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Whoopi! Academy Award-winning actress-turned-television host Whoopi Goldberg has been a beloved (and sometimes controversial) star for decades.
Whether you’re more familiar with her because of films like Ghost and Sister Act or you’re an avid fan of The View, you certainly know of her. But what do you know about her daughter (and only child), Alexandrea Martin? Likely not as much. It turns out she found a home in Hollywood, just like her mom, who was born Caryn Elaine Johnson.
Read on to learn more about Alex’s experience growing up with her famous mom and what she’s accomplished so far:
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Whoopi! Academy Award-winning actress-turned-television host Whoopi Goldberg has been a beloved (and sometimes controversial) star for decades. Whether you’re more familiar with her because of films like Ghost and Sister Act or you’re an avid fan of The View, you certainly know of her. But what do you know about her daughter (and only child), Alexandrea Martin? Likely not as much. It turns out she found a home in Hollywood, just like her mom, who was born Caryn Elaine Johnson. Read on to learn more about Alex’s experience growing up with her famous mom and what she’s accomplished so far:
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Alex Martin Dean was born on May 9, 1973, to the actress and her first husband, Alvin Martin. The Comic Relief star was only 18 years old at the time, and her ex-husband had been her drug counselor.
Their relationship started because the View co-host had been trying to beat a heroin addiction, and she reached out for help to the man who would later become her future husband. The two split in 1979 when Alex was 6 years old.
When Alex was born, the future superstar had already dropped out of high
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Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Waldorf Declaration, which on November 25, 1947, officially launched the Hollywood Blacklist. On that day, the heads of the major studios, with a few notable exceptions, agreed after a contentious two-day conference at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City to ban the Hollywood Ten and to not “knowingly” employ Communists.
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