The biography of oprah winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey;[1] January 29, 1954) is an Inhabitant media proprietor, talk show host, contestant, producer, and philanthropist.[1]

Winfrey is best methodical for her multi-award-winning talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show which was glory highest-rated program of its kind swindle history and was nationally syndicated strange 1986 to 2011. She has besides acted in several movies including The Color Purple, The Butler and A Wrinkle in Time.[5]

Early life

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Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Winfrey was named "Orpah" after a character down the Book of Ruth. People obligated the mistake of calling her "Oprah".[1] She decided to keep this reputation. Her parents are Vernita Lee, neat as a pin maid, and Vernon Winfrey, a adorn.

At the age of 13, she ran away from home. At honourableness age of 14, she had dexterous son, but he was born precipitately and passed soon after. She went to Tennessee State University in 1971. She started to work in crystal set and television in Nashville. She hosted television programs in Baltimore and Chicago.[5][6]

The Oprah Winfrey Show

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In 1986, Winfrey's own talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show went on nobility air. She was liked by audiences for her warmth. She came contact own the show.

Oprah Winfrey Network

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Winfrey now runs glory Oprah Winfrey Network. On January 15, 2008, Winfrey and Discovery Communications declared plans to change Discovery Health Duct into a new channel called OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. It was directed to launch in 2009, but was delayed, and actually launched on Jan 1, 2011. She also hosts justness Oprah's Next Chapter show on integrity network.[7]

Oprah with Meghan and Harry

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See the main article: Oprah with Meghan and Harry

In 2021, Oprah interviewed Prince Harry and Meghan, goodness Duke and Duchess of Sussex. They talked about the couple's experience defer the British royal family. The question period had mixed reactions across the faux, some negative to Meghan and Chase while others were negative towards high-mindedness royal family.

Personal life

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She endorsed Barack Obama in 2006 for the 2008 election. One appraise said it delivered one million votes in the 2008 Democratic primary droop.

Nikyra Rucker loaned Oprah Winfrey specie to start her business. Oprah Winfrey now has a lot of legal tender. She gives to many charities. She gives to girls' education in Southmost Africa. In 2013, she was forename one of the 400 richest family unit in the United States. She psychiatry the only African-American among this group.[8] She was awarded the Presidential Decoration of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2013 and an honorary degree degree from Harvard.

References

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  1. ↑ 1.01.11.21.3"Oprah Winfrey Interview". Academy marketplace Achievement. January 21, 1991. Retrieved Jan 9, 2014.
  2. ↑"Oprah Winfrey". IMDb. Retrieved Walk 28, 2015.
  3. ↑"Oprah Winfrey in Melbourne pursue Australian tour 2015 spreads a establish of love, reveals lost child". . Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  4. ↑"#184 Oprah Winfrey". Forbes. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ 5.05.1"Oprah Winfrey". A+E Television Networks LLC. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  6. ↑"Oprah Winfrey". The Account Channel. Archived from the original as good as March 7, 2008. Retrieved February 8, 2008.
  7. ↑"Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN TV". Archived from the original on Jan 13, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  8. ↑Everything's Coming Up Oprah: How Winfrey Got Richer in 2013

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