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Loretta Devine

Born: 1949-08-21

From: Houston, Texas, USA

About: 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.

Film credits:

Christmas in Harmony

Mama

Class Act

Blade's Mom

Hoodlum

Pigfoot Mary

The Preacher's Wife

Beverly

Waiting to Exhale

Gloria

Love Kills

Sylvia Finkelstein

Urban Legends: Final Cut

Reese

Urban Legend

Reese Wilson

Death at a Funeral

Cynthia

Dirty Laundry

Evelyn

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Delta (voice)

First Sunday

Sister Doris

Lottery Ticket

Grandma

This Christmas

Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield

Livin' Large!

Nadine Biggs

Don King: Only in America

Connie Harper

Punks

Health Counselor

Woman Thou Art Loosed

Cassey Jordan

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

Miss Roberts

For Colored Girls

Juanita / Green

Madea's Big Happy Family

Shirley

Politics of Love

Shirlee Gupta

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Ruby Dandridge

Jumping the Broom

Mrs. Taylor

Christmas Déjà Vu

Crystal

The Price of Kissing

Jackee

Down in the Delta

Zenia

Lover Girl

Leticia / 'Coco'

The Colored Museum

Janine

Clover

Everleen

Sticky Fingers

Diane

Khumba

Mama V (voice)

In the Hive

Mrs. Inez

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Irene (voice)

Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way

Hallie

Funny Valentines

Dearie B.

Norm of the North

Tamecia (voice)

Crash

Shaniqua Johnson

Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie

Hallie (voice) (archive footage)

Kingdom Come

Marguerite Slocumb

Caged Fear

Judy

Best Actress

Connie Travers

You're Not You

Marilyn

Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!

Hallie (voice)

Bull Street

Mrs. Big-Gal

Lost & Found in Cleveland

Joy Morris

I Am Sam

Margaret Calgrove

Stanley & Iris

Bertha

All I Didn't Want for Christmas

Lorraine

Back to School Mom

Meghan Graham

A Snowy Day in Oakland

Jeanette

Break the Cycle

Welcome to Me

Barb Vaughn

Dreamgirls

Jazz Singer

Freedom Song

Evelyn Walker

Broadway: The Next Generation

Self

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Miss Mary

Caged No More

Aggie

A Very Larry Christmas

Mrs. Claus

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

Addie Collins

No Regrets

Ms. Carey

Grandma's House

The Sound and the Fury

Dilsey

Brett Gelman's Dinner in America

Herself

Saving Westbrook High

Doris

Chapter & Verse

Miss Maddy

Naked

Carol

What Women Want

Flo

The American Clock

Amos & Andrew

Ula

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

Delta (voice)

Behind the Movement

Jo Ann Robinson

Always and Forever

Elda

Jingle Belle

Emory Simons

The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special

Hallie (voice)

Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend

Self

King's Ransom

Miss Gladys

The Trap

Mama Jay

The Breaks

Floria

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

The Starling

Velma

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

Self

A Sweet Christmas Romance

Loretta

For the Love of Ruth

Naomi

A Family Reunion Christmas

Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan

Parent Trap III

Thelma

Anna to the Infinite Power

Mrs. Benson

Comeback Dad

Malinda

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

Ms. Thomson

Spring Breakdown

Dr. Marguerite

Postmarked

Hattie

Spell

Eloise

Queen Bees

Sally

Little Nikita

Verna McLaughlin

Cougar Club

Dolly

Will

Jean

Mack & Rita

Sharon

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Self

Jackie's Back!

Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)

Finding Faith

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

Self

Tempted by Love

Miss Mimi

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

Lucille

Lucille

Deck the Hallways

Agnes

The Christmas Showdown

Hen