Whoopi Goldberg is an American actress and entertainer.
She was born Caryn Elaine Johnson in New York City on November 13, 1955.
She had a tough childhood owing to dyslexia and drug use.
Goldberg began her career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1970s, earning her the name Whoopi Goldberg.
In 1973, she regained her health and married her drug therapist, Alvin Martin. Before divorcing in 1979, they were married for 6 years and had Alexandrea Martin.
Goldberg moved to California in the 1970s, where she joined a theatre troupe before teaching comedy and acting lessons.
She has blossomed from there into a global superstar.
Whoopi Goldberg hiatus: Who is filling in for Whoopi Goldberg?
Joy Behar who is Goldberg’s co-host has moved over to occupy her chair.
She will now play the role of moderator on the show.
Goldberg was suspended for two weeks by ABC News after she was admonished for incorrectly asserting that the Holocaust was about man’s inhumanity to man rather than race.
Goldberg has since apologized twice for her remarks.
