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Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg is an award-winning comedian, actress and human rights advocate, as well as the longtime host of the daytime talk show 'The View.'


Aliases
  • Caryn Elaine Johnson
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Ghost

1990
as Oda Mae Brown

Sister Act

1992
as Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence

The Lion King 1½

2004
as Shenzi (voice)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2014
as Bernadette Thompson

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993
as Deloris Van Cartier

Girl, Interrupted

1999
as Valerie Owens

Toy Story 3

2010
as Stretch the Octopus (voice)

The Lion King

1994
as Shenzi the Hyena (voice)

The Stand (2020)

2020
as Mother Abagail

Luck

2022
as Captain

The Little Rascals

1994
as Buckwheat's Mom

Rat Race

2001
as Vera Baker

The Muppets

2011
as Herself

Snow Buddies

2008
as Miss Mittens (voice)

The Rugrats Movie

1998
as Ranger Margaret (voice)

Blackfish

2013
as Herself

The Pagemaster

1994
as Fantasy (voice)

When We Rise

2017
as Pat Norman

Cinderella

1997
as Queen Constantina

Summer Camp Island

2018
as Barb/Additional Voices

Eddie

1996
as Edwina 'Eddie' Franklin

The Telephone

1988
as Vashti Blue

Beverly Hills Brats

1989
as Whoopi Goldberg

The Player

1992
as Detective Susan Avery

Blizzard

2003
as Blizzard (voice)

Jackie's Back!

1999
as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)

Robin Williams Remembered

2014
as Whoopi Goldberg

Boys on the Side

1995
as Jane Deluca

What Makes a Family

2001
as Terry Harrison

Descendants

2008
as Red Flower (voice)

Alice in Wonderland

1999
as Cheshire Cat

Black Dog, Red Dog

2017
as Calliope

Homer and Eddie

1989
as Eddie Cervi

Kambakkht Ishq

2009
as Herself

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014
as Herself - Interviewee

Top Five

2014
as Herself

Bogus

1996
as Harriet Franklin

House Party 2

1991
as Professor

In the Gloaming

1997
as Nurse Myrna

Theodore Rex

1995
as Katie Coltrane

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

2004
as Whoopi Goldberg

The Aristocrats

2005
as Herself

King of the Dancehall

2017
as Loretta Brixton

Hollywood Squares

1998
as Center Square (1998-2002)

Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway

2005
as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady

The Comedy Store

2020
as Whoopi Goldberg

Alegria

1999
as Baby Clown

Teenage Paparazzo

2010
as Herself

A Very Sordid Wedding

2017
as Abernatha Coleman

Kingdom Come

2001
as Raynelle Slocumb

Pauly Shore Is Dead

2003
as Whoopi Goldberg

Burglar

1987
as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr

The Foxbusters

1999
as Ransome

Liberation

1994
as Narrator

The Associate

1996
as Laurel Ayres

Golden Dreams

2001
as Califia, the Queen of California

The Long Walk Home

1990
as Odessa Cotter

Corrina, Corrina

1994
as Corrina Washington

Pinocchio 3000

2004
as Cyberina (voice)

Good Fences

2003
as Mabel Spader

Our Friend, Martin

1999
as Mrs. Peck (voice)

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

1996
as Herself (Archive Footage, Uncredited)

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996
as Myrlie Evers

Big Stone Gap

2014
as Fleeta Mullins

Call Me Claus

2001
as Lucy Cullins

30 Years from Here

2011
as Whoopi Goldberg

Doogal

2006
as Ermintrude

Always, Luis

2020
as Self (archive footage)

Kiss Shot

1989
as Sarah Collins

Jumpin' Jack Flash

1986
as Terry Dolittle

Furlough

2018
as Moms

Comic Relief 2006

2006
as Self - Host

The View

1997
as Herself - Moderator (2007-present)

For Colored Girls

2010
as Alice / White

The Making of Captain EO

1986
as Self - Hostess

Pitch

1997
as Herself

Find Your Groove

2020
as Whoopi Goldberg

Sister Act 3

as Deloris Wilson-Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence

Get Bruce!

1999
as Herself

Sarafina!

1992
as Mary Masembuko

9/11

2017
as Metzie

A Century of Black Cinema

2003
as Whoopi Goldberg

The Con

2020
as Narrator

Whoopi

2003
as Mavis Rae

Naked in New York

1993
as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall

Hey Moe! Hey Dad!

