Oprah Winfrey
Media leader, talk show host and author
Oprah Winfrey is an American talk show host, producer and author. She hosted The Oprah Winfrey Show for 25 years and went on to found the Oprah Winfrey Network.
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American Born 1954 in Kosciusko, United States
About Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, in 1954, into poverty, and was later raised in inner-city Milwaukee. She began working in radio while still a high school student, and by 19 she was co-anchoring a local evening news broadcast. Her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, was made in Chicago and aired nationally from 1986 to 2011. In 1996 she launched Oprah's Book Club. In 2008 she formed the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), and she also founded O, The Oprah Magazine. In 2013 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her books in our catalog include The Path Made Clear, What I Know for Sure and What Happened to You?