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