16 Crazy Jobs That Celebrities Had Before They Got Famous

2. Whoopi Goldberg was a morgue beautician

After achieving a degree in cosmetology, Whoopi started working in a funeral home preparing corpses for viewing. She says on her first day, her new boss gave her some advice when he popped out of a drawer in which bodies were usually kept! “Now that the worst thing you could imagine has happened, you ready to work?” he said, after giving her a big fright.