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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- The Medieval Southwest
- Stories for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- The Josephine Baker Story
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Film & TV
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Lynn Whitfield (née Smith; born February 15, 1953) is an American actress. She began her acting career in television and theatre before progressing to supporting roles in film. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her breakout performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO biographical film The…
Known for
- Strung — Audra Jelani2026
- Eyes of Wakanda — Older Noni (voice)2025
- Albany Road — Paula Henderson2024
- St. Denis Medical — Barb2024
- The Retirement Plan — Drisdale2023
- We Need a Little Christmas — Irene2022
- The Sherri Shepherd Show — Self - Guest2022
- Woman in Motion — Self2021
- Vacation Friends — Suzanne2021
- Tales from the Hood 3 — Marie Benoît2020
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1925-11-11
- Active to
- 2018-12-28
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 107
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lynn
- Family name
- Whitfield
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Baton Rouge
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Lynn Whitfield 2.jpg
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- writing language
- English language
- date of birth
- 1953-00-00
- Commons category
- Lynn Whitfield
- member of
- Alpha Kappa Alpha
- social media followers
- 45618
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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