2015
as Herself

Racing Stripes

2005
as Franny (voice)

But... Seriously

1994
as Herself (archive footage)

Everyone's Hero

2006
as Darlin' (voice)

New York Street Games

2010
as Whoopi Goldberg

Monkeybone

2001
as Death

Celebrity Guide to Wine

1990
as Whoopi Goldberg

Fatal Beauty

1987
as Rita Rizzoli

Made in America

1993
as Sarah Mathews

A Knight in Camelot

1998
as Dr. Vivien Morgan

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

2013
as Whoopi Goldberg

Farce of the Penguins

2006
as Helen (voice)

Soapdish

1991
as Rose Schwartz

The Sophisticated Misfit

2007
as Whoopi Goldberg

Master of Dark Shadows

2019
as Whoopi Goldberg

A Christmas Carol

1997
as Spirit of Christmas Present

Clara's Heart

1988
as Clara Mayfield

Showboy

2002
as Herself

Moonlight and Valentino

1995
as Sylvie Morrow

Harry for the Holidays

2003
as Whoopi Goldberg

Till

2022
as Alma

Director

Movie Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley 2013

Writer

Movie Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway 2005
Movie Fontaine...Why Am I Straight? 1988
Movie 74th Academy Awards Opening Film 2002

Host

Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
The Whoopi Goldberg Show
1992
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
People's Choice Award for Favorite Actor in a Comedy Motion Picture
1994
Movie Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story 2023
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards
1987
Episode The View
Sonia Sotomayor
2018

Producer

Movie Waldo on Weed 2019
Movie Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley 2013
Movie The Piano Man's Daughter 2003

