Oprah Winfrey

By: Ivey Thacker

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Oprah the legend

Oprah Winfrey is a legend, known for her talk show,
books, acting career. Nicknamed the Queen of all
Media,oprahs talk show was the best of it kind,
lasting from 1986-2011 the show had a number of
celebrities and helped others. She was even ranked
the richest African-American of the 20th century.

Early Life
Born in Kosciusko, Mississippi Oprah was born to and unwed teenage mother and
lived with her grandmother. Oprah was raised on her grandmother's farm, while her
mom was looking for work, in this time from infancy to the age of six her
grandmother taught Oprah to read. By the age of three oprah was able to recite
bible verses and poems, her fellow church members thought of her as a gifted
child. But alas by the age of six Oprahs mother had found a job in Milwaukee, and
moved her to an apartment in the inner city. This is where she spent her days with
her family members and was abused and molested, this started at the age of 9 and
continued until the age of 13. When she was tired she tried to run away in which
earned her a trip to a juvenile detention home. Oprah was rejected from the home
because there was no room for her. Then at the age of 14 she gave birth to a baby
that died in infancy, after that she set of to Tennessee to live with her father.Vernon
Winfrey was a strict father but this helped Oprah in the long lun to academic

The Becoming Of
When Oprah was 18 she became Miss Black Tennessee, but before that she
won Nashvilles Miss Fire prevention pageant. When she won this she was
offered a job reading afternoon headlines at a radio station. Oprah pageant
career soon ended when her news career and studies got into the mix. When
Oprah was 19 she became anchor of News station on the radio, and she left
her college studies to do this. Ten years later Oprah is cohosting AM Chicago,
and within months she has taking over and has become top rated in viewers.
The Oprah Winfrey show originated from AM Chicago, because AM Chicago
was renamed the Oprah Winfrey show when she took the town by storm.

The Oprah Winfrey Show

The year of 1986 was a big year for Oprah she started dating her future husband,
Stedman, she lost 67 pounds, and launched Harpo productions.
Fun fact: Harpo spelled backward is Oprah
Harpo productions produced The Oprah Winfrey Show, and the show goes national.
Becoming the highest rated TV talk show in history, attracting 49 million viewers per
week. In the First year of Broadcast The Oprah Winfrey show received 3 daytime
Emmys, and by 2000 the show had received 40 Emmys and Oprah took the show out
of the runnings, also in 200 she started running her magazine by the name of O
magazine. By 2010 Oprah had interviewed so many people and the 10th anniversary
of O was coming up, the editors decide to let oprah be interviewed by viewers. One of
the Questions asked Who was the one that got away, that one that you wanted to talk
and meet so badly? Oprah replied with Who got away was Elvis Presley. When I was
a kid, I always wanted to talk to Elvis. Another was Jackie Onassis.

The Oprah Winfrey Show

Continued

I had the pleasure and honor of meeting herI actually ate her clam chowder at my
friend Maria Shriver's wedding shower. There's a picture from the shower where I'm
wearing one of those appliqud sweaters and Jackie's wearing a cashmere sweater and
an Herms scarfclassic, classic, classic. I look like 1985, and she looks like Jackie O.
Later, because she was a book editor, she called and asked if I would write a book. As
much as I loved Jackie O, I said no, I was not ready to do a book. But I said, "If you
ever want to do an interview..." and she said, "I probably will never do an interview."
So that was another one who got away.
And within the next year Oprah decided it was time for the long running show to end
and in 2011 on May 25 the show aired its last episode. The Most Iconic TV tak show
was finished but the host would be seen much more afterward.

Movies and Books

The Butler-2013
Selma-2014
The Color Purple-1985
Beloved-1998
Princess and the Frog-2009
The Hundred Foot Journey-2014
The Women of Brewster Place-1989
Before Women Had Wings-1997
Native Son-1989
Our Friend, Martin-1999
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch
Albom's For One More Day-2007
There Are N0 children Here-1993
etc.

Oprah: Make the Connection-1993

What I Know for Sure-2014
The Journal of Daily Renewal: The
Companion to Make the
Connection-1996
Make the Connection Header-1996
Journey to Beloved
Transitions Southern Africa-2010

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