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Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey . Name: Oprah Gail Winfrey. Date of Birth: January 29, 1954. Facts in Brief . Education: Tennessee State University. Parents: Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey . At age six, Winfrey moved to live with her mother. .

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Oprah Winfrey

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  1. Oprah Winfrey

  2. Name: Oprah Gail Winfrey • Date of Birth: January 29, 1954 Facts in Brief • Education: Tennessee State University • Parents: VernitaLee and Vernon Winfrey

  3. At age six, Winfrey moved to live with her mother. • Winfrey was molested by her cousin, her uncle, and a family friend, starting when she was nine years old. she spent her first six years living with her grandmother Hattie Mae Lee. • When she was 14, she became pregnant but her son died in infancy. Thenher mother sent her to live with her father.

  4. At age 17, Winfrey won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant. • Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school and began co-anchoring the local evening news at the age of 19 • In 1972, Oprah became the first black to anchor at Nashville's WTVF-TV. • In 1976 she being co-anchor at WJZ-TV then after two years, she was hired to host the station's chat show, “People Are Talking.”

  5. In 1984, she moved to Chicago and took over the morning show “A.M. Chicago.” • She was introduced into the Television Hall of Fame in 1994, and has won many awards. • Winfrey and Discovery Communicationsannounced plans to change Discovery Health Channelinto a new channel called OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Networkin 2010.

  6. Movies • The Color Purplein 1985. • Beloved in 1998. • Their Eyes Were Watching God in 2005. • The Princess and the Frog in 2009.

  7. magazines • O, The Oprah Magazine • O at Home

  8. Occupation: Talk show host, media • proprietorand actress • Salary: $385 million (2008) • Net worth: < $2.3 billion (Sept. 2009) • Signature: • Website:www.Oprah.com

  9. Question? Thank you

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