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Goldberg performed the role of Califia , the radiant Queen of the Island of California , for a theater presentation called Golden Dreams at Disney California Adventure Park , the second gate at the Disneyland Resort, in 2000. The show, which explains the history of the Golden State (California), opened on February 8, 2001, with the rest of the park. Golden Dreams closed in September 2008 to make way for the upcoming Little Mermaid ride planned for DCA.

Personal life Awards and honors Activism Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 1982 Citizen : I'm Not Losing My Mind, I'm Giving It Away 1985 Celie Harris Johnson Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Drama NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture National Board of Review Award for Best Actress Nominated Academy Award for Best Actress 1986 Terri Dolittle 1987 Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr Fatal Beauty Rita Rizzoli NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 1988 Vashti Blue Nominated for Clara's Heart Clara Mayfield 1989 Comicitis Herself Short subject Beverly Hills Brats Cameo Homer & Eddie love Eddie Cervi 1990 Ghost Oda Mae Brown Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress Motion Picture Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Odessa Cotter NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 1991 Wisecracks Herself Documentary Blackbird Fly Short subject Soapdish Rose Schwartz 1992 Sister Act Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Comedy or Musical Nominated Nominated MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance Detective Susan Avery Sarafina! Mary Masembuko The Magical World of Chuck Jones Herself Documentary 1993 National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon Sgt. Billy York Uncredited cameo Naked in New York Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall Made in America Sarah Mathews Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence Nominated 1994 Liberation Narrator Documentary Shenzi Voice Buckwheat's Mom Corrina, Corrina Corrina Washington Uncredited Nominated Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Fantasy Voice 1995 Boys on the Side Jane Deluca Herself Documentary Moonlight and Valentino Sylvie Morrow Katie Coltrane Fantafestival Award for Best Actress 1996 Eddie Edwina 'Eddie' Franklin Bordello of Blood Hospital Patient Uncredited Bogus Harriet Franklin Laurel Ayres/Robert S. Cutty Ghosts of Mississippi Nominated NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 1997 Pitch Herself Documentary, uncredited Mary Pickford: A Life on Film Host/narrator Documentary The Ghost of Christmas Past Voice Destination Anywhere Cabbie In the Gloaming Nurse Myrna An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn Herself Special appearance 1998 Titey The Iceberg (voice) Short subject Alegr a Baby Clown Dr. Vivien Morgan/Sir Boss How Stella Got Her Groove Back Delilah Abraham NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated Acapulco Black Film Festival Black Film Award for Best Actress Nominated American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Junket Whore Herself Documentary Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie Stormella, The Evil Ice Queen Voice Ranger Margaret 1999 Alice in Wonderland Cheshire Cat The Grand Banshee Get Bruce Herself Documentary Candy Bliss Girl, Interrupted Valerie Owens, RN 2000 Judge Cameo Uncredited A Second Chance at Life Narrator Documentary More Dogs Than Bones Cleo 2001 Golden Dreams Calafia, the Queen of California (Narrator) Short subject Kingdom Come Raynelle Slocumb Nominated NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Monkeybone Death Vera Baker One of the women throwing dirt on coffin at funeral scene Cameo Call Me Claus Lucy Cullin 2002 Searching for Debra Winger Herself Documentary Showboy Cameo Uncredited God 2003 Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives Narrator Documentary Pauly Shore Is Dead Herself Bitter Jester Beyond the Skyline Short subject Blizzard Blizzard Voice Good Fences Mabel Spader NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Nominated Black Reel Award for Television: Best Actress 2004 Pinocchio 3000 Cyberina Voice of Liberty's Kids Deborah Samson /Robert Shurtliff Episode 34 Herself Documentary Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Shenzi Voice 2005 Herself Documentary Frannie Voice Ermintrude 2006 Doogal Voice Darlin' Farce of the Penguins Helen 2007 Homie Spumoni Thelma If I Had Known I Was a Genius Mom Nuremberg: A Vision Restored Herself Documentary Our Country USA to Z Herself (voice) Short subject The Sophisticated Misfit Herself Documentary 2008 Stream Jodi Moody floodi costrodi Snow Buddies Miss Mittens Voice Descendants Red Flower 2009 Madea Goes to Jail Herself cameo Stream Jodi 2010 Stretch Voice Nominated IGN Movie Award for Best Ensemble Cast For Colored Girls Alice Nominated NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Herself 2011 God Herself Television Discography Bibliography See also References

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