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Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, and talk show host. Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple (1985) playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her... more

Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, and talk show host. Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple (1985) playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe Award for her role in the film. In 1990, she starred as Oda Mae Brown, a psychic helping a slain man (Patrick Swayze) find his killer in the blockbuster film Ghost. This performance won her a second Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Notable later films include Sister Act and Sister Act 2, The Lion King, Made in America, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Girl, Interrupted and Rat Race. She is also acclaimed for her roles as the bartender Guinan in Star Trek: The Next Generation and as Terry Dolittle in Jumpin' Jack Flash. Her latest role is the voice of Stretch in Toy Story 3. Goldberg has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for her work in television. She was co-producer of the popular game show Hollywood Squares from 1998 to 2004. She has been the moderator of the daytime talk show The View since 2007. Goldberg has a Grammy, two Emmys, two Golden Globes, a Tony, and an Oscar. In addition, Goldberg has a British Academy Film Award, four People's Choice Awards and has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.

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The Lion King
(1994)
Animation, Drama, Family
A young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron paw, the prince grows up beyond the Savannah, living by a philosophy: No worries for the rest of your days. But when his past comes to haunt him, the young prince must decide his fate: Will he remain an o...
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Cast:
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons
8.5
93%
88
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Toy Story 3
(2010)
Animation, Comedy, Family
Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Lee Unkrich
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Ned Beatty, Joan Cusack, Joan Cusack
8.2
98%
92
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The Color Purple
(1985)
Drama
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres,...
Runtime:
154 min
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Cast:
Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Danny Glover
7.8
81%
78
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Girl, Interrupted
(1999)
Drama
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she...
Runtime:
127 min
Director:
James Mangold
Cast:
Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg, Vanessa Redgrave, Clea DuVall
7.3
53%
51
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Ghost
(1990)
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by his friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. When he learns of Carl's betrayal, Sam must seek the help of psychic Oda Mae Brown to set t...
Runtime:
127 min
Director:
Jerry Zucker
Cast:
Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn, Whoopi Goldberg, Vincent Schiavelli
7.1
74%
52
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The Player
(1992)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Runtime:
124 min
Director:
Robert Altman
Cast:
Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Whoopi Goldberg
7.5
98%
86
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Star Trek: Generations
(1994)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
David Carson
Cast:
Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
6.6
47%
55
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Sister Act
(1992)
Comedy, Music
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—an...
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Emile Ardolino
Cast:
Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes
6.5
74%
51
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Rat Race
(2001)
Adventure, Comedy
In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy frien...
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Jerry Zucker
Cast:
Cuba Gooding Jr., Seth Green, Whoopi Goldberg, Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart
6.4
44%
52
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Star Trek: Nemesis
(2002)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of ...
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Stuart Baird
Cast:
Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner
6.4
39%
51
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
(2014)
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.
Runtime:
101 min
5.8
N/A
31
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The Lion King 1½
(2004)
Animation, Comedy, Family
Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog are best pals and the unsung heroes of the African savanna. This prequel to the smash Disney animated adventure takes you back -- way back -- before Simba's adventure began. You'll find out all about Timon and Pumbaa and tag along as they search for the perfect home and attempt to raise a rambun...
Runtime:
77 min
Director:
Bradley Raymond
Cast:
Nathan Lane, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Ernie Sabella, Julie Kavner
6.5
78%
N/A
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The Little Rascals
(1994)
Comedy, Family, Romance
When nine-year-old Alfalfa falls for Darla, his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage their relationship.
Runtime:
82 min
Director:
Penelope Spheeris
Cast:
Travis Tedford, Kevin Jamal Woods, Jordan Warkol, Zachary Mabry, Ross Bagley
6.3
23%
45
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In & Out
(1997)
Comedy
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Frank Oz
Cast:
Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds
6.4
71%
70
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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
(1993)
Action, Comedy, Crime
An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the 'Wilderness Girls' cookie drive.
Runtime:
84 min
Director:
Gene Quintano
Cast:
Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Tim Curry, Kathy Ireland
6.2
21%
30
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A Little Bit of Heaven
(2011)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A guarded woman who finds out she's dying of cancer but, when she meets her match, the threat of falling in love is scarier than death.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Nicole Kassell
Cast:
Kate Hudson, Gael GarcĂ­a Bernal, Romany Malco, Kathy Bates, Lucy Punch
6.3
4%
14
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
(1993)
Comedy, Music
Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Bill Duke
Cast:
Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, James Coburn, Barnard Hughes, Mary Wickes
5.7
19%
38
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Soapdish
(1991)
Comedy
Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead, and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton Barnes, plot to aggravate her into leaving the show by bringing back her old flame, Jeffrey Anderson, and hiring her beaut...
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Michael Hoffman
Cast:
Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Cathy Moriarty, Teri Hatcher
6.6
71%
65
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The Pagemaster
(1994)
Animation, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Tyler knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he has to try and get home again.
Runtime:
80 min
Director:
Joe Johnston, Pixote Hunt, Maurice Hunt
Cast:
Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Patrick Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, Canan J. Howell
6.1
21%
N/A
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The Aristocrats
(2005)
Comedy, Documentary
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Paul Provenza
Cast:
Jason Alexander, Jason Alexander, Chris Albrecht, Chris Albrecht, Hank Azaria
6.4
N/A
72
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Corrina, Corrina
(1994)
Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole new way of life. Manny and Corrina's friendship delights Molly and enrages the other townspeople.
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
Jessie Nelson
Cast:
Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, Tina Majorino, Joan Cusack, Larry Miller
6.6
39%
N/A
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Boys on the Side
(1995)
Comedy, Drama
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Robin's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With t...
