Whoopi Goldberg is taking a look back at one of her very first movie roles. While The View host is one of ... she’s opening up about hustling for a part in The Color Purple as a young actress.

Whoopi Goldberg is looking back at her casting in The Color Purple. “I remember being elated that Whoopi got the lead,” Fishburn, 63, who played Swain, said of costar Goldberg, 69, who played ...

Hint: One was 'Sister Act' Whoopi Goldberg enjoyed massive critical acclaim and scored an Oscar nomination for best actress for her first major film role, in 1985's The Color Purple, directed by ...

Whoopi Goldberg knows how to make a splash no matter what continent she is on. While The View is on a lengthy hiatus for ...

While The View airs reruns during the week before the Easter holiday, the ladies can rest and reconnect with their families ...

Goldberg opened up about first reading the Alice Walker book that inspired the movie ... “I remember that ...The Color Purple was so popular at that time, and Whoopi had just come off of ...

On a recent episode of The View, where Laurence Fishburne appeared as a guest, the duo looked back on what it was like to work together on Steven Spielberg 's 1985 film, based on the novel by Alice ...