Oprah

Extracted Attributes

• Name

  Oprah Gail Winfrey

• Title

  Queen of All Media

• Awards

  Presidential Medal of Freedom, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Tony Award, Peabody Award, 19 Daytime Emmy Awards, 2 Primetime Emmy Awards, Cecil B. DeMille Award, Kennedy Center Honors

• Father

  Vernon Winfrey

• Mother

  Vernita Lee

• Influence

  Most influential woman in the world (by 2007)

• Known For

  The Oprah Winfrey Show

• Birth Date

  1954-01-29

• Birth Name

  Orpah Gail Winfrey

• Occupation

  Talk show host, Television producer, Actress, Author, Media proprietor, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist

• Birth Place

  Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S.

• Nationality

  American

• Wealth Status

  Richest Black woman globally, Wealthiest female celebrity, Richest African-American of the 20th century, World's only Black billionaire (at one point), First Black woman billionaire (2003)

• Memberships/Inductions

  National Women's Hall of Fame (1994), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2021)

• Business Model Exemplified

  Syndication Business Model

Timeline

• Born Orpah Gail Winfrey in Kosciusko, Mississippi. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1954-01-29

• Became a co-anchor for local evening news by age 19. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1973

• The Oprah Winfrey Show began national syndication. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1986-09-08

• Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1994

• Finished the Marine Corps Marathon in less than four and a half hours. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1994-10-30

• Became the world's first Black woman billionaire. (Source: Web Search)

  2003

• Opened a $40 million school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa. (Source: Web Search)

  2007

• Often ranked as the most influential woman in the world. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2007

• Endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic primaries, influencing an estimated one million votes. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2008

• Formed her own network, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2008

• The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) officially launched. (Source: Web Search)

  2011-01-01

• The Oprah Winfrey Show concluded its national syndication after 25 years. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  2011-05-25

• Received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy Awards. (Source: Summary, Web Search)

  2011

• Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  2013

• Elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2021

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Gail Winfrey (; born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011. Globally, she is the richest Black woman and the wealthiest female celebrity. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African-American of the 20th century and was once the world's only Black billionaire. By 2007, she was often ranked as the most influential woman in the world. Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a single teenage mother and later raised in inner-city Milwaukee. She has stated that she was molested during her childhood and early teenage years and became pregnant at 14; her son was born prematurely and died in infancy. Winfrey was then sent to live with the man she calls her father, Vernon Winfrey, a barber in Nashville, Tennessee, and landed a job in radio while still in high school. By 19, she was a co-anchor for the local evening news. Winfrey's often emotional, extemporaneous delivery eventually led to her transfer to the daytime talk show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place, she launched her own production company. Credited with creating a more intimate, confessional form of media communication, Winfrey popularized and revolutionized the tabloid talk show genre pioneered by Phil Donahue. By the mid-1990s, Winfrey had reinvented her show with a focus on literature, self-improvement, mindfulness, and spirituality. She has been criticized for unleashing a confession culture, promoting controversial self-help ideas, and having an emotion-centered approach, and has also been praised for overcoming adversity to become a benefactor to others. Winfrey also emerged as a political force in the 2008 presidential race, with her endorsement of Barack Obama estimated to have been worth about one million votes during the 2008 Democratic primaries. In the same year, she formed her own network, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). In 2013, Winfrey was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. In 1994, Winfrey was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Then in October, she finished the Marine Corps Marathon in less than four and a half hours. She has received honorary doctorate degrees from multiple universities. Winfrey has won many awards throughout her career, including 19 Daytime Emmy Awards (including the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Chairman's Award), 2 Primetime Emmy Awards (including the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award), a Tony Award, a Peabody Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award awarded by the Academy Awards, in addition to two competitive Academy Award nominations. Winfrey was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021.

Web Search Results

• Oprah Winfrey - Wikipedia

  Oprah Gail Winfrey (/ˈoʊprə/; born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011. Globally, she is the richest Black woman and the wealthiest female celebrity. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African-American of the 20th century and was once [...] Orpah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954; her first name was spelled Orpah on her birth certificate after the biblical figure in the Book of Ruth, but people mispronounced it regularly and "Oprah" stuck. She was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to a teenaged mother, Vernita Lee, and father Vernon Winfrey. Winfrey's parents never married. Vernita Lee (1935–2018) was a housemaid. Vernon Winfrey (1933–2022) was a coal miner turned barber turned city councilman who was in the Armed Forces [...] Oprah voiced Gussie the goose in Charlotte's Web "Charlotte's Web (2006 film)") (2006) and voiced Judge Bumbleton in Bee Movie (2007), co-starring the voices of Jerry Seinfeld and Renée Zellweger. In 2009, Winfrey provided the voice for the character of Eudora, the mother of Princess Tiana, in Disney's The Princess and the Frog and in 2010, narrated the US version of the BBC nature program Life "Life (2009 TV series)") for Discovery.

