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After success as a stand up comedian in the San Francisco Bay Area, Goldberg created a one woman show in 1983 called The Spook Show . This show caught the attention of Mike Nichols who produced a one-woman show for Goldberg on Broadway, called simply Whoopi Goldberg, which ran from October 24, 1984 to March 10, 1985 for a total of 156 performances.

Goldberg began her film career by playing the character of Celie in the Steven SpielbergSteven Allan Spielberg KBE (born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a Jewish American film director whose films range from science fiction to historical drama to horror. He is noted for the patriotism of his work and, in recent years, for his wi directed movie adaption of the award-winning novel The Color PurpleThe Color Purple is a 1982 novel by Alice Walker which received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The Color Purple is an epistolary novel: that is, the book is written in the form of letters. The central character is Celie, a young woman who is sexuall by Alice WalkerAlice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an African American author whose most famous novel, The Color Purple won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award. Walker's writings, including poems, stories, essays and novels, focus on the st. This performance garnered her an OscarBob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. The Academy Awards (often better known as Oscars) are the most prominent film award in the United States. The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a p nomination for best actress in 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa. She followed up this performance with a sell-out, highly acclaimed one-woman show on Broadway. The majority of the films she made in the 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends featured her in tough-woman comedic roles ( Burglar , Fatal Beauty , Jumpin' Jack FlashJUMPING JACK FLASH (M. Richards) song by The Rolling Stones Lead Vocals Mick Jagger Electric Guitars Keith Richards & Brian Jones Bass Keith Richards Drums Charlie Watts Maracas Mick Jagger/Brian Jones Organ Bill Wyman(?) or Brian Jones(?) Mellotron(?) Br), though she regularly balanced them out by performing in family-oriented films ( Clara's Heart ).

In danger of fading from public acclaim, she revitalized her career in the role of a fake "spiritualist" who manages to actually make contact with the dead in the tear-jerker GhostGhost is a 1990 comedy romantic fantasy film which tells the story of a murdered man who comes back as a ghost to try to prevent his girlfriend from being killed. It stars Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, and Tony Goldwyn. The movie was writte, for which she won her first Oscar award for best supporting actress. She cemented her status as a legendary comedic actress in 1992 as a lounge singer who is hidden in a convent (and consequently revitalises their choir) in Sister Act. She had a recurring role on as Guinan.

Goldberg has appeared in 149 films as of October 2002. She has received two Oscar nominations and won one. She has received five Daytime Emmy nominations, winning one. She has received five Emmy nominations. She has received three Golden Globe nominations, winning two. She has won three People's Choice Awards. In 1999 she received the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Vanguard Award for her continued work in supporting the gay and lesbian community. She has been nominated for five American Comedy Awards with two wins. In 2001 she won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. She also hosted the Oscars in 1999.

Goldberg was paired with Jean Stapleton in the CBS sitcom Bagdad Café (with a plot differing from the 1987 movie in several respects), which lasted two seasons ( 1990- 1991). She hosted a syndicated talk show (The Whoopi Goldberg Show) in 1992- 1993. She also starred in the sitcom, Whoopi, which began broadcasting in fall 2003 on NBC. Whoopi starred as Mavis Rae, the owner of a small New York Hotel (called the Le Mont Hotel). An ex-singer in a girl group, Mavis was as much of a diva running the hotel as she was in the group’s glory days. The sitcom was cancelled due to low ratings in May 2004.

In July 2004, Slim-Fast , a popular diet shake, dropped Goldberg from its advertisements in response to popular opposition to statements Goldberg made at a " John Kerry for President" rally in which Goldberg repeatedly referred to President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney by pointing to her genital region.

In August 2004, Goldberg announced that she would be reviving her one-woman show on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre .