Whoopi Goldberg

Biografie

• Spravne jmeno - Caryn Johnson
• Datum narozeni - 13.listopadu 1949
• Misto narozeni - New York City, New York, USA
• Vlasy - cerne
• Barva oci - hnede
• Stav - rozvedena - byvali manzele David Calessen (kameraman), Lyle Trachtenberg (odborarsky predak)
• Pritel - Frank Langella (herec)
• Deti - dcera Alexandra Martin (24 let, z prvniho manzelstvi), vnucka Amarah
• Vzdelani - High School for the Performing Arts, New York; cestny doktorat Brandeis University, Massachusetts
• Bydliste - dum v Pacific Palisades a farma s konmi ve Vermontu
• Zamestnani - komik, spisovatelka

Filmografie

• Citizen (r. William Frawley, 1982)
• Purpurova barva/Barva nachu (The Color Purple, r. Steven Spielberg, 1985) - Celie
• Jumpin' Jack Flash (r. Penny Marshall, 1986) - Terry Doolittle
• The Best of Comic Relief (r. Walter C. Miller, 1986, TV)
• Osudna droga (Fatal Beauty, r. Tom Holland, 1987) - Rita Rizzoli
• Lupicka (Burglar, r. Hugh Wilson, 1987) .... Bernice Rhodenbarr
• The Comic Relief 2 (r. Walter C. Miller, 1987, TV)
• Star Trek: Nova generace (Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1987, TV serial) - Guinan 1988-1994
• Telefon (The Telephone, r. Rip Torn, 1988) - Vashti Blue
• Clara's Heart (r. Robert Mulligan, 1988) - Clara
• Homer a Eddie (Homer & Eddie, r. Andrei Konchalovsky, 1989) - Eddie Cervi
• Lehky dotek (Kiss Shot, r. Jerry London, 1989, TV) - Sarah Collins
• Hosi z Beverly Hills (Beverly Hills Brats, r. Dimitri Sotirakis, 1989) - Cameo/sama sebe
• Duch (Ghost, r. Jerry Zucker, 1990) - Oda Mae Brown
• Dlouha cesta domu (The Long Walk Home, r. Robert Pearce, 1990) - Odessa Cotter
• Star Trek: To nejlepsi z obou svetu (Star Trek: The Best of Both Worlds, r. Cliff Bole, 1990) - Guinan
• Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990, TV) - sama sebe
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990, TV serial) - hlas Gaia
• Bagdad Cafe (1990, TV serial) - Brenda
• Pyzamovy mejdan (House Party 2, r. Doug McHenry, George Jackson, 1991)
• Soapdish (r. Michael Hoffman, 1991) - Rose Schwartz
• Blackbird Fly (r. Ashley Tyler, 1991, TV)
• Wisecracks (r. Gail Singer, 1991) - sama sebe
• Hrac (The Player, r. Robert Altman, 1992) - Detective Susan Avery
• Sestra v akci (Sister Act, r. Emile Ardolino, 1992) - Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence
• Sarafina! (r. Darrell James Roodt, 1992) - Mary Masembuko
• The Magical World of Chuck Jones (r. George Daugherty, 1992, dokument)
• The Whoopi Goldberg Show (1992, TV serial) - Hostess
• Nabita zbran 1 (National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1, r. Gene Quintano, 1993) - Sgt. York
• Made in America (r. Richard Benjamin, 1993) - Sarah Mathews
• Sestra v akci 2 (Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, r. Bill Duke, 1993) - Deloris
• Lvi kral (The Lion King, r. Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, 1994) - hlas Shenzi
• Corrina, Corrina (r. Jessie Nelson, 1994) - Corrina Washington
• The Little Rascals (r. Penelope Spheeris, 1994) - Buckwheat's Mom
• Liberation (r. Arnold Schwartzman, 1994) - hlas Narrator
• Star Trek: Generations (r. David Carson, 1994) - Guinan
• Naked in New York (1994) - Face on the Theater Wall
• The Pagemaster - Vladce knih (The Pagemaster, r. Joe Johnston, 1994) - hlas Fantasy
• Damska jizda (Boys on the Side, r. Herbert Ross, 1995) - Jane
• The Sunshine Boys (1995, TV) - Nurse
• The Celluloid Closet (1995) - Interviewee
• Theodore Rex (r. Jonathan Betuel, 1995) - Katie Coltrane
• Moonlight and Valentino (r. David Anspaugh, 1995) - Sylvie Morrow
• Eddie (r. Steve Rash, 1996) - Edwina Eddie Franklin
• Bogus (r. Norman Jewison, 1996) - Harriet Franklin
• Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood (1996) - Hospital Patient
• The Associate (1996) - Laurel Ayres/Robert S. Cutty
• Duch minulosti (Ghosts of Mississippi, 1996) - Myrlie Evers
• In & Out (1997) - sama sebe
• An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) - sama sebe
• In the Gloaming (1997, TV) - Myrna
• Destination Anywhere (1997, V) - Cabbie
• Cinderella (1997, TV) - Queen Constantina
• State and Maine (1998)
• The Deep End of the Ocean (1998) - Candy Bliss
• Hollywood Squares (1998, TV serial) - Host
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

