Whoopi Goldberg for Public Service. Goldberg serves on the national council advisory board of the National Museum of American Illustration. Goldberg has been married three times — in 1973 to Alvin Martin (divorced in 1979, one daughter); on September 1, 1986 to cinematographer David Claessen (divorced in 1988); and on October 1, 1994 to the union organizer Lyle Trachtenberg (divorced in 1995). She was romantically linked with actors Frank Langella, Timothy Dalton, and Ted Danson, who controversially appeared in blackface during her 1993 Friars Club roast. She has stated that she has no plans to marry again, commenting "Some people are not
Whoopi Goldberg In October 1997, Goldberg and ghostwriter Daniel Paisner cowrote "Book", a collection featuring insights and opinions. From 1998 to 2001, Goldberg took supporting roles in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" with Angela Bassett, "Girl, Interrupted" with Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, "Kingdom Come" and "Rat Race" with an all-star ensemble cast. She starred in the ABC-TV versions of "Cinderella", "A Knight in Camelot" and "Call Me Claus". In 1998, she gained a new audience when she became the "Center Square" on "Hollywood Squares", hosted by Tom Bergeron. She also served as executive producer, for which she was nominated for