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Loretta Devine

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Aug 21, 1949(age: 77)
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Loretta Devine

Biography of Loretta Devine:

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 above from the Wikipedia article Loretta Devine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Loretta Devine has acted in:

Forever, This Ring(2026)
Three Colors: Pan-African(2026) ... as Nana
Deck the Hallways(2025) ... as Agnes
The Christmas Showdown(2025) ... as Hen
Lost & Found in Cleveland(2025) ... as Joy Morris
Finding Faith(2025) ... as Helen
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love(2024) ... as Miss Mimi
Bull Street(2024) ... as Mrs. Big-Gal
Lucille(2023) ... as Lucille
A Snowy Day in Oakland(2023) ... as Jeanette
All I Didn't Want for Christmas(2022) ... as Lorraine
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules(2022) ... as Irene (voice)
Mack & Rita(2022) ... as Sharon
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!(2022) ... as Hallie (voice)
Christmas Déjà Vu(2021) ... as Crystal
Christmas in Harmony(2021) ... as Mama
The Starling(2021) ... as Velma
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age(2021) ... as Self
Queen Bees(2021) ... as Sally
Always and Forever(2020) ... as Elda
Spell(2020) ... as Eloise
A Family Reunion Christmas(2019) ... as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
A Sweet Christmas Romance(2019) ... as Loretta
Postmarked(2019) ... as Hattie
The Trap(2019) ... as Mama Jay
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror(2019) ... as Self
The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special(2018) ... as Hallie (voice)
Jingle Belle(2018) ... as Emory Simons
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend(2018) ... as Self
Behind the Movement(2018) ... as Jo Ann Robinson
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser(2018) ... as Ms. Thomson
Naked(2017) ... as Carol
Chapter & Verse(2017) ... as Miss Maddy
No Regrets(2016) ... as Ms. Carey
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America(2016) ... as Herself
Grandma's House(2016)
Caged No More(2016) ... as Aggie
Norm of the North(2016) ... as Tamecia (voice)
The Sound and the Fury(2015) ... as Dilsey
For the Love of Ruth(2015) ... as Naomi
Welcome to Me(2015) ... as Barb Vaughn
Back to School Mom(2015) ... as Meghan Graham
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie(2015) ... as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
A Very Larry Christmas(2014) ... as Mrs. Claus
You're Not You(2014) ... as Marilyn
Comeback Dad(2014) ... as Malinda
Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way(2014) ... as Hallie
Saving Westbrook High(2013) ... as Doris
Khumba(2013) ... as Mama V (voice)
In the Hive(2012) ... as Mrs. Inez
Politics of Love(2011) ... as Shirlee Gupta
Jumping the Broom(2011) ... as Mrs. Taylor
Madea's Big Happy Family(2011) ... as Shirley
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2(2011) ... as Delta (voice)
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play(2010)
For Colored Girls(2010) ... as Juanita / Green
Lottery Ticket(2010) ... as Grandma
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done(2010) ... as Miss Roberts
Death at a Funeral(2010) ... as Cynthia
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s(2009) ... as Self
Spring Breakdown(2009) ... as Dr. Marguerite
Beverly Hills Chihuahua(2008) ... as Delta (voice)
First Sunday(2008) ... as Sister Doris
This Christmas(2007) ... as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
Cougar Club(2007) ... as Dolly
Dreamgirls(2006) ... as Jazz Singer
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story(2006) ... as Addie Collins
Dirty Laundry(2006) ... as Evelyn
Crash(2005) ... as Shaniqua Johnson
King's Ransom(2005) ... as Miss Gladys
Woman Thou Art Loosed(2004) ... as Cassey Jordan
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs(2002)
I Am Sam(2001) ... as Margaret Calgrove
Kingdom Come(2001) ... as Marguerite Slocumb
What Women Want(2000) ... as Flo
Urban Legends: Final Cut(2000) ... as Reese
Best Actress(2000) ... as Connie Travers
Freedom Song(2000) ... as Evelyn Walker
Punks(2000) ... as Health Counselor
Love Kills(1999) ... as Sylvia Finkelstein
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge(1999) ... as Ruby Dandridge
Jackie's Back!(1999) ... as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
The Breaks(1999) ... as Floria
Funny Valentines(1999) ... as Dearie B.
Down in the Delta(1998) ... as Zenia
Urban Legend(1998) ... as Reese Wilson
Don King: Only in America(1997) ... as Connie Harper
Lover Girl(1997) ... as Leticia / 'Coco'
Clover(1997) ... as Everleen
Hoodlum(1997) ... as Pigfoot Mary
The Price of Kissing(1997) ... as Jackee
The Preacher's Wife(1996) ... as Beverly
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault(1996) ... as Miss Mary
Waiting to Exhale(1995) ... as Gloria
Amos & Andrew(1993) ... as Ula
The American Clock(1993)
Class Act(1992) ... as Blade's Mom
Livin' Large!(1991) ... as Nadine Biggs
Caged Fear(1991) ... as Judy
The Colored Museum(1991) ... as Janine
Stanley & Iris(1990) ... as Bertha
Parent Trap III(1989) ... as Thelma
Sticky Fingers(1988) ... as Diane
Little Nikita(1988) ... as Verna McLaughlin
Anna to the Infinite Power(1983) ... as Mrs. Benson
Will(1981) ... as Jean
Break the Cycle
Broadway: The Next Generation ... as Self
That's Her

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