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Oprah Winfrey
Birth name :Oprah Gail Winfrey American
Journalist and Actor
Date of birth: January
29, 1954
Place of birth: Mississippi
Height : 5' 7" (
1971 Oprah Winfrey
was hired by WVOL radio in Nashville
1976 Oprah moved
to Baltimore to join WJZ-TV news as a co-anchor
1978 She became
co-host of WJZ-TV's "People Are Talking," while continuing to serve
as anchor and news reporter.
1984 Winfrey came
to Chicago to host WLS-TV's "AM Chicago"
1985 She acted in
the film color Purple of Steven Spielberg, playing the role of Sofia
1986 She presented
her show "The Oprah Winfrey Show" became the number one talk show in
national syndication in less than a year.
1991 She initiated
a campaign to establish a national database of convicted child abusers, and
testified before a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on behalf of a National
Child Protection Act. President Clinton signed the "Oprah Bill" into
law in 1993, establishing the national database she had sought, which is now
available to law enforcement agencies and concerned parties across the country.
2005 As a native of Mississippi, Oprah helps people that lost their homes because of Kathrina Hurricane
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