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Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)
Oprah Winfrey biography
Oprah Winfrey is an American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954), born on 29 January 1954 in Kosciusko.
Oprah Winfrey is best known for The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Women of Brewster Place, The Color Purple, Beloved.
Honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Peabody Awards and honorary doctor of Harvard University.
- Also known as
- Oprah Gail Winfrey, Oprah, Orpah Gail Winfrey
- Born
- 29 January 1954 (age 72)
- Birthplace
- Kosciusko
- Work
- Television presenter, Patron of the arts, Television producer, Film producer, Businessperson
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1973 to present
- Known for
- The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Women of Brewster Place, The Color Purple, Beloved, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Charlotte's Web
- Awards
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Peabody Awards
- honorary doctor of Harvard University
- Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century
- Time 100
- Spingarn Medal