Loretta Devine
Birthday
1949/08/21 (75 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress, singer and voice actor. She is known for numerous roles across stage and screen. Her most high profile roles include Lorrell Robinson in the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls, the long-suffering Gloria Matthews in the film Waiting to Exhale, and her recurring role as Adele Webber on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011. Description ...Read more
Acting
(2021) Christmas in Harmony
as Mama
(1992) Class Act
as Blade's Mom
(1997) Hoodlum
as Pigfoot Mary
(1996) The Preacher's Wife
as Beverly
(1995) Waiting to Exhale
as Gloria
(1999) Love Kills
as Sylvia Finkelstein
(2000) Urban Legends: Final Cut
as Reese
(1998) Urban Legend
as Reese Wilson
(2010) Death at a Funeral
as Cynthia
(2006) Dirty Laundry
as Evelyn
(2008) Beverly Hills Chihuahua
as Delta (voice)
(2008) First Sunday
as Sister Doris
(2010) Lottery Ticket
as Grandma
(2007) This Christmas
as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
(1991) Livin' Large!
as Nadine Biggs
(1997) Don King: Only in America
as Connie Harper
(2000) Punks
as Health Counselor
(2004) Woman Thou Art Loosed
as Cassey Jordan
(2010) My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Miss Roberts
(2010) For Colored Girls
as Juanita / Green
(2011) Madea's Big Happy Family
as Shirley
(2011) Politics of Love
as Shirlee Gupta
(1999) Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
as Ruby Dandridge
(2011) Jumping the Broom
as Mrs. Taylor
(2021) Christmas Déjà Vu
as Crystal
(1997) The Price of Kissing
as Jackee
(1998) Down in the Delta
as Zenia
(1997) Lover Girl
as Leticia / 'Coco'
(1991) The Colored Museum
as Janine
(1997) Clover
as Everleen
(1988) Sticky Fingers
as Diane
(2013) Khumba
as Mama V (voice)
(2012) In the Hive
as Mrs. Inez
(2022) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Irene (voice)
(2014) Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
as Hallie
(1999) Funny Valentines
as Dearie B.
(2016) Norm of the North
as Tamecia (voice)
(2005) Crash
as Shaniqua Johnson
(2015) Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
(2001) Kingdom Come
as Marguerite Slocumb
(1991) Caged Fear
as Judy
(2000) Best Actress
as Connie Travers
(2014) You're Not You
as Marilyn
(2022) Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
as Hallie (voice)
(2024) Bull Street
as Mrs. Big-Gal
(2024) Lost & Found in Cleveland
as Joy Morris
(2001) I Am Sam
as Margaret Calgrove
(1990) Stanley & Iris
as Bertha
(2022) All I Didn't Want for Christmas
as Lorraine
(2015) Back to School Mom
as Meghan Graham
(2023) A Snowy Day in Oakland
as Jeanette
Break the Cycle
as ---
(2014) Welcome to Me
as Barb Vaughn
(2006) Dreamgirls
as Jazz Singer
(2000) Freedom Song
as Evelyn Walker
(2017) Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
(1996) Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Miss Mary
(2016) Caged No More
as Aggie
(2013) A Very Larry Christmas
as Mrs. Claus
(2006) Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
as Addie Collins
(2016) No Regrets
as Ms. Carey
(2016) Grandma's House
as ---
(2015) The Sound and the Fury
as Dilsey
(2016) Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
as Herself
(2013) Saving Westbrook High
as Doris
(2017) Chapter & Verse
as Miss Maddy
(2017) Naked
as Carol
(2000) What Women Want
as Flo
(1993) The American Clock
as ---
(1993) Amos & Andrew
as Ula
(2011) Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
as Delta (voice)
(2018) Behind the Movement
as Jo Ann Robinson
(2020) Always and Forever
as Elda
(2018) Jingle Belle
as Emory Simons
(2018) The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
as Hallie (voice)
(2018) Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
as Self
(2005) King's Ransom
as Miss Gladys
(2019) The Trap
as Mama Jay
(1999) The Breaks
as Floria
(2002) Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
as ---
(2021) The Starling
as Velma
(2019) Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
as Self
(2019) A Sweet Christmas Romance
as Loretta
(2015) For the Love of Ruth
as Naomi
(2019) A Family Reunion Christmas
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
(1989) Parent Trap III
as Thelma
(1983) Anna to the Infinite Power
as Mrs. Benson
(2014) Comeback Dad
as Malinda
(2018) Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
as Ms. Thomson
(2009) Spring Breakdown
as Dr. Marguerite
(2019) Postmarked
as Hattie
(2020) Spell
as Eloise
(2021) Queen Bees
as Sally
(1988) Little Nikita
as Verna McLaughlin
(2007) Cougar Club
as Dolly
(1981) Will
as ---
(2022) Mack & Rita
as Sharon
(2021) Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
(1999) Jackie's Back!
