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Lynn Whitfield’s Family
| Name: | Relation: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Gibson | husband | British-born c. 1945; married on June 30, 1990, five days after they completed work together on "The Josephine Baker Story", for which he also won an Emmy; separated in April 1992; divorced eight months later |
| Vantile Whitfield | husband | born c. 1923; married c. 1974; divorced c. 1978 |
| Grace Gibson | daughter | born on August 2, 1991; father, Brian Gibson |
| Jean Butler | mother | serving as president of the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency as of 1995 |
| Valerian Smith | father | born c. 1926; died on November 18, 1992 in Baton Rouge, LA of cancer; founded the Baton Rouge Playhouse in 1952; worked on the musical scores of such films as "Band of Angels" (1957) and "Hurry Sundown" (1967) and composed such musical stage productions as "Supper", "Earl K Long", "Creole Baby" and "Tribulations"; moonlighted as a local talent scout and rounded up extras for location photography on "Hurry Sundown" |
| Shawne Langston | sister | younger |
| Kimberleigh Butler-Smith | sister | younger |
| Valerian Butler-Smith II | brother | younger |
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