Meet Whoopi Goldberg's 2 Granddaughters: All About Amarah and Jerzey Dean
Before all of that, though, she had a daughter, Alexandra “Alex” Martin Dean, who now has three children: Goldberg’s ...
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40 years of 'The Color Purple' backlash
Spike Lee, in "Film Comment," stated that Hollywood only greenlit the movie because the men in "The Color Purple" were depicted as "one-dimensional animals." Whoopi Goldberg, who played Celie in ...
Whoopi Goldberg’s Iconic Roles in “Burglar”, “Sister Act”, “Fatal Beauty” and More Were Originally Meant for Other Actors
My Mother, My Brother and Me, Goldberg said parts for Black actors were scarce after her 1985 Oscar-nominated breakout role in The Color Purple. She said even though many of her now-acclaimed roles ...
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Whoopi Goldberg: Nine things we learned from her This Cultural Life interview
4. She fought to be in The Color Purple Goldberg’s big film break was 1985’s The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg. It was only Goldberg’s second movie role and saw her play a woman ...
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor criticizes “The Color Purple” for queer erasure: 'You're sanitizing me and my friends. Why?'
“I knew that watching Margaret Avery kiss Whoopi Goldberg was astonishing ... I want people to walk away from The Color Purple thinking, ‘I just saw a movie about Black lesbians.’ ...
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Whoopi Goldberg rules Hollywood with timeless impact
Born Caryn Elaine Johnson in Manhattan, Whoopi Goldberg emerged from humble beginnings ... Her breakthrough role in “The Color Purple” earned her an Academy Award nomination and established ...