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
Herbert Ross
Cast:
Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore, Matthew McConaughey, James Remar
6.5
74%
61
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Jumpin' Jack Flash
(1986)
Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout, she remains in contact with this mysterious person, wh...
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Penny Marshall
Cast:
Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Jonathan Pryce, John Wood, Annie Potts
5.9
27%
52
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The Rugrats Movie
(1998)
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Annoyed by the responsibility of being an older brother to Dil, Tommy sets out with Phil and Lil to return his baby brother to the hospital. But on the journey, they get lost in the woods.
Runtime:
79 min
Director:
Norton Virgien, Igor Kovalyov
Cast:
Whoopi Goldberg, David Spade, Elizabeth Daily, Tara Strong, Tara Strong
5.9
59%
N/A
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Ghosts of Mississippi
(1996)
Drama
In this film based on actual events, black activist Medgar Evers is murdered in 1963, and much of the evidence points toward white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith. However, after two trials, De La Beckwith is acquitted twice by a jury of whites. Now, decades later in 1989, Evers' widow, Myrlie, thinks she has evidence to finally convi...
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
Rob Reiner
Cast:
Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Virginia Madsen, Whoopi Goldberg, Craig T. Nelson
6.7
45%
N/A
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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
(2011)
Documentary
Beloved by children of all ages around the world, Elmo is an international icon. Few people know his creator, Kevin Clash, who dreamed of working with his idol, master puppeteer Jim Henson. Displaying his creativity and talent at a young age, Kevin ultimately found a home on Sesame Street. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, this documentary ...
Runtime:
80 min
7.7
95%
71
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The Deep End of the Ocean
(1999)
Drama, Mystery
Michelle Pfeiffer is ferocious in the role of a desperate mother whose 3-year-old son disappears during her high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated. Based on Jacquelyn Mitchard's best-selling novel (an Oprah book club selection), the movie effectively presents the...
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Ulu Grosbard
Cast:
Michelle Pfeiffer, Treat Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Jackson, Cory Buck
6.3
44%
45
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The Associate
(1996)
Comedy
Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And wh...
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Donald Petrie
Cast:
Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth
6.1
28%
N/A
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Bordello of Blood
(1996)
Comedy, Horror
Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a thousand-year-old vampire and secretly backed by Katherine's boss, televangelist Jimmy Current.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Gilbert Adler
Cast:
Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak, Angie Everhart, John Kassir, Whoopi Goldberg
5.4
15%
36
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Alice in Wonderland
(1999)
Family, Fantasy
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?
Runtime:
129 min
Director:
Nick Willing
Cast:
Tina Majorino, Robbie Coltrane, Ben Kingsley, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short
6.3
33%
N/A
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Racing Stripes
(2005)
Comedy, Family
Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely mistaken notion that he's a debonair thoroughbred. Once he faces the fact that his stark stripes mark him as different, he decides he'll race anyway. And with help from the young girl who...
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Frederik Du Chau
Cast:
Frankie Muniz, Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Mandy Moore, Mandy Moore
5.2
35%
43
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Everyone's Hero
(2006)
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Dan St. Pierre, Christopher Reeve, Colin Brady
Cast:
William H. Macy, William H. Macy, Rob Reiner, Brian Dennehy, Ritchie Allen
5.7
42%
51
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Cinderella
(1997)
Family, Fantasy, Music, Romance, TV Movie
Cinderella chafes under the cruelty of her wicked stepmother and her evil stepsisters, until her Fairy Godmother steps in to change her life for one unforgettable night. At the ball, she falls for handsome Prince Christopher, whose parents, King Maximillian and Queen Constantina, are anxious for him to find a suitable paramour.
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Robert Iscove
Cast:
Brandy Norwood, Whitney Houston, Whoopi Goldberg, Bernadette Peters, Jason Alexander
6.5
N/A
N/A
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For Colored Girls
(2010)
Drama
About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
Runtime:
134 min
Director:
Tyler Perry
Cast:
Kimberly Elise, Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose
6.0
32%
50
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Made in America
(1993)
Comedy
A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that wasn't bad enough, he's white.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
Richard Benjamin
Cast:
Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson, Ted Danson, Nia Long, Will Smith
5.1
31%
49
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The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
(1999)
Family, Fantasy, Romance
American businessman Jack Woods rents a cottage on the enchanted Emerald Isle which is occupied by a family of leprechauns. Leprechaun Seamus Muldoon's son and son's friends crash the fairies' costume ball and Muldoon's son falls in love with fairy Princess Jessica. Their love re-ignites a feud between the leprechauns and the fairies, ...
Runtime:
139 min
Director:
John Henderson
Cast:
Randy Quaid, Whoopi Goldberg, Roger Daltrey, Colm Meaney, Kieran Culkin
7.1
N/A
N/A
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The Long Walk Home
(1990)
Drama, History
Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Richard Pearce
Cast:
Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz, Ving Rhames
7.3
86%
N/A
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Eddie
(1996)
Action, Comedy
Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires ...
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Steve Rash
Cast:
Whoopi Goldberg, Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Langella, Dennis Farina, Dennis Farina
5.2
17%
N/A
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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
(2002)
Comedy, Family
The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the only copy of the contract between her father and the Muppets, she changes it so the Muppets have very little time to pay a debt they owe. Meanwhile, the Muppets are trying to put on a Chri...
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Kirk R. Thatcher
Cast:
David Arquette, Joan Cusack, Matthew Lillard, William H. Macy, Whoopi Goldberg
6.4
82%
N/A
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Bogus
(1996)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Norman Jewison
Cast:
Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment, Ute Lemper, Andrea Martin
5.4
44%
N/A