[2] In an interview with The New York Times Magazine (20 August 2006), Whoopi Goldberg asserts: "No, I am not a lesbian. I describe myself as heterosexual. I think it is hard to have good relationships with anyone."
Father: Robert James Johnson (preacher, d. 1993)
Mother: Emma Johnson (d. 2010)
Brother: Clyde K. Johnson (Goldberg's chauffeur)
Husband: Alvin Martin (drug counselor, m. 1973, div. 1977)
Daughter: Alexandra Martin (b. 1973)
Boyfriend: David Schein (performance artist, youth theater director, together 1980-85)
Husband: David Claessen (cinematographer, m. 1-Sep-1986, div. Oct-1988)
Boyfriend: Eddie Gold (cinematographer, together 1987-90)
Boyfriend: Timothy Dalton (actor, together 1990-91)
Boyfriend: Ted Danson (actor, together 1992-94)
Husband: Lyle Trachtenberg (union organizer, m. 1-Oct-1994, div. Oct-1995)
Boyfriend: Jeffrey Cohen (orthodontist, together circa 1995)
Boyfriend: Frank Langella (actor, together 1995-2000)
High School: Washington Irving High School, New York City, NY (dropped out, freshman year)
Academy of Achievement (1994)
Friars Club
Jefferson Awards Board of Selectors
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Board of Directors (former)
Planet Hollywood
Oscar for Best Supporting Actress 1991 for Ghost
Golden Globe 1986 for The Color Purple
Golden Globe 1991 for Ghost
Hollywood Walk of Fame 20-Jul-2001 at 6841 Hollywood Blvd.
Kentucky Colonel
Honorary Harlem Globetrotter
Abortion
Civil Disobedience Berkeley, CA 1985
Breast Reduction Surgery
Endorsement of MCI 1995
Endorsement of Slim-Fast
Endorsement of T-Mobile 2009
Funeral: Muhammad Ali (2016)
Risk Factors: Dyslexia, Smoking, Marijuana, Heroin, Aviophobia
TELEVISION
The View (2007-)
Strong Medicine Dr. Lydia Emerson (2000)
The Hollywood Squares Center Square (1998-2002)
Bagdad Cafe Brenda (1990)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Guinan (1988-93)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (Jan-2018) · Herself
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years (15-Sep-2016) · Herself
Top Five (6-Sep-2014)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (3-Aug-2014)
Occupy Unmasked (21-Sep-2012) · Herself
Under African Skies (22-Jan-2012) · Herself
The Muppets (4-Nov-2011) · Herself
The Little Engine That Could (22-Mar-2011) [VOICE]
A Little Bit of Heaven (4-Feb-2011) · God
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (23-Jan-2011) · Narrator [VOICE]
Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song (Jan-2011) · Herself
For Colored Girls (5-Nov-2010)
Toy Story 3 (12-Jun-2010) · Stretch [VOICE]
Teenage Paparazzo (22-Jan-2010) · Herself
Kambakkht Ishq (3-Jul-2009) · Herself
Madea Goes to Jail (16-Feb-2009) · Herself
Snow Buddies (5-Feb-2008) [VOICE]
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (13-Oct-2007) · Herself
Farce of the Penguins (30-Jan-2007) [VOICE]
If I Had Known I Was a Genius (23-Jan-2007)
Everyone's Hero (15-Sep-2006) [VOICE]
Doogal (24-Feb-2006) [VOICE]
Racing Stripes (14-Jan-2005) · Franny [VOICE]
The Aristocrats (Jan-2005) · Herself
Jiminy Glick in La La Wood (18-Sep-2004) · Herself
SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (27-Aug-2004) · Herself
Pinocchio 3000 (14-May-2004) [VOICE]
The Lion King 1½ (10-Feb-2004) [VOICE]
Blizzard (15-May-2003) [VOICE]
Good Fences (23-Jan-2003)
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003) · Herself
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (29-Nov-2002)
Searching for Debra Winger (16-May-2002) · Herself
Call Me Claus (2-Dec-2001) · Lucy Cullins
America: A Tribute to Heroes (21-Sep-2001) · Herself
Rat Race (30-Jul-2001)
Monkeybone (23-Feb-2001)
Kingdom Come (8-Feb-2001)
What Makes a Family (22-Jan-2001)
More Dogs Than Bones (14-Jul-2000) · Cleo
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (24-Jun-2000)
Girl, Interrupted (8-Dec-1999) · Valerie
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (7-Nov-1999)
Jackie's Back! (14-Jun-1999)
The Deep End of the Ocean (12-Mar-1999) · Candy
Alice in Wonderland (28-Feb-1999) · Cheshire Cat
Get Bruce (24-Jan-1999) · Herself
Our Friend, Martin (1999) [VOICE]
The Rugrats Movie (20-Nov-1998) [VOICE]
A Knight in Camelot (8-Nov-1998)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (16-Oct-1998) [VOICE]
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (3-Aug-1998)
Alegría (1998) · Baby Clown
Cinderella (2-Nov-1997)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (29-Sep-1997) · Herself
Destination Anywhere (16-Jun-1997)
In the Gloaming (20-Apr-1997) · Nurse Myrna
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) · Herself
A Christmas Carol (1997) [VOICE]
Ghosts of Mississippi (20-Dec-1996)
The Associate (25-Oct-1996) · Laurel
Bogus (6-Sep-1996) · Harriet
Eddie (31-May-1996) · Eddie
Theodore Rex (14-Dec-1995)
Moonlight and Valentino (29-Sep-1995)
The Celluloid Closet (13-Sep-1995) · Herself
Boys on the Side (3-Feb-1995) · Jane
The Pagemaster (23-Nov-1994) · Fantasy [VOICE]
Corrina, Corrina (12-Aug-1994)
The Little Rascals (5-Aug-1994) · Buckwheat's Mom
The Lion King (15-Jun-1994) [VOICE]
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (10-Dec-1993) · Deloris
Made in America (28-May-1993) · Sarah Mathews
Naked in New York (1993)
Sarafina! (11-Sep-1992) · Mary Masembuko
Wisecracks (Jun-1992) · Herself
Sister Act (29-May-1992) · Deloris
The Player (3-Apr-1992)
Soapdish (31-May-1991) · Rose Schwartz
The Long Walk Home (11-Sep-1990) · Odessa Cotter
Ghost (13-Jul-1990)
Beverly Hills Brats (6-Oct-1989) · Herself
Homer & Eddie (17-Aug-1989)
Clara's Heart (7-Oct-1988) · Clara Mayfield
The Telephone (22-Jan-1988)
Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse (1988) · Herself
Fatal Beauty (30-Oct-1987) · Rita Rizzoli
Burglar (20-Mar-1987) · Bernice Rhodenbarr
Jumpin' Jack Flash (10-Oct-1986) · Terry Dolittle
The Color Purple (18-Dec-1985) · Celie