Oprah Winfrey says her paycheck for “The Color Purple” was the best she’s ever earned.
The media mogul portrayed Sofia in the 1985 original Steven Spielberg movie. Her role happened to be her feature film debut and earned her a best supporting actress Oscar nomination, which she tells
“The Color Purple” is a 1982 novel by Alice Walker and centers on Celie, a Black Southern woman in the 1900s who is abused by her father and husband. It was first adapted by Spielberg before becoming a Broadway show in 2005 and 2015.
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