The Oprah Winfrey Bio
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American nationally
syndicated talk show, hosted and produced by Oprah Winfrey
and is the highest-rated talk show in American television
history.
Television talk-show host, actress, producer.
Born January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. 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, she moved to Nashville to live with
her father, Vernon, a barber and businessman. She entered
Tennessee State University in 1971 and began working in radio
and television broadcasting in Nashville.
In 1976, Winfrey moved to Baltimore, where she hosted the
TV chat show, People Are Talking. The show became a hit and
Winfrey stayed with it for eight years, after which she was
recruited by a Chicago TV station to host her own morning
show, A.M. Chicago. Her major competitor in the time slot
was Phil Donahue. Within several months, Winfrey's open, warm-hearted
personal style had won her 100,000 more viewers than Donahue
and had taken her show from last place to first in the ratings.
Her success led to nationwide fame and a role in Steven Spielberg's
1985 film, The Color Purple, for which she was nominated for
an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Winfrey launched the Oprah Winfrey Show in 1986 as a nationally
syndicated program. With its placement on 120 channels and
an audience of 10 million people, the show grossed $125 million
by the end of its first year, of which Winfrey received $30
million. She soon gained ownership of the program from ABC,
drawing it under the control of her new production company,
Harpo Productions ('Oprah' spelled backwards) and making more
and more money from syndication. more
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