Oprah Winfrey



Oprah Winfrey

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born
January 29, 1954

gender
female

place of birth
Kosciusko, Mississippi, The United States

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genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, Health, Mind & Body

influences
Phil Donahue


about this author

Oprah Gail Winfrey is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in the history of television. She is also an influential book critic, an Academy Award-nominated actress, and a magazine publisher. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century, the most philanthropic African American of all time, and the world's only black billionaire for three straight years. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world.

Born in rural Mississippi to a poor unwed teenaged mother, and later raised in a Milwaukee ghetto, Winfrey was raped at the age of nine, and at fourteen, gave birth to a son who died in infancy. Sent to live with...more




avg rating: 3.55 | 29 reviews | 124 ratings | 10 distinct works
Make the Connection: 10 Steps... Make the Connection: 10 Steps to a Better Body - And a Better Life (Paperback)
by Bob Greene, Oprah Winfrey
avg rating 3.61 — 88 ratings — published 1996
6 editions
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Journey to Beloved Journey to Beloved (Hardcover)
by Oprah Winfrey
avg rating 3.71 — 7 ratings — published 1998
2 editions
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A Journal of Daily Renewal: Th... A Journal of Daily Renewal: The Companion to Make the Connection (Paperback)
by Bob Greene, Oprah Winfrey
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1996
2 editions
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The Best of Oprah's What I Kno... The Best of Oprah's What I Know For Sure
by Oprah Winfrey
avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 2005
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Oprah Winfrey Speaks: Insight... Oprah Winfrey Speaks: Insight from the World's Most Influential Voice (Audio Cassette)
by Oprah Winfrey, Janet Lowe
avg rating 4.00 — 1 ratings — published 1998
2 editions
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The Uncommon Wisdom Of Oprah W... The Uncommon Wisdom Of Oprah Winfrey: A Portrait in Her Own Words (Hardcover)
by Oprah Winfrey, Bill Adler
avg rating 2.00 — 1 ratings — published 2000
3 editions
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Oprah Oprah (Random House Large Print)
by Oprah Winfrey, Joan Barthel
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1999
4 editions
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Make the Connection: Ten: Step... Make the Connection: Ten: Steps...Controlled Release (Hardcover)
by Oprah Winfrey
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1997
3 editions
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The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah W... The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey: A Portrait in Her Own Words (Hardcover)
by Bill Adler, Oprah Winfrey
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1996
2 editions
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Confronting Child Sexual Abuse... Confronting Child Sexual Abuse: A Video Training Series (Diskette)
by Madelyn DeWoody, Oprah Winfrey
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1993
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"Turn your wounds into wisdom."
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"When you know better you do better."
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"The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams."
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