Whitley Marion Gilbert-Wayne is a fictional character who appears in the American sitcom A Different World, portrayed by actress Jasmine Guy.
12 Facts About Whitley Gilbert-Wayne
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The inspiration for Whitley Gilbert-Wayne's accent was Miss Pinkard, Guy's third-grade teacher and her first teacher in the Atlanta Public Schools system after her family moved to Atlanta from Boston.
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Denise Huxtable and Whitley Gilbert-Wayne shared a room briefly before Denise went back to Jaleesa.
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At the start of the fourth season, Whitley Gilbert-Wayne became interested in Dwayne to such a degree that she schemed how Kinu, Dwayne's girlfriend at the time, might break up with him.
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Whitley Gilbert-Wayne even went on a date with his best friend, Ron.
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Whitley Gilbert-Wayne began to put a lot of pressure on Dwayne which led to him going out with another woman for coffee.
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Later, Whitley Gilbert-Wayne started going out with Byron Douglas, who was running for senator.
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Whitley Gilbert-Wayne decided to clear the air with Dwayne and finally put their relationship in the past.
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Whitley Gilbert-Wayne confessed what happened with Dwayne to Byron, and she and Byron decided it was time to become an official couple.
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Whitley Gilbert-Wayne was laid off from her job as an art buyer, which led to a series of episodes forcing her to deal with the ups and downs of real life.
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Whitley Gilbert-Wayne eventually took a job as teacher in the inner city.
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Whitley Gilbert-Wayne decides to pitch the game to Kinishewa which landed him a job paying $80,000 a year.