Oprah Winfrey

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The Princess and the Frog (FILM)  Nov. 25, 2009
Oprah Winfrey (TV)  Jan. 18, 2008
The Great Debaters (FILM)  Dec. 25, 2007
Bee Movie (FILM)  Nov. 2, 2007


HIGHLIGHTS
Won the Miss Black Tennessee pageant and competed in the Miss Black America pageant in 1971.
At age 19, became the first black anchor on a Nashville nightly newscast, working first at WVOL before moving to the CBS affiliate WTFV-TV in 1975.
Received the International Radio and Television Society's Broadcaster of the Year award in 1988, making her the youngest — as well as the first black female — recipient.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Producer
Film


Bee Movie  2007 -Judge Bumbleton
Voice
Film


Charlotte's Web  2006 -Gussy the Goose
Voice
Film


Emmanuel's Gift  2005 -Narrator
Voice
Film


Beloved  1998 -Sethe
Producer, Actor
Film


Overexposed  1990
Executive Producer
Film


Throw Momma from the Train  1987 -Herself
Actor
Film


Native Son  1986 -Mrs. Thomas
Actor
Film


30 Rock   -Herself
Actor
TV


Brewster Place   -Mattie Michael
Actor
TV


Voice
TV
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Oprah Winfrey  2000-2008
Host
TV
Expand


Executive Producer
TV


Host
TV


Host
TV
Expand


Executive Producer
TV


Host
TV


Executive Producer
Film


The Color Purple  1985 -Sofia
Actor
Film


Executive Producer
Film


Executive Producer
Film


Executive Producer
Film


Voice
Film


Voice
Film


Voice
Film


Lincoln: The Pivotal Year, 1863   -Elizabeth Keckley
Voice
Film


Executive Producer
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Executive Producer
Film


The Women of Brewster Place   -Mattie Michael
Actor, Executive Producer
Film


The Princess and the Frog  2009 -Eudora
Voice
Film


Producer
Film




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Highlights

Won the Miss Black Tennessee pageant and competed in the Miss Black America pageant in 1971.
At age 19, became the first black anchor on a Nashville nightly newscast, working first at WVOL before moving to the CBS affiliate WTFV-TV in 1975.
Received the International Radio and Television Society's Broadcaster of the Year award in 1988, making her the youngest — as well as the first black female — recipient.
Received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Morehouse College in 1989.
Received a total of 39 Daytime Emmy awards: seven for Outstanding Host; nine for Outstanding Talk Show; 21 in the Creative Arts categories. After receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998, she
Initiated a campaign to establish a national database of convicted child abusers and testified before a Senate Judiciary Committee on behalf of the National Child Protection Act in 1991. As a result,
First black woman named to Forbes magazine's billionaire list in 2003.


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