Oprah Winfrey Overview

Biography

A host, author, actor, and media mogul, Oprah Winfrey was one of the most well-known people on Earth. Born to an unwed teen mother in rural Mississippi in 1954, Winfrey grew up in Mississippi, Minnesota, and Tennessee as she moved between the homes of her mother, grandmother, and other relatives. Raised in extreme poverty, Winfrey nonetheless excelled as a student...