
Loretta Devine
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 21, 1949 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- Houston, Texas, USA
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.
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Filmography

Break the Cycle
Movie

Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie · as Self
That's Her
Movie
Baby of the Family
Movie · as Delores
Legally Mad
TV · as Jeanette Harris · 1 ep

Three Colors: Pan-African
Movie · as Nana
Forever, This Ring
Movie

M.I.A.
TV · as Aunt Judith · 3 eps

Lost & Found in Cleveland
Movie · as Joy Morris

Finding Faith
Movie · as Helen

Deck the Hallways
Movie · as Agnes

The Christmas Showdown
Movie · as Hen

Bull Street
Movie · as Mrs. Big-Gal

Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love
Movie · as Miss Mimi

Everybody Still Hates Chris
TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

Doctor Odyssey
TV · as Jill Manafort · 1 ep

Holidazed
TV · as Linda Lewin · 8 eps

A Snowy Day in Oakland
Movie · as Jeanette
Lucille
Movie · as Lucille

Young Love
TV · as Gigi Young (voice) · 12 eps

Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
TV · as Hallie (voice) · 10 eps

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Movie · as Irene (voice)

A Doutora Faz 10 Anos
Movie · as Hallie (voice)

All I Didn't Want for Christmas
Movie · as Lorraine

Mack & Rita
Movie · as Sharon

The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Christmas in Harmony
Movie · as Mama

Christmas Déjà Vu
Movie · as Crystal

The Starling
Movie · as Velma

Queen Bees
Movie · as Sally

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie · as Self

Teenage Euthanasia
TV · 1 ep

Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
TV · as Angela · 5 eps

Always and Forever
Movie · as Elda

Spell
Movie · as Eloise

P-Valley
TV · as Ernestine · 9 eps

RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race
TV · as Fabulosity - Contestant · 2 eps

Connecting...
TV · as Dayleen · 2 eps

GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
TV · as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan · 1 ep

The Trap
Movie · as Mama Jay

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Movie · as Self

A Sweet Christmas Romance
Movie · as Loretta

A Family Reunion Christmas
Movie · as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan

Postmarked
Movie · as Hattie

The Tamron Hall Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV · as Marrier · 1 ep

Family Reunion
TV · as M'Dear · 44 eps

Behind the Movement
Movie · as Jo Ann Robinson

Jingle Belle
Movie · as Emory Simons

The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
Movie · as Hallie (voice)

Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
Movie · as Self

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
Movie · as Ms. Thomson

Summer Camp Island
TV · as Sea Cow (voice) · 1 ep

Chapter & Verse
Movie · as Miss Maddy

Naked
Movie · as Carol

Violets
Movie · as Marcy

Dear White People
TV · as Sorbet (voice) · 1 ep

Norm of the North
Movie · as Tamecia (voice)

Caged No More
Movie · as Aggie

No Regrets
Movie · as Ms. Carey

Grandma's House
Movie
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
Movie · as Self

Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
Movie · as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)

Back to School Mom
Movie · as Meghan Graham

Welcome to Me
Movie · as Barb Vaughn

The Sound and the Fury
Movie · as Dilsey

For the Love of Ruth
Movie · as Naomi

The Carmichael Show
TV · as Cynthia Carmichael · 32 eps

Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
Movie · as Hallie

You're Not You
Movie · as Marilyn

A Very Larry Christmas
Movie · as Mrs. Claus

Comeback Dad
Movie · as Malinda

black-ish
TV · as Lynette · 3 eps

Sirens
TV · as Hank's Mother · 3 eps

Khumba
Movie · as Mama V (voice)

Saving Westbrook High
Movie · as Doris

The Doc Files
TV · as Hallie (voice) · 10 eps

In the Hive
Movie · as Mrs. Inez

The Client List
TV · as Georgia Cummings · 25 eps

Doc McStuffins
TV · as Nurse Hallie (voice), Hattie (voice) · 242 eps

The Soul Man
TV · as Della Ballentine · 2 eps

Madea's Big Happy Family
Movie · as Shirley

Politics of Love
Movie · as Shirlee Gupta

Jumping the Broom
Movie · as Mrs. Taylor

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Movie · as Delta (voice)

