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Born -November 13, 1955
Where - NEW YOURK CITY
- Manhattan -
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dropped out of high school at age 17
- did not know she had Dyslexia
but she went back to school and went to collage twice
-Wilson Collage IN CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
- Honorary degree
NEW York UNIVERSITY
-PH.D in literature -
1973-1979ALVIN MARTIN (was her drug counselor)
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- One child
- ALEXANDREA MARTIN
- One child
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- A ONE WOMAN SHOW
- 1985
- the start of her career
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1986-1988-DAVID CLAESSEN
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Stared in the movie color purple, this movie launched her to a highly visible acting career
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Won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award. She was the second black woman in the history of the Academy Awards to win an acting Oscar.
1993
Won
American Comedy Award Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
Sister Act (1992) -
1994 – Hosted the Academy awards
first women to host the acedemy awards -
1994-1995- LYLE TRANCHTENBERG
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1996 she had hosted the ACADEMY AWARDS
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1999- Hosted the Academy awards
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She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6841 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 20, 2001.