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Oprah Gail Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954)
American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
Oprah is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011.[5] Dubbed the “Queen of All Media”,[6] she has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century,[7] the greatest black philanthropist in American history,[8][9] and is currently North America’s first and only multi-billionaire black person.[10]Several assessments regard her as the most influential woman in the world.[11][12] In 2013, she was awarded thePresidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama[13] and honorary doctorate degrees from Duke and Harvard