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Lynn Butler-Smith
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Drama
Mystery
Comedy
Subgenres
Ensemble Film
Family Drama
Urban Drama
Feminist Film
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Lynn Whitfield
Active -
1982 - 2023
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Born -
May 6, 1953 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
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Genres -
Drama
,
Mystery
,
Comedy
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Title
Year
Editors' Rating
User Rating
The Retirement Plan
Actor
2023
(
0
)
Tales From The Hood 3
Actor, Director
2020
(
0
)
Nappily Ever After
Actor
2018
(
0
)
Solace
Actor
2018
(
0
)
Espionage Tonight
Actor
2017
(
0
)
Prayer Never Fails
Actor
2016
(
0
)
Curveball
Actor
2015
(
0
)
Jimmy Goes to Nollywood
Appearing
2015
(
0
)
30 Days in Atlanta
Actor
2014
(
0
)
My Other Mother
Executive Producer, Actor
2014
(
0
)
The Trace
Actor
2014
(
0
)
24-Hour Love
Actor
2013
(
0
)
Act Like You Love Me
Actor
2013
(
0
)
And Then There Was You
Actor
2013
(
0
)
King's Faith
Actor
2013
(
0
)
Lonely Boy
Actor
2013
(
0
)
The Dempsey Sisters
Actor
2013
(
0
)
The Last Letter
Actor
2013
(
0
)
The North Star
Actor
2013
(
0
)
Battlefield America
Producer, Actor
2012
3
(
0
)
Redemption of a Dog
Actor
2012
(
0
)
Somebody's Child
Actor
2012
(
0
)
All Things Fall Apart
Actor
2011
(
0
)
For Colored Girls
Actor
2010
5
(
0
)
Mama, I Want to Sing
Co-Executive Producer, Actor
2010
(
0
)
The Rebound
Actor
2009
(
0
)
The Women
Actor
2008
4
(
0
)
Kings of the Evening
Actor
2007
6
(
0
)
Confessions of a Call Girl
Actor
2006
(
0
)
Madea's Family Reunion
Actor
2006
4
(
0
)
The Cheetah Girls 2
Actor
2006
(
0
)
Redemption
Actor
2004
(
0
)
Head of State
Actor
2003
4
(
0
)
The Cheetah Girls
Actor
2003
(
0
)
A Girl Thing
Actor
2001
(
0
)
A Time for Dancing
Actor
2000
(
0
)
Elizabeti's Doll
Voice
2000
(
0
)
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
Actor
1999
5
(
0
)
Deep in My Heart
Actor
1999
(
0
)
Love Songs
Actor
1999
5
(
0
)
The Color of Courage
Actor
1999
4
(
0
)
Oprah Winfrey Presents 'The Wedding'
Actor
1998
6
(
0
)
Stepmom
Actor
1998
4
(
0
)
Eve's Bayou
Actor
1997
7
(
0
)
Gone Fishin'
Actor
1997
3
(
0
)
Junior's Groove
Actor
1997
6
(
0
)
The Planet of Junior Brown
Actor
1997
5
(
0
)
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Actor
1996
3
(
0
)
Sophie & the Moonhanger
Actor
1996
4
(
0
)
In the Army Now
Actor
1994
3
(
0
)
State of Emergency
Actor
1994
5
(
0
)
Thicker than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
Actor
1994
5
(
0
)
Taking the Heat
Actor
1993
6
(
0
)
Stompin' at the Savoy
Actor
1992
6
(
0
)
The Josephine Baker Story
Actor
1991
6
(
0
)
Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
Actor
1991
6
(
0
)
The Women of Brewster Place
Actor
1989
8
(
0
)
Heartbeat
Actor
1988
5
(
0
)
Jaws: The Revenge
Actor
1987
3
(
0
)
Mace
Actor
1987
3
(
0
)
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Actor
1986
5
(
0
)
The George McKenna Story
Actor
1986
7
(
0
)
Silverado
Actor
1985
7
(
0
)
The Slugger's Wife
Actor
1985
4
(
0
)
Doctor Detroit
Actor
1984
4
(
0
)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide
Actor
1982
(
0
)