Guest Star

Episode Dolly
102
1987
Episode Staged
Woofty Doofty, David
2021
Episode Staged
The Loo Recluse
2021
Episode Entourage
Fire Sale
2008
Episode A Different World
If I Should Die Before I Wake
1991
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
‘Saturday Night Live’: Robin Williams / Paul Simon with Ladysmith Black Mambazo
1986
Episode Che Tempo Che Fa
Puntata 8
2024
Episode Rachael Ray
Whoopi Goldberg Is in the House and She's Dishing on Her Line of Sweaters
2019
Episode Instinct (2018)
Bye Bye Birdie
2018
Episode 30 Rock
The Rural Juror
2007
Episode Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Rapunzel
1995
Episode Absolutely Fabulous
Gay
2002
Episode Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Whoopi Goldberg, Jedward, Kim Cattrall and McFly
2010
Episode The Chevy Chase Show
Show #001
1993
Episode The Oprah Winfrey Show
Whoopi Goldberg and 25 Years Later - The Color Purple Reunion
2010
Episode In The Wild (1992)
Zoo Babies with Whoopi Goldberg
1999
Episode Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Mother Goose: A Rappin' & Rhymin' Special
1997
Episode Instinct (2018)
Tribal
2018
Episode Everybody Hates Chris
Everybody Hates a Liar
2006
Episode Glee
Swan Song
2012
Episode Instinct (2018)
Heartless
2018
Episode Blue Bloods
The Enemy of My Enemy
2017
Episode 666 Park Avenue
Hypnos
2012
Episode Broad City
Game Over
2016
Episode Television Parts
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986
Episode Blue Bloods
Help Me Help You
2016
Episode Movie Stars
Oscar Wild
2000
Episode Instinct (2018)
Pilot
2018
Episode Desus & Mero (2019)
I SMELL BROKE
2021
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Whoopi Goldberg, Zoe Lister-Jones, Lecrea
2016
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
1st Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Honoring Richard Pryor
1999
Episode James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Alien Life
2018
Episode Late Night with Seth Meyers
Aubrey Plaza, Whoopi Goldberg & Dustin Lance Black, Reza Aslan
2017
Episode Late Night With David Letterman
Whoopi Goldberg
1984
Episode Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
June 6, 2021: Asian Americans
2021
Episode Glee
Choke
2012
Episode Muppets Tonight
Whoopi Goldberg
1996
Episode Staged
Saddle Up Sheen
2021
Episode Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
And They Lived...
2014
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Whoopi Goldberg, Jason Sudeikis, Findlay Brown
2010
Episode The Daily Show
Whoopi Goldberg
2017
Episode Love, Hate and Joy
Whoopi Goldberg (Divorce)
2002
Episode David Tennant Does a Podcast
Whoopi Goldberg
2019
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Whoopi Goldberg, Ro Khanna
2022
Episode Whose Line Is It Anyway? (US)
Whoopi Goldberg
2002
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Whoopi Goldberg, John Kasich, Glen Hansard
2015
Episode Godfather of Harlem
Man of the Year
2021
Episode Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Institutional Fail
2015
Episode The Middle
The Guidance Counselor
2012
Episode Celebrity Deathmatch
A Celebrity Deathmatch Special Report
2001
Episode The Wendy Williams Show
Whoopi Goldberg
2019
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
4th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Honoring Whoopi Goldberg
2001
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Whoopi Goldberg, Christian Slater, Of Monsters and Men
2015
Episode American Idol
Top 9 Perform Live
2006
Episode Tamron Hall
Whoopi Goldberg
2019
Episode Star Trek: Picard
The Star Gazer
2022
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Whoopi Goldberg, David & Lauren Hogg, Mike Shinoda
2018
Episode Instinct (2018)
Wild Game
2018
Episode Life on Mars (US)
Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead
2008
Episode American Masters
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Whoopi Goldberg, Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen
2020
Episode The Academy Awards
The 74th Academy Awards 2002
2002
Episode E! True Hollywood Story
Elizabeth Taylor
1998
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Whoopi Goldberg, Karol G, Dry Cleaning
2021
Episode Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Lerapy
2002
Episode Lil BUB's Big SHOW
Episode 1: Whoopi Goldberg
2013
Episode The Dr. Oz Show
Whoopi Goldberg: The Decision That Saved Her Life
2014
Episode HBO Documentary Film Series
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2018
Episode The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin Bacon
2000
Episode 30 Rock
Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001
2009
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
March 04, 2005
2005
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
10th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Honoring Billy Crystal
2007
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Whoopi Goldberg, Tavi Gevinson, Tommy Mottola, Kurt Metzger
2013
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Whoopi Goldberg; Rhea Perlman
2019
Episode The Academy Awards
The 71st Academy Awards 1999
1999
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #0076
1993
Episode Tales from the Crypt
Dead Wait
1991
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Whoopi Goldberg/Regina King
2005
Episode The Academy Awards
The 68th Academy Awards 1996
1996
Episode James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Outer Space
2018
Episode Harry Potter at Home
Chapter Ten: Hallowe'en
2020
Episode I Love Lucy
50th Anniversary Special
2001
Episode Instinct (2018)
Bad Actors
2018
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jeff Daniels, Whoopi Goldberg, Nelly
2015
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Sharon Stone/DMC/Whoopi Goldberg
2006
Episode The Academy Awards
The 66th Academy Awards 1994
1994
Episode The Wendy Williams Show
Spring Fashion
2014
Episode Disney Parks
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
2017
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Whoopi Goldberg, Bishop Briggs
2020
Episode Elena of Avalor
To Save a Sunbird
2019
Episode The Nanny
The Pre-nup
1998
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #2603
2006
Episode Late Night with Seth Meyers
Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Keery, Christian Siriano
2017
Episode Billy Connolly
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly
1991
Episode Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Episode 199
2020
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
April 01, 2005
2005
Movie The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Whoopi Goldberg & Rita Moreno
2020
Episode Grammy Awards
Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration
2019
Episode Tony Awards
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards
2008
Episode Star Trek: Picard
Farewell
2022
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Tyler Perry; Whoopi Goldberg
2018
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin Pollack
1988
Episode Moonlighting
Camille
1986
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 17
2017
Episode Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
The Nightmare Ghost of Psychic U!
2020
Episode Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Home
2013
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Simmons, Kevin Delaney
2016
Episode The Nanny
Making Whoopi
1998
Episode The Muppet Show
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
Episode The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Whoopi Goldberg, Gladys Knight, Laura San Giacomo
1997
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
The 58th Annual Academy Awards
1986
Episode Everybody Hates Chris
Everybody Hates Rejection
2006
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Moyer, Puss N Boots
2014
Episode Hell's Kitchen (US)
2 Chefs Compete
2008
Episode The Wendy Williams Show
#WhoopiOnWendy
2013
Episode Today
July 28, 2014
2014
Episode The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Sarandon, Angelina Jolie
1998
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Whoopi Goldberg, Regina Hall, Captain Sully Sullenberger
2016
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Whoopi Goldberg, Rashida Jones, Tom Colicchio
2014
Episode RuPaul's Drag Race
One-Queen Show
2020
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Julie Andrews; Whoopi Goldberg
2019
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Whoopi Goldberg, Emma Corrin, Dierks Bentley
2020
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Julianne Moore & Whoopi Goldberg
2017
Episode The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Mariah Carey, Whoopi Goldberg, Paul Simon
1997
Episode The Carol Burnett Show
Carol Burnett: The Special Years
1994
Episode Whose Line Is It Anyway? (US)
Whoopi Goldberg
2001
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Whoopi Goldberg, Kathryn Hahn, Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile
2017
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Whoopi Goldberg, Nikki & Brie Bella, Joshua Jay
2018
Episode Britannia Awards
10th Britannia Awards
2000
Episode Law & Order: Criminal Intent
To the Bone
2006
Episode The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Whoopi Goldberg, Malcolm Gets, Angelo Massagli
1998
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Whoopi Goldberg, Jerry Seinfeld, The Chieftains
1988
Episode MADtv
Episode #114
1996