 In television, Goldberg is known for her role as Guinan on "" and for co-hosting and moderating the talk show "The View" since 2007, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award.Caryn Elaine Johnson was born in Manhattan on November 13, 1955, the daughter of Robert James Johnson Jr. (March 4, 1930 – May 25, 1993), a Baptist clergyman, and Emma Johnson (née Harris; September 21, 1931 – August 29, 2010), a nurse and teacher.She was raised in the Chelsea-Elliot Houses.