• Oprah Winfrey | Biography, Talk Show, Movies, & Facts - Britannica

  Oprah Winfrey (born January 29, 1954, Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S.) is an American television personality, actress, and entrepreneur whose syndicated daily talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, revolutionized the genre. That program—as well as her hugely popular book club, various magazines, OWN channel, and movies—earned Winfrey the title “Queen of All Media.” These ventures also made her one of the richest and most influential women in the United States. ## Early life and education [...] Awards And Honors: : Cecil B. DeMille Award (2018) : Presidential Medal of Freedom (2013) : Academy Award (2012) : Kennedy Center Honors (2010) See all related content Top Questions ### Who is Oprah Winfrey? Oprah Winfrey is an American television personality, actress, and entrepreneur whose syndicated daily talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, was among the most popular of the genre. She became one of the richest and most influential women in the United States. [...] Winfrey engaged in numerous philanthropic activities, including the creation of Oprah’s Angel Network, which sponsors charitable initiatives worldwide. In 2007 she opened a $40 million school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa. She became an outspoken crusader against child abuse and received many honors and awards from civic, philanthropic, and entertainment organizations. In 2010 she was named a Kennedy Center honoree, and the following year she received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian

• Oprah Winfrey: Biography, Talk Show Host, Philanthropist

  Oprah Winfrey is an Emmy Award–winning talk show host, media executive, Academy Award–nominated actress, and philanthropist. She’s best known for being the host of her wildly popular program, The Oprah Winfrey Show, which aired for 25 seasons, from 1986 to 2011. Its success helped her become the world’s first Black woman billionaire in 2003. Winfrey’s media empire has grown to include a TV network, the Oprah Winfrey Network, and a lifestyle magazine brand. In 1994, she was inducted into the [...] Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954, in the rural town of Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her aunt Ida named her after the biblical figure Orpah, but quickly, her family began spelling it Oprah, which was easier to pronounce. After a troubled adolescence in a small farming community, where she was sexually abused by a number of male relatives and friends of her mother, Vernita Lee, Winfrey moved to Nashville to live with her father, Vernon Winfrey, a barber and businessman. [...] Skip to Content # Oprah Winfrey Billionaire media executive and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey is best known for hosting her internationally popular talk show from 1986 to 2011. From there, she launched her television network, OWN. By Biography.com Editors and Tyler Piccotti Getty Images We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. ## Jump to:

• Oprah Winfrey | Academy of Achievement

  exercise, feel and think about themselves and the world around them. She appears on every list of leading opinion-makers, and has been rightly called “the most powerful woman in the world.” Her wide-ranging philanthropic efforts were recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2011 with a special Oscar statuette, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. In 2013, President Barack Obama awarded her the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Oprah [...] Her syndicated television program, The Oprah Winfrey Show, ran for 24 seasons, reaching millions of homes around the world. Today, she continues to host her own program on OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network. A seeker of truth in herself and in others, her empathy, honesty, and love of people have made Oprah Winfrey one of the most beloved women in America; a teacher who educates a devoted audience about subjects as varied as sexual abuse, divorce, children’s issues, and countless other important [...] Initially, The Oprah Winfrey Show followed a model established by other daytime talk shows, employing sensational stories and outrageous guests to attract viewers, but since the 1990s, Oprah began to emphasize spiritual values, healthy living and self-help, and her program became more popular than ever. Motivated in part by her own memories of childhood abuse, she initiated a campaign to establish a national database of convicted child abusers, and testified before a U.S. Senate Judiciary

• Oprah Winfrey - National Women's Hall of Fame

  Winfrey is a producer, actress, television icon. She was the first Black American woman to own her own production company. She was nominated for an Academy Award in her first movie, The Color Purple. Winfrey was once television’s highest-paid entertainer as the successful host of a syndicated television talk show that reached 15 million people a day. The Oprah Show lasted for twenty-five seasons. [...] Winfrey is also a committed philanthropist, providing significant assistance to schools (Morehouse College, Tennessee State University, Chicago Academy of Arts) as well as to the Chicago Public Schools. She also funds battered women’s shelters and campaigns to catch child abusers. Winfrey launched her television network OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) on January 1, 2011. She is credited for launching the careers of Dr. Oz, Dr.Phil, Nate Berkus, and Iyanla Vanzant. Year Honored: 1994

• Instance Of

  Q11879590