Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfey is one of America's most popular icons. Below you will find a small biography on Oprah Winfrey as well as links to Oprah's Angel Network, and the Oprah Winfrey Show. Get all the information you need on Oprah Winfrey to get your Oprah fix!
Oprah Biography
Birthdate: January 29, 1954
Birthplace: Kosciusko, MS
Occupations: Actor, TV/radio host, Producer
Quote: "I'm glad I was raised in Mississippi at a time when being colored and
female meant [low] expectations. Now I'm grateful for my days of
emptying slop jars, hauling water from the well and going to the
outhouse and thinking I was going to fall in. It makes walking through
the house with the many bathrooms and marble floors and great view
that much better." --USA Today, May
15, 1997
Claim to Fame: Film debut as the bossy, abused Sofia in
The Color Purple (1985)
Significant Other(s):
Stedman Graham, former basketball player, public relations executive; together since 1986
Family:
Father: Vernon Winfrey, barber, businessman,
city-council member; never married Winfrey's mother; married Zelma Winfrey
Stepmother: Zelma Winfrey; died 1996
Mother: Vernita Lee
Factoids:
Winfrey was named after Orpah from the "Book of Ruth" in the bible; the name was misspelled as Oprah on her birth certificate
Education:
Tennessee State University; Speech, Communications and Performing Arts
Oprah Links
Oprah Winfrey Show
Oprah's Angel Network
Oprah's Book Club
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