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American television host, actress, producer, philanthropist. Oprah Gail Winfrey was born January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. After a troubled adolescence in a small farming community, where she was sexually abused by a number of male relatives and friends of her mother, Vernita, she moved to Nashville to live with her father, Vernon, a barber and businessman. She entered Tennessee State University in 1971 and began working in radio and television broadcasting in Nashville.
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Profile For Oprah Winfrey
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Personal Information
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Birth Name
Orpah Gail Winfrey
Nick Name
Orpah
The Preacher
O
Deepak Oprah
Lady O
Date of Birth
January 29, 1954 (to unmarried teenage parents)
Weekday
Friday
Birthday / Birth Anniversary
January 29
Place of birth
Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States
Grew up
Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Sex
Female
Hair Color
Dark
Eyes Color
Brown - Dark
Height
5' 6½"
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Country
United States
Ancestry
African American
Nationality
United States
Citizenship
United States
Race or Ethnicity
Black, America
Sexual OrientationStraight
ResidenceChicago, Illinois, United States
Language SpeaksEnglish
ReligionProtestant
Websitewww.Oprah.com
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Family Information
.........................................Father NameVernon Winfrey (born 1933, a coal miner then barber then city councilman)
Mother NameVernita Lee (born1935, a housemaid)
Paternal ResidenceNashville, Tennessee, United States
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Educational Information(s)
................................................High SchoolEast Nashville High School, Nashville, TN (1971)
UniversityTennessee State University (1971-76)
UniversityBA Speech and Drama, Tennessee State University (1987)
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Marital Information
............................................ Status Single
Boyfriend(s) - John Tesh (dated in 1970s)
- Roger Ebert (dated in 1970s)
- Stedman Graham (self-help author, cohabiting since 1986)
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Professional Information(s)
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Title
African American television host and actress
Occupation(s)
Talk show host, media proprietor, philanthropist, actress
Talk show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
Years Active
1983–Present
Rank
- Richest African American of the 20th century
- Black women billionaire
Party Affiliation
Democratic Party
Sexual abuse
- Raped at the age of nine by her cousin, her uncle, and a family friend
- When14, she became pregnant, her son dying shortly after birth
Childhood jobs
Grocery store, Radio station
Personal wealth
Over $2.7 billion (According to Forbes, in September 2010)
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