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

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 ...

Related: Elton John, Whoopi Goldberg, LL Cool J and More Pay ... The one and only Quincy Jones 'discovered' me for 'The Color Purple' movie in 1985. My life changed forever for the better after ...

Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey — who both got big breakthroughs in 1985’s “The Color Purple” thanks to Jones ... American legend whose music and movies continue to inspire us ...

Goldberg, who introduced Queen Latifah's moving musical tribute to Jones, previously said she had "no better friend" than the legendary musician, who died in 2024. The reunited stars of The Color ...

Jones died at age 91, after growing close with Goldberg while he produced and composed the score for the 1985 film "The Color Purple." Whoopi Goldberg got emotional on The View in the final hours ...

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 ...

From left: Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey speak onstage during the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2025 in Hollywood, California.