as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
Finding Faith
as ---
(2009) Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
as Self
(2024) Tempted by Love
as Miss Mimi
(1987) A Different World
as Stevie Rallen
(2000) Boston Public
as Marla Hendricks
(2008) Eli Stone
as Patti Dellacroix
(2005) Everybody Hates Chris
as Maxine
(2005) Grey's Anatomy
as Adele Webber
(2002) Half & Half
as Erika Duke
(1997) Ally McBeal
as ---
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Tonya Hawkins
(2003) Cold Case
as Chandra Patterson (2009)
(2000) Girlfriends
as ---
(1988) Murphy Brown
as Nurse Hawking
(2019) Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
(1996) Moesha
as ---
(2000) Strong Medicine
as ---
(1999) The PJs
as Muriel Stubbs (voice)
(2004) Boston Legal
as Judge Victoria Thomson
(2003) Wild Card
as M. Pearl McGuire
(1999) Family Law
as Gloria Rivers
(1996) Promised Land
as Tonya Hawkins
(1990) Cop Rock
as ---
Legally Mad
as Jeanette Harris
(2009) Party Down
as Diane Ellison
(1990) Sugar and Spice
as ---
(2020) P-Valley
as Ernestine
(2012) The Client List
as Georgia Cummings
(2023) Young Love
as Gigi Young (voice)
(2011) State of Georgia
as Honey Dupree
(2012) Doc McStuffins
as Nurse Hallie (voice)
(2005) Supernatural
as Missouri Moseley
(2009) RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
(2015) The Carmichael Show
as Cynthia Carmichael
(2021) Teenage Euthanasia
as ---
(2023) Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
as Hallie (voice)
(2013) The Doc Files
as Hallie (voice)
(2012) Doc McStuffins
as Hattie (voice)
(1991) Roc
as Cynthia
(1991) Roc
as ---
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as ---
(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Mother (voice)
(2021) Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
as Angela
(2018) Summer Camp Island
as Sea Cow (voice)
(2019) A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Marrier
(2019) Family Reunion
as M'Dear
(2020) Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Contestant / Fabulosity
(1992) Out All Night
as Crystal
(2009) RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self
(2009) Glee
as Sister Mary Constance
(2020) Connecting...
as Dayleen
(2014) black-ish
as Lynette
(2017) Dear White People
as Sorbet (voice)
(1988) The Murder of Mary Phagan
as Annie Maude Carter
(2014) Sirens
as Hank's Mother
(2020) GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(1992) Love & War
as ---
(2010) Shake It Up
as Marsha Sanders
(2006) Psych
as Melba Birdson
(1971) Great Performances
as Janine
(2024) Everybody Still Hates Chris
as (voice)
(1995) Ned and Stacey
as Mrs. Duncan
(2024) Doctor Odyssey
as Jill Manafort
(2024) Holidazed
as Linda Lewin