Loretta Devine
August 21, 1949 (74 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
- 2023 · Young Love as Gigi Young (voice)
- 2023 · Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In! as Hallie (voice)
- 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Jeanette
- 2021 · Christmas in Harmony as Mama
- 2021 · Queen Bees as Sally
- 2020 · Always and Forever as Elda
- 2020 · Connecting... as Dayleen
- 2019 · A Family Reunion Christmas as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
- 2019 · A Sweet Christmas Romance as Loretta
- 2019 · The Trap as Mama Jay
- 2019 · Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
- 2018 · Jingle Belle as Emory Simons
- 2018 · Sierra Burgess Is a Loser as Ms. Thomson
- 2017 · Broadway: The Next Generation as
- 2016 · Caged No More as Aggie
- 2016 · Norm of the North as Tamecia (voice)
- 2015 · The Sound and the Fury as Dilsey
- 2014 · Welcome to Me as Barb Vaughn
- 2010 · For Colored Girls as Juanita / Green
- 2009 · My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Miss Roberts
- 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
- 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 · Lover Girl as Leticia / 'Coco'
- 1997 · Clover as Everleen
- 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 · Caged Fear as Judy
- 1990 · Stanley & Iris as Bertha
- 1989 · Parent Trap III as Thelma
- Future · Legally Mad as Jeanette Harris
- 1988 · Sticky Fingers as Diane
- Future · Bull Street as Mrs. Big-Gal
- Future · Urban Legend as Reese
- 2022 · All I Didn't Want for Christmas as Lorraine
- 2022 · Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Irene (voice)
- 2022 · Mack & Rita as Sharon
- 2022 · Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10! as Hallie (voice)
- 2021 · Christmas Déjà Vu as Crystal
- 2021 · The Starling as Velma
- 2021 · Teenage Euthanasia as
- 2021 · Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem as Angela
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2020 · Spell as Eloise
- 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 · 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
- 2018 · The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special as Hallie
- 2018 · Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend as Self
- 2018 · Behind the Movement as Jo Ann Robinson
- 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 · Grandma's House as
- 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 · 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 · Saving Westbrook High as Doris
- 2013 · The Doc Files as Hallie (voice)
- 2013 · Khumba as Mama V (voice)
- 2012 · In the Hive as Mrs. Inez
- 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 · State of Georgia as Honey Dupree
- 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 · Lottery Ticket as Grandma
- 2010 · Death at a Funeral as Cynthia
- 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
- 2005 · Supernatural as Missouri Moseley
- 2005 · Crash as Shaniqua Johnson
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Adele Webber
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Judge Victoria Thomson
- 2004 · Woman Thou Art Loosed as Cassey Jordan
- 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
- 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 · Ally McBeal as
- 1997 · Hoodlum as Pigfoot Mary
- 1997 · The Price of Kissing as Jackee
- 1996 · The Preacher's Wife as Beverly
- 1996 · Promised Land as Tonya Hawkins
- 1996 · Moesha as
- 1995 · Waiting to Exhale as Gloria
- 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 · Livin' Large! as Nadine Biggs
- 1991 · Roc as Cynthia
- 1991 · Roc as
- 1991 · The Colored Museum as Janine
- 1990 · Cop Rock as
- 1990 · Sugar and Spice as
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Nurse Hawking
- 1988 · Little Nikita as Verna McLaughlin
- 1988 · The Murder of Mary Phagan as Annie Maude Carter
- 1987 · A Different World as Stevie Rallen
- 1983 · Anna to the Infinite Power as Mrs. Benson
- Future · Break the Cycle as
- Future · Lost & Found in Cleveland as Joy Morris
- 1981 · Will as
- 1971 · Great Performances as Janine