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- Birth nameRobert Labatt Ward Whitehead
- Robert Whitehead was born on March 3, 1916 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a producer, known for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), Summertime (1955) and The Fugitive Kind (1960). He was married to Zoe Caldwell and Virginia Rose Bolen. He died on June 15, 2002 in Pound Ridge, New York, USA.
- SpousesZoe Caldwell(May 9, 1968 - June 15, 2002) (his death, 2 children)Virginia Rose Bolen(April 10, 1948 - October 12, 1965) (her death)
- RelativesHume Cronyn(Cousin)
- Theater producer who presented some of the 20th century's most important playwrights on Broadway.
- World War II veteran
- Hume Cronyn was a cousin on his mother's side. She was Mary Selena LaBatt, an opera singer.
- During WW II, enlisted in American Field Service serving as ambulance driver in North Africa and Italy.
- Father William owned textile mills and his mother, Lena Mary LaBatt was an opera singer, who came from family that owned huge LaBatt brewery.
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