Loretta Devine

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

Known For

Mama

Christmas in Harmony

Blade's Mom

Class Act

Pigfoot Mary

Hoodlum

Beverly

The Preacher's Wife

Gloria

Waiting to Exhale

Sylvia Finkelstein

Love Kills

Reese

Urban Legends: Final Cut

Reese Wilson

Urban Legend

Cynthia

Death at a Funeral

Evelyn

Dirty Laundry

Delta (voice)

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Sister Doris

First Sunday

Grandma

Lottery Ticket

Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield

This Christmas

Nadine Biggs

Livin' Large!

Connie Harper

Don King: Only in America

Health Counselor

Punks

Cassey Jordan

Woman Thou Art Loosed

Miss Roberts

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

Juanita / Green

For Colored Girls

Shirley

Madea's Big Happy Family

Shirlee Gupta

Politics of Love

Ruby Dandridge

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Mrs. Taylor

Jumping the Broom

Crystal

Christmas Déjà Vu

Jackee

The Price of Kissing

Zenia

Down in the Delta

Leticia / 'Coco'

Lover Girl

Janine

The Colored Museum

Everleen

Clover

Diane

Sticky Fingers

Mama V (voice)

Khumba

Mrs. Inez

In the Hive

Irene (voice)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Hallie

Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way

Dearie B.

Funny Valentines

Tamecia (voice)

Norm of the North

Shaniqua Johnson

Crash

Hallie (voice) (archive footage)

Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie

Marguerite Slocumb

Kingdom Come

Judy

Caged Fear

Connie Travers

Best Actress

Marilyn

You're Not You

Hallie (voice)

Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!

Mrs. Big-Gal

Bull Street

Joy Morris

Lost & Found in Cleveland

Margaret Calgrove

I Am Sam

Bertha

Stanley & Iris

Lorraine

All I Didn't Want for Christmas

Meghan Graham

Back to School Mom

Jeanette

A Snowy Day in Oakland

Break the Cycle

Barb Vaughn

Welcome to Me

Jazz Singer

Dreamgirls

Evelyn Walker

Freedom Song

Self

Broadway: The Next Generation

Miss Mary

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Aggie

Caged No More

Mrs. Claus

A Very Larry Christmas

Addie Collins

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

Ms. Carey

No Regrets

Grandma's House

Dilsey

The Sound and the Fury

Herself

Brett Gelman's Dinner in America

Doris

Saving Westbrook High

Miss Maddy

Chapter & Verse

Carol

Naked

Flo

What Women Want

The American Clock

Ula

Amos & Andrew

Delta (voice)

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

Jo Ann Robinson

Behind the Movement

Elda

Always and Forever

Emory Simons

Jingle Belle

Hallie (voice)

The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special

Self

Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend

Miss Gladys

King's Ransom

Mama Jay

The Trap

Floria

The Breaks

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

Velma

The Starling

Self

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

Loretta

A Sweet Christmas Romance

Naomi

For the Love of Ruth

Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan

A Family Reunion Christmas

Thelma

Parent Trap III

Mrs. Benson

Anna to the Infinite Power

Malinda

Comeback Dad

Ms. Thomson

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

Dr. Marguerite

Spring Breakdown

Hattie

Postmarked

Eloise

Spell

Sally

Queen Bees

Verna McLaughlin

Little Nikita

Dolly

Cougar Club

Jean

Will

Sharon

Mack & Rita

Self

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)

Jackie's Back!

Finding Faith

Self

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

Miss Mimi

Tempted by Love

Grandma

Lottery Ticket 2

Stevie Rallen

A Different World

Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play

Lucille

Lucille

Agnes

Deck the Hallways

Hen

The Christmas Showdown

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

Gender

Female

Birthday

1949-08-21

Place of Birth

Houston, Texas, USA

Also Known As

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