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Carl Lumbly: Biography

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Birth Place: Minneapolis, MN
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/14/1952, Leo
Profession: Actor; writer

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Carl Lumbly Fast Facts:

Worked as a freelance journalist and in public relations for the company 3M before turning to acting.
While doing a story on the Brave New Workshop Theatre for the Associated Press, wound up auditioning for a part; he joined the company and remained with them for two years.
Early theater work includes a 1976 San Francisco production of Athol Fugard's Sizwe Bansi Is Dead, which also starred Danny Glover.
In 1979, made his TV-film debut in Undercover with the KKK, and his feature debut in the Clint Eastwood film Escape from Alcatraz.
Met his future wife, Vonetta McGee, in 1984 when she was cast as the wife of his Cagney & Lacey character; they were married from 1986 until McGee's death in 2010.

Carl Lumbly Relationships:
Amy Powell - Sister
Brandon Lumbly - Son
Carrol Lumbly - Father
Vonetta McGee - Wife (deceased)
College:
Macalester College, Minneapolis, MN (BA in English, 1973)

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