by Bonnie Sprung

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CD 3D WHOOPI

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50.5" X 44.5” Acrylic/Oil on Canvas covered CD’s 156 CD's Famed actress, award-winning comedian, television host and human rights advocate Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson on November 13, 1955. She starred in a popular one-woman production in 1983, and in 1985 she won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording. That year, Goldberg's success with The Color Purple launched a highly visible acting career. Since 1985, she has appeared in more than 80 film and television productions. She won an Academy Award in 1991 for her performance in Ghost and a Tony Award in 2002 for Thoroughly Modern Millie. In 2007 she embarked on a lengthy run as moderator of the TV talk show The View; winning a Daytime Emmy Award in 2009. Known as an EGOT winner. She is one of twelve who has the honor of winning all four major annual American entertainment awards in a competitive, individual (non-group) category: the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.

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