Hostovani v serialech

• A Different World (1987) - ucitelka
• Povidky z krypty (Tales from the Crypt, 1989) - carodejka
• Moonlighting ("Camille", 1985) - Camille
• Dolly (1987) - Valley Girl
• Muppets Tonight! (1996) - sama sebe

V posledni dobe jsme meli moznost videt v televizi filmy jako Osudna droga, Duch, Sestra v akci, Jumpin' Jack Flash Made in Amerika nebo Melvin a Howard. Co maji spolecne? Skvelou afroamerickou herecku Whoopi Goldberg v hlavni pripadne vyrazne vedlejsi roli. Caryn Johnson, tak se jmenuje, se narodila 13.listopadu 1949 v New York City, USA. Na prkna, ktera znamenaji svet, se postavila poprve v osmi letech.

Herectvi vystudovala na High School for the Performing Arts v New Yorku a pote se objevila na Broadwayi v ruznych slavnych muzikalech (Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar) ve sborech. Velmi brzy se vdala a stala se zavislou na heroinu. Otehotnela a v roce 1974 se zbavila manzela i drogove zavislosti a se svou dcerou Alexandrou zacala novou etapu zivota.

Cestovala se svou show pro jednoho herce Spook Show a neustale mirila na jihozapad. Az ji konecne objevil Hollywood. Steven Spielberg ji obsadil do roli Celie ve filmu Purpurova barva, za kterou ziskala Zlaty Globus a nominaci na Oscara. Vzapeti se objevila Penny Marshall s nabidkou na film Jumpin' Jack Flash. Podle me jeden z nejlepsich, ktere kdy Whoopi natocila. Jako Terri Doolittle mohla na platnech predvest svuj komedialni talent. S vydatnou pomoci Stephena Collinse a mirne poruchoveho pocitace se jako obycejna pracovnice banky zapojila do slozitych her tajnych sluzeb.

Od roku 1988 se zacala objevovat v serialu Star Trek: Nova generace. Guinan, barmanka s urcitymi schopnostmi a vzdy pripravena vyslechnout starosti a poradit, se stala nezbytnou soucasti teto generace na lodi Enterprise. Whoopi jsme mohli videt i v dalsich serialech. S Brucem Willisem v Moonlighting a take jako sympatickou carodejku woo-doo se zvlastnim zajmem o zrzave hlavy v Povidkach z krypty.

Druhe setkani s Oscarem na sebe nedalo prilis dlouho cekat. Ve filmu Duch zastinila Patricka Swayzeho a Demi Moore takovym zpusobem, ze za vedlejsi roli media Ody Mae zlateho nahace ziskala. Velky divacky uspech znamenala take skvela hudebni komedie Sestra v akci, kterou pry puvodne napsali na telo Bette Midler, ale diky jeji zaneprazdnenosti dostala sanci Whoopi Goldberg. Neverim, ze by Milder dosahla takoveho uspechu, jako se to povedlo Whoopi. Roli barove zpevacky ukryte v klastere nejen bajecne zahrala, ale i nazpivala.

V roce 1986 se podruhe vdala. Stastnym manzelem se stal holandsky kameraman David Edward Calessen, ovsem pouze na dva roky. Pri nataceni Made in Amerika se rozsirily povesti o jejim vztahu s hereckym partnerem Tedem Dansonem, ktere rozbily jeho dlouholete manzelstvi. Dalsim muzem Whoopina zivota se stal odborovy predak Lyle Trachtenberg. Perlickou jejich svatby byl napis na strese venovany otravnym bulvarnim fotografum, ktery znel Fuck You. I toto manzelstvi se rozpadlo a zatim posledni muz, o kterem jsem slysela, byl herec Frank Lagella. Momentalne Whoopi zije v Los Angeles se svou dcerou a vnuckou.

Nekolik vyroku Whoopi o sobe v originale

"When I go out, I go as Whoopi Goldberg. But when I'm in the house, it's Caryn Johnson, Caryn Johnson parent, Caryn Johnson grandparent. . . when I get home and turn into a real person who has to deal with bills and family crises and whatever, there's no room for Whoopi Goldberg in that."

"I don't like driving very much. That makes me very unhappy, because I scream a lot in the car, but other than that, life is actually pretty good."

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