1999: Whoopi Goldberg
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Whoopi Goldberg — dressed as Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth I — opens the 71st Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in 1999.
It was the last time the Oscars would be held at the Dorothy Chandler.
In her opening monologue, Goldberg introduced herself as the "African Queen," and said, "Some of you may know me as the Virgin Queen, but I can't imagine who."