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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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Filmography

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 Color Purple

1985
as Celie

The Little Rascals

1994
as Buckwheat's Mom

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987
as Guinan

Rat Race

2001
as Vera Baker

The Muppets

2011
as Herself

The Deep End of the Ocean

1999
as Candy Bliss

Nobody's Fool

2018
as Lola

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

Star Trek: Generations

1994
as Guinan

Star Trek: Nemesis

2002
as Guinan

Eddie

1996
as Edwina 'Eddie' Franklin

The Telephone

1988
as Vashti Blue

Beverly Hills Brats

1989
as Whoopi Goldberg

Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale

2013
as Herself

The Player

1992
as Detective Susan Avery

Blizzard

2003
as Blizzard (voice)

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

2016
as Herself

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

Bitter Jester

What Makes a Family

2001
as Terry Harrison

Descendants

2008
as Red Flower (voice)

Declaration of Independence

2003
as Herself

Alice in Wonderland

1999
as Cheshire Cat

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

2014
as Viola

Black Dog, Red Dog

2017
as Calliope

Homer and Eddie

1989
as Eddie Cervi

Hanna-Barbera's 50th

1989
as Herself

Madeline: My Fair Madeline

2002
as Miss Clavel

New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions

2003
as Narrator (voice)

Kambakkht Ishq

2009
as Herself

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

2013
as Herself

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014
as Herself - Interviewee

Top Five

2014
as Herself

Life of Pryor: The Richard Pryor Story

2006
as Whoopi Goldberg

Bogus

1996
as Harriet Franklin

House Party 2

1991
as Professor

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

2011
as Narrator (voice)

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)

1998
as Center Square (1998-2002)

Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway

2005
as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady

Journey to the Oscars

2016

The Comedy Store

2020
as Whoopi Goldberg

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!

2003
as Herself

Alegria

1999
as Baby Clown

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

1998
as Whoopi Goldberg

Teenage Paparazzo

2010
as Herself

Miracle Rising: South Africa

2013
as Herself

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022
as Whoopi Goldberg

A Very Sordid Wedding

2017
as Abernatha Coleman

Kingdom Come

2001
as Raynelle Slocumb

Pauly Shore Is Dead

2003
as Whoopi Goldberg

The Truth Is in the Stars

2017
as Herself

Burglar

1987
as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

2007
as Herself

The Foxbusters

1999
as Ransome

Liberation

1994
as Narrator

X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time

2016
as Herself

The Associate

1996
as Laurel Ayres

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

2004
as Herself

Misery Loves Comedy

2015
as Herself

Golden Dreams

2001
as Califia, the Queen of California

The Long Walk Home

1990
as Odessa Cotter

Corrina, Corrina

1994
as Corrina Washington

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

2007
as Herself

Pinocchio 3000

2004
as Cyberina (voice)

Good Fences

2003
as Mabel Spader

The Sky's the Limit - The Eclipse of Star Trek: The Next Generation

2014
as Self

Beyond the Five Year Mission: The Evolution of Star Trek - The Next Generation

2014
as Self

Jackie Chan: My Story

1998
as Herself

Our Friend, Martin

1999
as Mrs. Peck (voice)

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

1996
as Herself (Archive Footage, Uncredited)

Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

1988

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

2017
as Yari

50 Years of Star Trek

2016
as herself

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987
as Herself

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996
as Myrlie Evers

Big Stone Gap

2014
as Fleeta Mullins

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

2018
as Self

The Problem with Apu

2017
as Herself

Call Me Claus

2001
as Lucy Cullins

Bagdad Cafe

1990

Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic

2017
as Host

A Little Bit of Heaven

2011
as God

A Cool Like That Christmas

1993
as Mom / Irwin

30 Years from Here

2011
as Whoopi Goldberg

Doogal

2006
as Ermintrude

Always, Luis

2020
as Self (archive footage)

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990
as Gaia

Homie Spumoni

2006

Kiss Shot

1989
as Sarah Collins

The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over

2014
as Whoopi Goldberg

Jumpin' Jack Flash

1986
as Terry Dolittle

Furlough

2018
as Moms

Star Trek: The Captain's Summit

2009
as Herself

Fontaine...Why Am I Straight?

1988
as Fontaine

Comic Relief 2006

2006
as Self - Host

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

1993
as Billy York

The View

1997
as Herself - Moderator (2007-present)

The Contradictions of Fair Hope

2012

For Colored Girls

2010
as Alice / White

Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins

2008
as Narrator

The Making of Captain EO

1986
as Self - Hostess

Pitch

1997
as Herself

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

1999
as The Grand Banshee

Find Your Groove

2020
as Whoopi Goldberg

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show

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

Charley Pride: I'm Just Me

2019
as Self

A Century of Black Cinema

2003
as Whoopi Goldberg

The Con

2020
as Narrator

Whoopi

2003
as Mavis Rae

When We Rise: The People Behind The Story

2017
as Whoopi Goldberg

Naked in New York

1993
as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

2018
as Herself

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

2000
as Judge Cameo

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

1998
as Stormella (voice)

Hey Moe! Hey Dad!

2015
as Herself

Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years

1999
as Whoopi Goldberg

Racing Stripes

2005
as Franny (voice)

74th Academy Awards Opening Film

2002
as Self - Hostess

But... Seriously

1994
as Herself (archive footage)

Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years

1990
as Whoopi Goldberg

Why We Laugh: Funny Women

2013
as Herself

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly

1988
as Herself

Everyone's Hero

2006
as Darlin' (voice)

Wisecracks

1992

New York Street Games

2010
as Whoopi Goldberg

Monkeybone

2001
as Death

Celebrity Guide to Wine

1990
as Whoopi Goldberg

Destination Anywhere

1997
as Cabbie

Fatal Beauty

1987
as Rita Rizzoli

Made in America

1993
as Sarah Mathews

The Little Engine That Could

2011

The Sunshine Boys

1996
as Nurse

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

1998
as Delilah Abraham

JFK Revisited: Through The Looking Glass

2021
as Narrator

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

1999
as Self - Host

A Knight in Camelot

1998
as Dr. Vivien Morgan

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

2013
as Whoopi Goldberg

The Celluloid Closet

1996
as Herself

Farce of the Penguins

2006
as Helen (voice)

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

2002
as Daniel's 'Boss'

Soapdish

1991
as Rose Schwartz

Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway

1985
as Herself

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

1991
as Herself

The Sophisticated Misfit

2007
as Whoopi Goldberg

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003
as Narrator (voice)

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

Master of Dark Shadows

2019
as Whoopi Goldberg

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

2008
as Taxi Driver

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013
as Herself

Madea Goes to Jail

2009
as Whoopi

A Christmas Carol

1997
as Spirit of Christmas Present

More Dogs Than Bones

2000
as Cléo

If I Had Known I Was a Genius

2007
as Mom

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

1997
as Mother Gooseberg (voice)

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life

2016
as Herself

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

The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge

1995
as Self - Hostess

Robin Williams: Comic Genius

1977
as Herself

The Black List: Volume Three

2010
as Herself

Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden

2007

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 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