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 · Holidazed as Linda Lewin
- 2024 · Doctor Odyssey as Jill Manafort
- 2024 · Everybody Still Hates Chris as (voice)
- 2023 · Young Love as Gigi Young (voice)
- 2023 · Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In! as Hallie (voice)
- 2022 · Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Irene (voice)
- 2022 · Mack & Rita as Sharon
- 2021 · Teenage Euthanasia as
- 2021 · Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem as Angela
- 2020 · Spell as Eloise
- 2020 · Connecting... as Dayleen
- 2020 · GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
- 2020 · P-Valley as Ernestine
- 2020 · Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Contestant / Fabulosity
- 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
- 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Sea Cow (voice)
- 2017 · Naked as Carol
- 2017 · Dear White People as Sorbet (voice)
- 2015 · The Carmichael Show as Cynthia Carmichael
- 2014 · You're Not You as Marilyn
- 2014 · black-ish as Lynette
- 2014 · Sirens as Hank's Mother
- 2013 · The Doc Files as Hallie (voice)
- 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 · State of Georgia as Honey Dupree
- 2011 · Madea's Big Happy Family as Shirley
- 2011 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 as Delta (voice)
- 2010 · Shake It Up as Marsha Sanders
- 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Grandma
- 2010 · Death at a Funeral as Cynthia
- 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 - Guest Judge
- 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
- 2007 · Cougar Club as Dolly
- 2006 · Dreamgirls as Jazz Singer
- 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
- 1999 · Family Law as Gloria Rivers
- 1999 · The PJs as Muriel Stubbs (voice)
- 1998 · Urban Legend as Reese Wilson
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Nora Mills
- 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
- 1992 · Love & War as
- 1992 · Out All Night as Crystal
- 1991 · Roc as
- 1991 · Roc as Cynthia
- 1990 · Cop Rock as
- 1990 · Sugar and Spice as
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Nurse Hawking
- 1988 · The Murder of Mary Phagan as Annie Maude Carter
- 1987 · A Different World as Stevie Rallen
- 1971 · Great Performances as Janine
- Future · Legally Mad as Jeanette Harris
- 2025 · Finding Faith as
- 2024 · Lost & Found in Cleveland as Joy Morris
- 2024 · Tempted by Love as Miss Mimi
- 2024 · Bull Street as Mrs. Big-Gal
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Jeanette
- 2022 · All I Didn't Want for Christmas as Lorraine
- 2022 · Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10! as Hallie (voice)
- 2021 · Christmas Déjà Vu as Crystal
- 2021 · Christmas in Harmony as Mama
- 2021 · The Starling as Velma
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2021 · Queen Bees as Sally
- 2020 · Always and Forever as Elda
- 2019 · A Family Reunion Christmas as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
- 2019 · A Sweet Christmas Romance as Loretta
- 2019 · Postmarked as Hattie
- 2019 · The Trap as Mama Jay
- 2019 · Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- 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 · Behind the Movement as Jo Ann Robinson
- 2018 · Sierra Burgess Is a Loser as Ms. Thomson
- 2017 · Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 2017 · Chapter & Verse as Miss Maddy
- 2016 · No Regrets as Ms. Carey
- 2016 · Brett Gelman's Dinner in America as Herself
- 2016 · Grandma's House as
- 2016 · Caged No More as Aggie
- 2016 · Norm of the North as Tamecia (voice)
- 2015 · The Sound and the Fury as Dilsey
- 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 · Welcome to Me as Barb Vaughn
- 2014 · Comeback Dad as Malinda
- 2014 · Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way as Hallie
- 2013 · A Very Larry Christmas as Mrs. Claus
- 2013 · Saving Westbrook High as Doris
- 2012 · In the Hive as Mrs. Inez
- 2011 · Politics of Love as Shirlee Gupta
- 2011 · Jumping the Broom as Mrs. Taylor
- 2010 · For Colored Girls as Juanita / Green
- 2010 · My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Miss Roberts
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s as Self
- 2009 · Spring Breakdown as Dr. Marguerite
- 2006 · Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story as Addie Collins
- 2006 · Dirty Laundry as Evelyn
- 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
- 2000 · Best Actress as Connie Travers
- 2000 · Freedom Song as Evelyn Walker
- 2000 · Punks as Health Counselor
- 1999 · Love Kills as Sylvia Finkelstein
- 1999 · Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Ruby Dandridge
- 1999 · Jackie's Back! as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
- 1999 · The Breaks as Floria
- 1999 · Funny Valentines as Dearie B.
- 1998 · Down in the Delta as Zenia
- 1997 · Don King: Only in America as Connie Harper
- 1997 · Lover Girl as Leticia / 'Coco'
- 1997 · Clover as Everleen
- 1997 · The Price of Kissing as Jackee
- 1996 · Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Miss Mary
- 1993 · Amos & Andrew as Ula
- 1993 · The American Clock as
- 1992 · Class Act as Blade's Mom
- 1991 · Livin' Large! as Nadine Biggs
- 1991 · Caged Fear as Judy
- 1991 · The Colored Museum as Janine
- 1990 · Stanley & Iris as Bertha
- 1989 · Parent Trap III as Thelma
- 1988 · Sticky Fingers as Diane
- 1988 · Little Nikita as Verna McLaughlin
- 1987 · A Different World as Stevie Rallen
- 1983 · Anna to the Infinite Power as Mrs. Benson
- Future · Break the Cycle as
- 1981 · Will as Jean
- Future · Lottery Ticket 2 as Grandma