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- Birth nameVantile Emmanuel Whitfield
- Born on September 8th 1930 in Washington D.C. Vantile Emmanuel Whitfield was the only son of Lugene Ellen Green and Theodore Roosevelt Whitfield. Vantile has two daughters, Bellina Logan, Elizabeth Whitfield and son Lance Vantile Whitfield.
Vantile E. Whitfield was a director, teacher, playwright, set designer, and was the founding director of the Expansion Arts Program at the National Endowment of the Arts ("NEA") under Nancy Hanks.
In the late '60's, he directed "Watts Gospel Festival" and "Watts Rhythm and Blues Festival" for KCET-TV in Los Angeles. He conceived, produced, and co-hosted "From the Inside Out" on Channel 11 in Los Angeles and directed the "The Third Bill Cosby Special" for NBC network in 1971.- IMDb mini biography by: Lance Vantile Whitfield
- SpousesLoretta Collins Argrett(1993 - January 9, 2005) (his death)Lynn Whitfield(1974 - 1978) (divorced)Barbara Ann Grant(October 7, 1960 - 1968) (divorced, 1 child)Barbara Ellen Cobbs(October 28, 1950 - 1954) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- RelativesLola Bode(Grandchild)
- He was awarded the 1992 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for New Adaptation for "You Stand Like a Fine Brownstone" at the ETA Creative Arts Foundation in Chicago, Illinois.
- Father of Lance Vantile Whitfield and Bellina Logan.
- Has 3 children: a daughter, Elizabeth Whitfield (with her first wife, Barbara Ellen Cobbs), a son, Lance Vantile Whitfield (with her second wife, Barbara Ann Grant) and a daughter, Bellina Logan (with Averil Logan, during his marriage with Grant).
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