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Oprah Winfrey
b. 1954
American media personality and proprietor (born 1954)
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Birth
1954 January 29, 1954 →Biography
Oprah Gail Winfrey is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011. Globally, she is the richest Black woman and the wealthiest female celebrity. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African-American of the 20th century and was once the world's only Black billionaire. By 2007, she was often ranked as the most influential woman in the world.
Timeline
American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded the OWN Network and Harpo Productions
January 29 →Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty-five-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
May 25 →More from the Postwar
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