Oprah Winfrey - Timeline

Orpah Winfrey was born

Winfrey moved to Baltimore, where she hosted a hit television chat show, People Are Talking.

Oprah Winfrey show

Oprah enters Tennessee State University in 1971 and begins working in radio and television broadcasting in Nashville.

Role in Steve Spielberg's film The Color Purple.

Role In Steven Spielberg's film The Color Purple

Oprah Winfrey's show ratings fell

Winfrey helped give The Color Purple a new life

Starred in her own Tv show called The Women of Brewster Place

Winfrey announces that she will be ending her program in 2011.

Winfrey competed in the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., in 1995. (copy)

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