Oprah Gail Winfrey is a media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist, best known for The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest rated show of its kind, nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. She was born in rural Mississippi to a single mother, and reportedly experienced much hardship during her childhood, including poverty and sexual abuse. She was actually named Orpah, after the Biblical character in the Book of Ruth, but people mispronounced it regularly.
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Quick facts and in-depth biographical information about Oprah Winfrey are put forward, including a synopsis of her career, her beginnings, success and fame, the Oprah Winfrey Network, and her activism and charity work. Photographs and video are included.
http://www.biography.com/people/oprah-winfrey-9534419
The International Movie Database offers a brief profile of the actress and producer, as well as contact information, and details of her filmography, personal details, and trivia.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001856/
The official website for Oprah Winfrey features news and announcements about her various projects, shows, endeavors, and interests, including television and films, magazine publications, radio, philanthropic interests, and her book club. Subscriptions to her O Magazine may be made through the site as well.
http://www.oprah.com/
The Oprah Winfrey Network includes her web publications, the Oprah Show, O Magazine, OWN TV, Oprah Radio, and Oprah’s Lifeclass, each of which may be access through this portal site. Other resources include schedules, video, photographs, a channel finder, and contests.
http://ownca.oprah.com/
