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Oprah Winfrey
talk-show host, actress
Born:
1/29/1954
Birthplace:
Kosciusko, Mississippi
Emmy Award-winning
television talk-show host, actress and producer. Her Oprah Winfrey
Show (debut 1986) is the highest-rated talk show in syndication
history. Her book-of-the-month feature on the show regularly raises books
from obscurity to national bestsellers. She owns a production company,
Harpo, and is one of the highest-paid celebrities in the world. She
appeared in the film The Color Purple (1985), and was producer and
actress in the television movie The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
as well as the film of Toni Morrison's Beloved (1998), and has
produced a number of television movies. In April 2000 she launched
O magazine, which became one of the most successful new magazines
in publishing history. In April 2002, Oprah launched the first
international edition of O in South Africa. In 2003, the
Forbes magazine list of American billionaires included Winfrey—the
first African-American women to reach billionaire status. From 2004 to
2007, Time magazine has included Oprah on their list of the 100
Most Influential People in the World.
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