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Winfrey, Oprah

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Personal name headingWinfrey, Oprah
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Variant(s)Oprah
Winfrey, Oprah, 1954-
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeCalifornia
Birth date1954-01-29
Place of birthKosciusko (Miss.)
AffiliationTennessee State University American Broadcasting Company Oprah Winfrey Network Harpo Productions National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (U.S.) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Profession or occupationTelevision talk show hosts Actors Businesspeople Motion picture producers and directors Authors
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Found inEverybody loves Oprah! 1987: CIP t.p. (Oprah) galley (Oprah Winfrey)
Oprah Winfrey, c1993: CIP t.p. (Oprah Winfrey) galley (b. Jan. 29, 1954)
Oprah Winfrey, 2001: ECIP t.p. (Oprah Winfrey) galley (Oprah Gail Winfrey; b. Jan. 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Miss.)
Wikipedia, Apr. 18, 2009 (Oprah Winfrey; Oprah Gail Winfrey (b. Jan. 29, 1954))
Oprah Winfrey, via WWW, 5 June 2013 (an American media talk show host, actor, producer, and philanthropist residing in California)
   <http://www.oprah.com>
African American National Biography, accessed September 23, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Winfrey, Oprah; Oprah Gail Winfrey; talk show host, stage/screen actor, entrepreneur, magazine and journal editor/publisher, motion picture producer/director, radio/television producer/director; born 29 January 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States; enrolled at Tennessee State University; host of A. M. Chicago at WLS-TV, Chicago's ABC affiliate; A. M. Chicago re-launched as The Oprah Winfrey Show (1985); formed Harpo Productions (1986) and acquired ownership of The Oprah Winfrey Show (1988); chaired the Oprah Winfrey Foundation and the Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program; established Oprah's Angel Network (1997); established Christmas Kindness South Africa (2002); donated 10 million dollars to build the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls South Africa; 100 Most Influential People in the World, Time magazine (2004, 2005, 2006); named, NAACP Hall of Fame (2005); awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom (2013))
Canadiana, October 9, 2020 (access point: Winfrey, Oprah, 1954-)
National bib agency no.1031J9621E
Associated languageeng
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