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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like a cool shower after the heat of the marathon." That is how Comedian-Actress Whoopi Goldberg, 34, describes her Cinderella-like transformation from obscure performance artist to star of her own one-woman Broadway show. Like the drug addicts, Valley Girls, cripples and others she portrays, Goldberg is no stranger to life's vicissitudes. "I am my show," she explains. "The characters I play on the stage have been on a long trek of self-discovery." A native New Yorker, she performed in small theaters on both coasts before being Great-White-Wayed by Mike Nichols, who oversaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 26, 1984 | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

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