State of Georgia
TV · as Honey Dupree · 12 eps

Death at a Funeral
Movie · as Cynthia

Lottery Ticket
Movie · as Grandma

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Movie · as Miss Roberts

For Colored Girls
Movie · as Juanita / Green

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

Shake It Up
TV · as Marsha Sanders · 1 ep

Spring Breakdown
Movie · as Dr. Marguerite

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Movie · as Self

Party Down
TV · as Diane Ellison · 1 ep

RuPaul's Drag Race
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

Glee
TV · as Sister Mary Constance · 1 ep

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Movie · as Delta (voice)

First Sunday
Movie · as Sister Doris

Eli Stone
TV · as Patti Dellacroix · 26 eps

This Christmas
Movie · as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield

Cougar Club
Movie · as Dolly

Dirty Laundry
Movie · as Evelyn

Dreamgirls
Movie · as Jazz Singer

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Movie · as Addie Collins

Psych
TV · as Melba Birdson · 1 ep

Crash
Movie · as Shaniqua Johnson

King's Ransom
Movie · as Miss Gladys

Everybody Hates Chris
TV · as Maxine · 3 eps

Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Adele Webber · 22 eps

Supernatural
TV · as Missouri Moseley · 3 eps

Woman Thou Art Loosed
Movie · as Cassey Jordan

Boston Legal
TV · as Judge Victoria Thomson, Annabelle Carruthers · 1 ep

Cold Case
TV · as Chandra Patterson (2009) · 1 ep

Wild Card
TV · as M. Pearl McGuire · 18 eps

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Movie

Half & Half
TV · as Erika Duke · 2 eps

Kingdom Come
Movie · as Marguerite Slocumb

I Am Sam
Movie · as Margaret Calgrove

Urban Legends: Final Cut
Movie · as Reese

Punks
Movie · as Health Counselor

Best Actress
Movie · as Connie Travers

Freedom Song
Movie · as Evelyn Walker

What Women Want
Movie · as Flo

Boston Public
TV · as Marla Hendricks · 81 eps

Girlfriends
TV · as Judge Vashti Jackson · 2 eps

Strong Medicine
TV · 1 ep

Love Kills
Movie · as Sylvia Finkelstein

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Movie · as Ruby Dandridge

Funny Valentines
Movie · as Dearie B.

The Breaks
Movie · as Floria

Jackie's Back!
Movie · as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)

The PJs
TV · as Muriel Stubbs (voice) · 43 eps

Family Law
TV · as Gloria Rivers · 1 ep

Urban Legend
Movie · as Reese Wilson

Down in the Delta
Movie · as Zenia

Hoodlum
Movie · as Pigfoot Mary

Don King: Only in America
Movie · as Connie Harper

The Price of Kissing
Movie · as Jackee

Lover Girl
Movie · as Leticia / 'Coco'

Clover
Movie · as Everleen

Ally McBeal
TV · as Nora Mills · 1 ep

The Preacher's Wife
Movie · as Beverly

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Movie · as Miss Mary

Moesha
TV · as Steph · 1 ep

Promised Land
TV · as Tonya Hawkins · 1 ep

Waiting to Exhale
Movie · as Gloria

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV · as Mother (voice) · 1 ep

Ned & Stacey
TV · as Mrs. Duncan · 1 ep

Touched by an Angel
TV · as Tonya Hawkins · 1 ep

The American Clock
Movie

Amos & Andrew
Movie · as Ula

Class Act
Movie · as Blade's Mom
Out All Night
TV · as Crystal · 1 ep

Love & War
TV · 1 ep

Livin' Large!
Movie · as Nadine Biggs

The Colored Museum
Movie · as Janine

Caged Fear
Movie · as Judy

Roc
TV · as Cynthia · 1 ep

Stanley & Iris
Movie · as Bertha

Cop Rock
TV · as Juror

Sugar and Spice
TV · 7 eps

Parent Trap III
Movie · as Thelma

Sticky Fingers
Movie · as Diane

Little Nikita
Movie · as Verna McLaughlin

Murphy Brown
TV · as Nurse Hawking · 1 ep

The Murder of Mary Phagan
TV · as Annie Maude Carter · 2 eps

A Different World
TV · as Stevie Rallen · 9 eps

Anna to the Infinite Power
Movie · as Mrs. Benson

Will
Movie · as Jean

Great Performances
TV · as Janine · 1 ep





