Fenella Fielding

In the film Dougal and the Blue Cat, based on The Magic Roundabout, she voiced the character of the Blue Princess. In August 2004, Goldberg announced that she would be reviving her one-woman show on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre. She also provided the voice of the Village announcements in The Prisoner. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney by pointing to her genital region. She has also appeared in the following films: Drop Dead, Darling; Lock Up Your Daughters; Carry On Screaming; Carry On Regardless; Doctor in Clover; Doctor in Distress; Doctor in Trouble; No Love for Johnnie; Robin Hood; Guest House Paradiso and in many stage productions alongside occasional guest appearances in television programmes such as The Avengers and Danger Man. In July 2004, Slim-Fast, a popular diet shake, dropped Goldberg from its advertisements in response to popular opposition to statements Goldberg made at a "John Kerry for President" rally in which Goldberg repeatedly referred to President George W. Born in London in 1930, she began her acting career in 1954, concentrating on stage theatrical productions. The sitcom was cancelled due to low ratings in May 2004.

She was originally called "Fenella Feldman", hence spreading the rumours. An ex-singer in a girl group, Mavis was as much of a diva running the hotel as she was in the group’s glory days. She was thought to be the sister of Marty Feldman, but it was actually declared not to be the case. Whoopi starred as Mavis Rae, the owner of a small New York Hotel (called the Le Mont Hotel). Fenella Fielding (born 17 November 1930) is an English actress. She also starred in the sitcom, Whoopi, which began broadcasting in fall 2003 on NBC. She hosted a syndicated talk show (The Whoopi Goldberg Show) in 1992-1993.

Goldberg was paired with Jean Stapleton in the CBS sitcom Bagdad Café (with a plot differing from the 1987 movie in several respects), which lasted two seasons (1990-1991). She also hosted the Oscars in 1999. In 2001 she won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. She has been nominated for five American Comedy Awards with two wins.

In 1999 she received the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Vanguard Award for her continued work in supporting the gay and lesbian community. She has received three Golden Globe nominations, winning two. She has won three People's Choice Awards. She has received five Emmy nominations. She has received five Daytime Emmy nominations, winning one.

She has received two Oscar nominations and won one. Goldberg has appeared in 149 films as of October 2002. She cemented her status as a legendary comedic actress in 1992 as a lounge singer who is hidden in a convent (and consequently revitalises their choir) in Sister Act. She had a recurring role on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Guinan. In danger of fading from public acclaim, she revitalized her career in the role of a fake "spiritualist" who manages to actually make contact with the dead in the tear-jerker Ghost, for which she won her first Oscar award for best supporting actress.

The majority of the films she made in the 1980s featured her in tough-woman comedic roles (Burglar, Fatal Beauty, Jumpin' Jack Flash), though she regularly balanced them out by performing in family-oriented films (Clara's Heart). She followed up this performance with a sell-out, highly acclaimed one-woman show on Broadway. This performance garnered her an Oscar nomination for best actress in 1986. Goldberg began her film career by playing the character of Celie in the Steven Spielberg directed movie adaption of the award-winning novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker.

This show caught the attention of Mike Nichols who produced a one-woman show for Goldberg on Broadway, called simply Whoopi Goldberg, which ran from October 24, 1984 to March 10, 1985 for a total of 156 performances. After success as a stand up comedian in the San Francisco Bay Area, Goldberg created a one woman show in 1983 called The Spook Show. She was born in New York, New York. Caryn Elaine Johnson, better known by her stage name of Whoopi Goldberg (born November 13, 1955), is a well-known movie actress, comedian and singer.