Oprah Gail Winfrey, or simply Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist.
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34 Facts About Oprah
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Oprah is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011.
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Oprah has stated that she was molested during her childhood and early teenage years and became pregnant at 14; her son was born prematurely and died in infancy.
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Oprah was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to an unmarried teenage mother.
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Oprah's grandmother was so poor that Winfrey often wore dresses made of potato sacks, for which other children made fun of her.
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Oprah's grandmother taught her to read before the age of three and took her to the local church, where she was nicknamed "The Preacher" for her ability to recite Bible verses.
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Oprah began to rebel and steal money from her mother in an effort to keep up with her free-spending peers.
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Oprah attracted the attention of the local black radio station, WVOL, which hired her to do the news part-time.
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Oprah worked there during her senior year of high school and in her first two years of college.
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Oprah had won an oratory contest, which secured her a full scholarship to Tennessee State University, a historically black institution, where she studied communication.
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Oprah was then recruited to join Richard Sher as co-host of WJZ's local talk show People Are Talking, which premiered on August 14,1978.
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Oprah interviewed celebrities on social issues they were directly involved with, such as cancer, charity work, or substance abuse, and hosted televised giveaways.
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Multiple publications have called on Oprah to denounce medical statements made by her former proteges long after her show ended.
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Oprah is the president of Harpo Productions, a film and TV production company behind The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr Phil, Rachael Ray, The Dr Oz Show and many others.
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Oprah moderated three ABC Afterschool Specials from 1992 to 1994.
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On September 10,2007, Letterman made his first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, as its season premiere was filmed in New York City.
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Oprah said that he wasn't initially invited on the show with the rest of the cast.
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Oprah said she spoke with Ludacris backstage after his appearance to explain her position and said she understood that his music was for entertainment purposes, but that some of his listeners might take it literally.
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Oprah said that after she made public her support for Obama, she decided that she would not let her show be used as a platform for any of the candidates.
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Oprah was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.
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Oprah voiced Gussie the goose in Charlotte's Web and voiced Judge Bumbleton in Bee Movie, co-starring the voices of Jerry Seinfeld and Renee Zellweger.
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Oprah lent her voice to an animated virtual-reality short film written and directed by Eric Darnell, starring John Legend, titled Crow: The Legend, telling a native American origin tale.
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Oprah attends The Potter's House Church, Dallas service, an Evangelical church.
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Oprah has been listed as one of the most powerful 100 women in the world by Forbes, ranking 14th in 2014.
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None of this happened to Oprah – she is a straight ahead success story.
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Oprah was ranked No 9 overall on the list of greatest Americans.
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Oprah endorsed presidential candidate Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.
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The "Oprah strategy" was designed to portray the War on Terror in a positive light; however, when Winfrey refused to participate, the trip was postponed.
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In 2008, The New York Times reported that The Oprah Winfrey Show, with Arabic subtitles, was broadcast twice each weekday on MBC 4.
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In May 2010, with Oprah's show ending, the charity stopped accepting donations and was shut down.
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