Whoopi Goldberg

Caryn Elaine Johnson, better known by her stage name Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, author, and television personality. She is best known for her work in many feature films and TV shows.
For Disney, she voiced Shenzi in the 1994 Disney animated feature film The Lion King and its 2004 midquel The Lion King 1½. She also voiced Miss Mittens in Snow Buddies and Stretch in the 2010 Disney/Pixar film Toy Story 3. Additionally, she made a cameo as herself in The Muppets. She also posed as the Genie in "Where Your Every Wish is Our Command" in the Disney Dream Portrait Series, and voiced the White Rabbit's wife in the ABC series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and Ursula in Descendants 2, although she did not make a physical appearance in the film.
Goldberg guest-starred in Episode 109 of . She also played Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence in Sister Act and its 1993 sequel, Mary Masembuko in the 1992 Miramax/Hollywood film Sarafina!, Dr. Vivien Morgan in A Knight in Camelot, Laurel Ayres/Mr. Cutty in The Associate, and Edwina "Eddie" Franklin in Eddie. Additionally, she voiced the GameMaster in Miles from Tomorrowland, Lama in season 2 of Elena of Avalor, and Mother Olm in Amphibia. Since 2007, she has been hosting the ABC talk show .
For Disney Theatrical Productions, Goldberg appeared in a one-night-only engagement on January 14, 2010 in The Lion King, cameoing throughout the show, and did a three-week engagement in London's West End as the Mother Superior in Sister Act.
She was named a Disney Legend in 2017, but unlike the others in that class, she wasn't named in advance.
She was seen holding hands with Mickey Mouse in the "Hands Across America" music video.
==Roles==
Shenzi 1.png|Shenzi(The Lion King franchise)
Deloris Van Cartier-Sister Mary Clarence.jpg|Deloris Van Cartier(Sister Act franchise)
Queen Constantina.png|Queen Constantina(Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella)
Vivien Morgan.png|Dr. Vivien Morgan(A Knight in Camelot)
Miss Kittens.png|Miss Mittens(Snow Buddies)
Stretch.jpg|Stretch(Toy Story 3)
Whoopi Goldberg in Superstar Limo.jpg|Herself(Superstar Limo)
Disney Dream Portrait Series - Genie - Where Your Every Wish is Our Command.jpg|Genie in "Where Your Every Wish is Our Command" from the Disney Dream Portrait Series
Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Superior in Sister act musical.jpg|Mother Superior|Sister Act (musical); West End, April 2012
M11 whoopi cameo.jpg|Herself(The Muppets)
Character.edwina.jpg|Edwina Badger(Bear in the Big Blue House)
Letters-whoopi.jpg|Cab driver(A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa)
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland - 1x08 - Home - Mrs. Rabbit.jpg|Mrs. Rabbit(Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)
Ursula transparent.png|Ursula(Descendants 2)
Magic-Mirrors-in-The-7D-1.png|Magic Mirror(The 7D)
The Gamemaster.png|The GameMaster(Miles from Tomorrowland)
Lama, Hool and Qapa.jpg|Lama(Elena of Avalor)
M.O.D.O.K.-Poundcakes Card.jpg|Poundcakes(M.O.D.O.K)
Califia.jpg|Califia(Golden Dreams)
Mother olm.png|Mother Olm(Amphibia)
==Gallery==
Whoopi Goldberg behind the scenes TLK.jpg|Whoopi Goldberg behind the scenes of The Lion King.
Whoopi Goldberg rehearsing as Shenzi.jpg|Goldberg rehearsing with a Shenzi puppet from The Lion King.
Whoopi Goldberg and Julie Taymor.png|Whoopi with Julie Taymor during her engagement at the The Lion King on Broadway.
Whoopi Goldberg behind the scenes TS3.jpg|Whoopi Goldberg behind the scenes of Toy Story 3.
Whoopi Goldberg 65th Tonys.jpg|Whoopi Goldberg speaks onstage at the 65th annual Tony Awards in June 2011.
Alex Martin Whoopi Goldberg.jpg|Whoopi Goldberg and her daughter Alexandrea "Alex" Martin at the latter's 40th birthday in New York City in May 2014.
Whoopi Goldberg SNL 40th Anniversary.jpg|Whoopi Goldberg attending the 40th anniversary celebration of in February 2015.
Whoopi Goldberg Tribeca16.jpg|Whoopi Goldberg attending the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.
Whoopi Goldberg visits Stephen Colbert.jpg|Whoopi Goldberg visiting in December 2016.
==Trivia==
*Goldberg dressed as the titular character of Vampirina for the Halloween segment of her ABC talk show in 2018.
*She stated in her Disney Legends speech that because she was born the same year as Disneyland opened, she considers it home.
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