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Whoopi Goldberg: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: NPR - The Sunday Story: The love that shaped Whoopi Goldberg. Mar 28, 2026
Add new Web site: Television Academy Interviews - Whoopi Goldberg. Jan 23, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 09, 2025
Add new Web site: CNN Entertainment - How Whoopi Goldberg found peace amid the grief of losing the ‘center’ of her life. Jul 22, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - This Cultural Life - Whoopi Goldberg. Jun 09, 2025
Media added. Jan 03, 2025
Added various credits, including Till and Annie. Dec 18, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 26, 2024
Added cross-references. Nov 07, 2023
Add new Web site: NPR - The Sunday Story: The love that shaped Whoopi Goldberg. Sep 04, 2023
Noted that she won an EGOT. Jul 07, 2022
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Whoopi Goldberg (1955- ). May 09, 2022
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Whoopi Goldberg. Mar 13, 2021
Added the miniseries The Stand. Dec 30, 2020
Added the TV series The Con. Oct 15, 2020
Added the movie Nobody's Fool (2018). Nov 02, 2018
Added Broadway credits and the film 9/11. Sep 08, 2017
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Whoopi Goldberg. Jan 20, 2017
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Homestead National Monument of America - Biography of Whoopi Goldberg. Jan 20, 2017
Noted the release of Big Stone Gap (2014). Oct 08, 2015
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Whoopi Goldberg. Oct 24, 2014
Noted recent film and television work. Aug 08, 2014
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Whoopi Goldberg. May 26, 2014
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Whoopi Goldberg. May 09, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Whoopi Goldberg. May 09, 2013
Add new Web site: Official Site of Comic Relief. Jun 05, 2012
Add new Web site: Official Site of Comic Relief. Jun 05, 2012
Media added. May 13, 2011
Added the movie For Colored Girls (2010). Nov 05, 2010
Added new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Biography of Whoopi Goldberg. Jul 07, 2006
New article added. Dec 03, 2004
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