Oprah Winfrey Biography: Age, Pictures, Facts, Husband, Net Worth, Children, Wiki, Shows, Height, Business, Famous

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Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the most influential black woman alive.

Even though she was born into poverty, she aspired for greatness and achieved it. She is a billionaire and philanthropist.

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She achieved international fame for being the host of the famous talk show Oprah Winfrey Show.

The show ran for a quarter of a century (25 years) and was the highest-rated television show during its existence.

In addition to hosting a talk show, she is also a television producer, actress and author. Thanks to her influence in the industry, she has been dubbed the Media Queen.

She is a very successful entrepreneur, serving as the President of two companies, Harpo Productions and Oprah Winfrey Network.

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Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey: History, Biography, Photos
Wiki Info & About Data
First and last name:	Oprah Gail Winfrey
Stage name:	Oprah Winfrey
Born:	January 29, 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth:	Kosciusko, Mississippi
Height:	1.69 m
Nationality:	American
Boyfriend • Husband:	Stedman Graham
Job:	Actress • Host
Net value:	2.5-4 billion USD

Early life

Oprah Winfrey was born out of wedlock on January 29, 1954. Her mother, Venita Lee, was only nineteen years old when she was born.

She was born in the town of Kosciusko, Mississippi. Although she was originally named Orpah after the biblical character in the Book Of Ruth, people in her community mispronounced her name, calling her Oprah instead. The latter name stuck with time.

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For the first six years of her life, she lived at the home of her grandmother, Hattie Mae Lee. Her mother left Mississippi shortly after her birth. She lived in poverty during this time because her grandmother earned a low income salary.

She couldn’t even afford to wear thrifted clothes and had to live with clothes made from potato sacks. It was her grandmother who taught her to read before she could count to three. Mrs. Lee is a Christian so she often takes Oprah to the local church.

When she was six years old, she moved to live with her mother in Wisconsin. Venita works as a maid and her job requires working long hours. Therefore, she does not have enough time to take care of Oprah. In 1962, when she was twelve years old, her mother sent her to live with her father who lived in Tennessee. This was because her mother already had another child, Patricia, and she found it difficult to take care of both children.

Besides Patricia, she also has two half-siblings. Her half-brother Jeffery was an AIDS patient who passed away in 1989. Patricia died of cocaine addiction in 2003.

She was a victim of sexual abuse growing up and the perpetrators happened to be relatives – uncles, cousins ​​and family friends. At the age of fourteen, she became pregnant with a son. However, the baby was born prematurely and died just a few minutes after birth.

Oprah Winfrey spent the rest of her teenage years living with her father, Vernon, a disciplinarian. He assured her that she took her studies seriously and motivated her to pursue success.

Education

Oprah Winfrey attended Lincoln High School, Milwaukee for a short time before being transferred to Nicolet High School because of her good grades. She did not complete her secondary education at school because her mother sent her to live with her father.

In Nashville, she enrolled at East Nashville High School and graduated as an honor student. While in high school, she was a very popular student and a member of the drama team. She studied Communications at Tennessee State University. She can afford her tuition because she won a scholarship by participating in a speech contest.

Career

Her first job was at a local grocery store. A very beautiful woman, Oprah Winfrey competed and won the Miss Black Tennessee pageant when she was just 17 years old. During her senior year of high school, she was hired by a local black radio station, WVOL. She works part-time as a news reporter for this station. After several years as a radio reporter, she decided to switch to television. She was offered a job by Nashville-based WLAC TV. She was a news anchor at the station and made history as the first black female presenter at the station. From 1976 to 1978, she held jobs as an anchor and news anchor at the following stations: WJZ-TV (based in Baltimore) and WLS-TV (based in Chicago).

In 1986, Roger Ebert presented the idea of ​​hosting a show at his television station to Oprah Winfrey. She came up with the idea and signed a cooperation contract with King World. The show originally titled At The Movies was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show. The show aired its first episode on September 8, 1986. The show began as a tabloid talk show but over the years, Oprah began talking about topics such as geopolitics, spirituality, peace and harmony. detoxification and heart disease.

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The Oprah Winfrey Show was broadcast for 25 years (from 1986 to 2011). The final episode aired on May 25, 2011. During its run, it was the most watched talk show worldwide, which made Oprah Winfrey a global star. This is why she was voted the World’s Most Influential Woman in 2007. Her 1993 interview with pop legend Michael Jackson is the fourth most watched event in Television History USA. She is one of the world’s largest media moguls and serves as Chairman and President of Harpo Productions. She is currently the President, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of the Oprah Winfrey Network.

In addition to hosting, she co-produced and starred in the short-lived series The Women Of Brewster Place, in 1989. She produced the Broadway musical, The Color Purple, in 2005. As an actress , she has starred in the films: The Color Purple (1985), Beloved (1998), They Were Watching God (2005), Charlotte’s Web (2006), Bee Movie (2007), The Princess ad the Frog (2010 ), A Wrinkle In Time (2018) and Crow: Legend (2018).

Oprah Winfrey is a successful author. She is the co-author of five books and publisher of magazines – O, The Oprah Magazine and O At Home. A high-achieving woman, she has diversified her assets and invested in food companies like Weight Watchers and True Food Kitchen.

Awards and appointments

Oprah Winfrey was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars for her role in The Color Purple

Filming

• Purple
• my lover
• Their eyes are looking at God
• Charlotte’s web
• bee movie
• Frog advertising princess
• A wrinkle in time
• Crow: Legend

Social Media

Media queen Oprah Winfrey has more than 1.4 million followers on Instagram and more than 43.4 million followers on Twitter.

• Instagram handle – @owntv
• Twitter handle – @Oprah

Personal life

Oprah Winfrey was the first black billionaire and held the position of richest African American for many years. She currently lives on a 47-acre estate in Montecito, California. The land is known as the Promised Land. She also has a house in New Jersey, an apartment in Chicago and a property in Florida and Miami.

She has maintained a long-term relationship with Stedman Graham. The two lovers started dating in 1986 and have been together for the past 35 years. Although they became engaged in November 1992, the wedding was postponed and has never been held since. Her best friend is Gayle King, editor of O, The Oprah Magazine. The duo have been friends for a long time. Maya Angelou is one of Oprah’s mentors and close friends.

Oprah Winfrey has a beautiful height of 1.69 m.

Net value

Celebrated around the world as a multi-talented, well-rounded personality, Oprah Winfrey’s net worth is estimated to be $2.5-4 billion.

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