color referring to her first film role in Steven Spielberg's 1985 version of The Color Purple. [1]