Whoopi Goldberg
Before making a career in comedy, Whoopi Goldberg worked in a slightly unsettling position. Did you know Whoopi holds a license as an aesthetician? According to the living legend herself, Whoopi Goldberg got her start working with the deceased. Thankfully, her talents were not restricted to the morgue, and she blessed us with her powerful stage presence later on.
Goldberg was raised in poverty and developed an addiction in high school. She decided not to pursue a comedy career until she cleaned herself up at age 20. But she accepted any job she could find in order to make ends meet. Whoopi worked as a bricklayer for a while before enrolling in beauty school and finding employment in a mortuary.