Claim: Whoopi Goldberg won an acting Oscar.
Evidence: In the romantic fantasy film Ghost -LRB- 1990 -RRB- , Goldberg played Oda Mae Brown , an eccentric psychic who helped a slain man -LRB- Patrick Swayze -RRB- save his lover -LRB- Demi Moore -RRB- , for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.