But even as the reputation of “The Color Purple” has soared over the decades, Walker’s own has become more muddled — specifically for her difficult relationship to Judaism and her outright ...

Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey — who both got big breakthroughs in 1985’s “The Color Purple” thanks ... delivered a speech that her dad had been working on while accepting the award ...

Previously, Erivo won a best leading actress Tony Award for her role in The Color Purple on Broadway in 2016. Then in 2017, Erivo won a Grammy for best musical theater album and an Emmy for best ...

Winfrey returned to the Oscars stage as a two-time nominee, with the aforementioned nod for her supporting performance in The Color Purple and another that followed in 2015 for her work as a ...