Oprah Winfrey - Biography

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

Filmography

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2007 Bee Movie of Steve Hickner Simon J. Smith
2006 Charlotte's Web of Gary Winick
199 Our Friend, Martin of Rob Smiley Vincenzo Trippetti
1998 Beloved of Jonathan Demme
1997 Before Women Had Wings of Lloyd Kramer
1993 There Are No Children Here of Anita W. Addison
1990 Brewster Place
1989 The Women of Brewster Place of Donna Deitch
1986 Native Son of Jerrold Freedman
1985 The Color Purple of Steven Spielberg