Loretta Devine
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1949-08-21 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Also known As
لورتا دیواین
Loretta Devine
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.
Acting
2021
as Mama
1992
as Blade's Mom
1997
as Pigfoot Mary
1996
as Beverly
1995
as Gloria
1999
as Sylvia Finkelstein
2000
as Reese
1998
as Reese Wilson
2010
as Cynthia
2006
as Evelyn
2008
as Delta (voice)
2008
as Sister Doris
2010
as Grandma
2007
as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
1991
as Nadine Biggs
1997
as Connie Harper
2000
as Health Counselor
2004
as Cassey Jordan
2010
as Miss Roberts
2010
as Juanita / Green
2011
as Shirley
2011
as Shirlee Gupta
1999
as Ruby Dandridge
2011
as Mrs. Taylor
2021
as Crystal
1997
as Jackee
1998
as Zenia
1997
as Leticia / 'Coco'
1991
as Janine
1997
as Everleen
1988
as Diane
2013
as Mama V (voice)
2012
as Mrs. Inez
2022
as Irene (voice)
2014
1999
as Dearie B.
2016
as Tamecia (voice)
2005
as Shaniqua Johnson
2015
as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
2001
as Marguerite Slocumb
1991
as Judy
2000
as Connie Travers
2014
as Marilyn
2022
as Hallie (voice)
2024
as Mrs. Big-Gal
2024
as Joy Morris
2001
as Margaret Calgrove
1990
as Bertha
2022
as Lorraine
2015
as Meghan Graham
2023
as Jeanette
2014
as Barb Vaughn
2006
as Jazz Singer
2000
as Evelyn Walker
2017
1996
as Miss Mary
2016
as Aggie
2013
as Mrs. Claus
2006
as Addie Collins
2016
as Ms. Carey
2016
2015
as Dilsey
2016
as Herself
2013
as Doris
2017
as Miss Maddy
2017
as Carol
2000
as Flo
1993
as Ula
2011
as Delta (voice)
2018
as Jo Ann Robinson
2020
as Elda
2018
as Emory Simons
2018
as Hallie (voice)
2018
2005
as Miss Gladys
2019
as Mama Jay
1999
as Floria
2021
as Velma
2019
2019
as Loretta
2015
as Naomi
2019
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
1989
as Thelma
1983
as Mrs. Benson
2014
as Malinda
2018
as Ms. Thomson
2009
as Dr. Marguerite
2019
as Hattie
2020
as Eloise
2021
as Sally
1988
as Verna McLaughlin
2007
as Dolly
1981
as Jean
2022
as Sharon
2021
1999
as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
2025
2024
as Miss Mimi
-
as Grandma
1987
as Stevie Rallen
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