An Evening with Whoopi Goldberg

Born Caryn Elaine Johnson, Whoopi Goldberg is an Academy Award, Daytime Emmy Award, Golden Globe, Tony, BAFTA and Grammy Award-winning American comedian and film actress. Goldberg says that her family is of mixed religious heritage hailing from a “West Indian” immigrant community. Her stage name was taken from ‘whoopie cushion,’ which she initially wanted as her name, but chose the last moniker of Goldberg after her mother pointed out that her initial name pick would not look dignified enough to take seriously.