Oprah Winfrey -- dubbed "The Most Powerful Person in Show Business" by Entertainment Weekly magazine -- was born January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Miss., persevering through a harsh childhood to graduate from Tennessee State University.In the 1970s, Winfrey landed a job as a news anchor and talk show co-host in Baltimore, Md. She later became the first woman in history to own and star in her own phenomenally successful talk show.
Winfrey's rising popularity caught the eye of Steven Spielberg, who cast her as Miss Sofie in his adaptation of The Color Purple (1985), for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. Her later acting roles have included Native Son and Beloved (a film she also produced) and the television movies "The Women of Brewster Place" and "There Are No Children Here."
AddBelovedTV icon Oprah Winfrey stars as a former slave who suffers mightily to protect her family in this mystical adaptation of Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning book about slavery's lasting effects on a black family in 1873 Ohio. Jonathan Demme directed this moving drama, which costars Danny Glover,... Read More
Add AllOprah Winfrey Show: 20th AnniversaryRelive 20 unforgettable years with America's favorite talk-show host, the beloved and enduring Oprah Winfrey. This six-disc anniversary collection compiles the most touching, surprising and entertaining moments of Oprah's long-running show -- including interviews with the top stars of the last two... Read More
AddThe Women of Brewster PlaceBooted out of her parents' house after refusing to identify her unborn baby's father, Mattie Michael (Oprah Winfrey) moves to a tumbledown housing project on Brewster Place, where she meets a group of strong-minded women facing similar woes. During the course of three decades, the ladies do battle... Read More
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