Īt age six, Winfrey moved to an inner-city neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with her mother, who was less supportive and encouraging than her grandmother had been, largely as a result of the long hours she worked as a maid. When Winfrey was a child, her grandmother was reportedly abusive. Her grandmother taught her to read before the age of three and took her to the local church, where she was nicknamed "The Preacher" for her ability to recite Bible verses. Her grandmother was so poor that Winfrey often wore dresses made of potato sacks, for which other children made fun of her. Īfter Winfrey's birth, her mother traveled north, and Winfrey spent her first six years living in rural poverty with her maternal grandmother, Hattie Mae (Presley) Lee (Ap– February 27, 1963). However, given the imprecision of genetic testing, the East Asian markers may actually be Native American. Her genetic makeup was determined to be 89% Sub-Saharan African, 8% Native American, and 3% East Asian. A genetic test in 2006 determined that her matrilineal line originated among the Kpelle ethnic group, in the area that today is Liberia.
1925) has claimed to be her biological father. However, Mississippi farmer and World War II Veteran Noah Robinson Sr.
1933), a coal miner turned barber turned city councilman who was in the Armed Forces when she was born. Winfrey's biological father is usually noted as Vernon Winfrey (born c. Her mother, Vernita Lee (1935–2018), was a housemaid. She was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to an unmarried teenage mother. Orpah Gail Winfrey was born on Januher first name was spelled Orpah on her birth certificate after the biblical figure in the Book of Ruth, but people mispronounced it regularly and "Oprah" stuck.
5.2.1 Daytime talk show's impact on LGBT people. Winfey was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021. Winfrey has won many accolades throughout her career which includes 18 Daytime Emmy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Chairman's Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, including the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award, a Tony Award, a Peabody Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, awarded by the Academy Awards and two additional Academy Award nominations. In 1994, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. In 2008, she formed her own network, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).Ĭredited with creating a more intimate, confessional form of media communication, Winfrey popularized and revolutionized the tabloid talk show genre pioneered by Phil Donahue. In 2013, Winfrey was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama and received honorary doctorate degrees from Duke and Harvard. Winfrey had also emerged as a political force in the 2008 presidential race, with her endorsement of Barack Obama estimated to have been worth about one million votes during the 2008 Democratic primaries. Though she has been criticized for unleashing a confession culture, promoting controversial self-help ideas, and having an emotion-centered approach, she has also been praised for overcoming adversity to become a benefactor to others. Winfrey's often emotional, extemporaneous delivery eventually led to her transfer to the daytime talk show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place, she launched her own production company.īy the mid-1990s, Winfrey had reinvented her show with a focus on literature, self-improvement, mindfulness, and spirituality. By 19, she was a co-anchor for the local evening news. Winfrey was then sent to live with the man she calls her father, Vernon Winfrey, a barber in Nashville, Tennessee, and landed a job in radio while still in high school. She has stated that she was molested during her childhood and early teenage years and became pregnant at 14 her son was born prematurely and died in infancy. Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a single teenage mother and later raised in inner-city Milwaukee. By 2007, she was sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African-American of the 20th century, was once the world's only black billionaire, and the greatest black philanthropist in U.S. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011. Oprah Gail Winfrey ( / ˈ oʊ p r ə/ born Orpah Gail Winfrey January 29, 1954) is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. Chairwoman, CEO and CCO of the Oprah Winfrey Network (2011–present). Chairwoman and CEO of Harpo Productions (1986–present).
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