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Oprah Winfrey By Olivia. Full name: Oprah Gail Winfrey Date of birth: January 26 1954 Birth place: Kosciusko Mississippi Parents names: Vernita Lee [her.

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Page 1: Oprah Winfrey By Olivia. Full name: Oprah Gail Winfrey Date of birth: January 26 1954 Birth place: Kosciusko Mississippi Parents names: Vernita Lee [her.

Oprah Winfrey

By Olivia

Page 2: Oprah Winfrey By Olivia. Full name: Oprah Gail Winfrey Date of birth: January 26 1954 Birth place: Kosciusko Mississippi Parents names: Vernita Lee [her.

• Full name: Oprah Gail Winfrey• Date of birth: January 26 1954• Birth place: Kosciusko Mississippi• Parents names: Vernita Lee [her mother]

and Vernon Winfrey [her father]

Page 3: Oprah Winfrey By Olivia. Full name: Oprah Gail Winfrey Date of birth: January 26 1954 Birth place: Kosciusko Mississippi Parents names: Vernita Lee [her.

Her family

• Oprah’s mom and dad were never married• her grandmother’s name is Hattie Mae Lee• Oprah gave birth to a baby boy when she

was 14• the baby died when he was two weeks old

Page 4: Oprah Winfrey By Olivia. Full name: Oprah Gail Winfrey Date of birth: January 26 1954 Birth place: Kosciusko Mississippi Parents names: Vernita Lee [her.

Childhood

• Oprah was raised on a farm with her grandmother

• she moved to Milwaukee In 1960• she lived her mother

Page 5: Oprah Winfrey By Olivia. Full name: Oprah Gail Winfrey Date of birth: January 26 1954 Birth place: Kosciusko Mississippi Parents names: Vernita Lee [her.

Childhood

• in 1967 after repeated abuse she ran away• the police caught her• she was sent to live with her dad in

Nashville Tennessee

Page 6: Oprah Winfrey By Olivia. Full name: Oprah Gail Winfrey Date of birth: January 26 1954 Birth place: Kosciusko Mississippi Parents names: Vernita Lee [her.

Her Education

• she won a college scholarship in Speech Communications and Performing arts

• she went to Tennessee State University• she graduated in 1976

Page 7: Oprah Winfrey By Olivia. Full name: Oprah Gail Winfrey Date of birth: January 26 1954 Birth place: Kosciusko Mississippi Parents names: Vernita Lee [her.

The Lead up to her Show

• in 1976 she moved to Baltimore and co-anchored WJZ-TV news

• after WJZ-TV news ,she co hosted People are Talking

• her career in talk show host began• she moved again, to Chicago• she was the talk show host of Am Chicago• the ratings were bad• she made it into the most talked about

day time show

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Her Show

• in 1985 the new name for Oprah’s show was The Oprah Winfrey Show

• she formed her own production HARPO Production

• she became the first to own and produce her own talk show

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Awards

•a Oscar and a Golden Globe for her role in The Color Purple

•3 Emmy award

•a Emmy award for Outstanding Informational Special

•a Life Achievement Award

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Mississippi

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Timeline

Events in the Life of Oprah Winfrey

Born in Kosciusko,Mississippi

Graduated University

She changed her show name to The Oprah Winfrey

Show

She won a Oscar

She won a Golden Globe

She won 3 Emmy Awards

She won Emmy Award

She won a Life Time Achievement award

1954 1964 1974 1984 1994 2004

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Resources

Web Sites

• Oprah Winfrey

• http://www.popstars.com/celebrities_oprah.htm

• Oprah• http://www.anglefire.com

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Trivia Question

• What University did Oprah go to?

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Trivia Answer

Tennessee State University