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Scion of an achievement-oriented Baton Rouge clan with roots in southern black aristocracy, toothsome,... (Learn more)

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"Co-parenting in a divorced environment is rarely easy. I'm a child of divorce, so I was particularly concerned that the trickle-down effects I experienced as a child wouldn't affect her. Grace is the most important thing in my life, and probably the reason I didn't have a breakdown or try to numb myself with narcotics or alcohol after the [second] divorce. You can let that kind of thing turn you ugly, or you can find a place of peace. Grace helped me find the latter." --Lynn Whitfield quoted in NEW YORK POST, November 5, 1997

"I find it interesting that 'The Wedding' was one of the last books Jackie Kennedy edited at Doubleday. I think the Massachusettes society trophy-wife phenomenom was part of what attracted her to the story." --Whitfield to TV GUIDE, February 21, 1998

Whitfield has purchased the rights to Angela Davis' life story and plans to produce and star in a movie about the activist.

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Quick Facts

Also known as

AKA : Lynn Butler-Smith

Born

May, 06 1953 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Education

  • Howard University, Washington, DC:

Professions

actor