Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine

74 · Born: Aug 21, 1949

Personal Details

Born Aug 21, 1949 Houston, Texas, USA
Spouse
  • Lamar Tyler

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Jan 4, 2008 )
  • Glen Marshall

    ( Apr 29, 2024 to Apr 29, 2024 )

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.

Career

2023
A Snowy Day in Oakland
A Snowy Day in Oakland as Jeanette
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Young Love
Young Love as Gigi Young (voice)
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Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In! as Hallie (Voice)
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2022
Mack & Rita
Mack & Rita as Sharon
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
All I Didn't Want for Christmas as Lorraine
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Doc McStuffins
Doc McStuffins as Hallie (voice)
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Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem as Angela
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P-Valley
P-Valley as Ernestine
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2021
The Starling
The Starling as Velma
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Christmas Déjà Vu
Christmas in Harmony
Christmas in Harmony as Mama
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Queen Bees
Queen Bees as Sally
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Summer Camp Island
Summer Camp Island as Sea Cow (voice)
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2020
Always and Forever
Always and Forever as Elda
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Spell
Spell as Eloise
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Game On! A Comedy Crossover Event
Game On! A Comedy Crossover Event as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
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2019
A Family Reunion Christmas
A Family Reunion Christmas as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
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The Trap
The Trap as Mama Jay
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A Sweet Christmas Romance
A Sweet Christmas Romance as Loretta
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Family Reunion
Family Reunion as M'Dear
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2018
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser as Ms. Thomson
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Jingle Belle
Jingle Belle as Emory Simons
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Behind the Movement
Behind the Movement as Jo Ann Robinson
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2017
Violets
Violets as Marcy
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Chapter & Verse
Chapter & Verse as Miss Maddy
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Another Shot
Another Shot as Mabel Marbury
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Naked
Naked as Carol
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2016
Grandma's House
Grandma's House
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Caged No More
Caged No More as Aggie
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36 Hour Layover
36 Hour Layover as Ms Carey
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Norm of the North
Norm of the North as Tamecia
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2015
For the Love of Ruth
For the Love of Ruth as Naomi
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Back to School Mom
Back to School Mom as Meghan Graham
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The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury as Dilsey
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The Carmichael Show
The Carmichael Show as Cynthia Carmichael
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2014
Comeback Dad
Comeback Dad as Malinda
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Welcome to Me
Welcome to Me as Barb Vaughn
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Sirens
Sirens as Hank's Mother
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Psych
Psych as Melba Birdson
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2013
A Very Larry Christmas
A Very Larry Christmas as Mrs. Claus
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Teachers
Teachers as Doris
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Khumba
Khumba as Mama V (voice)
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The Doc Files
The Doc Files as Hallie (voice)
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2012
In the Hive
In the Hive as Mrs. Inez
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The Client List
The Client List as Georgia Cummings
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Doc McStuffins
Doc McStuffins as Nurse Hallie (voice)
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2011
Politics of Love
Politics of Love as Shirlee Gupta
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Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
Jumping the Broom
Jumping the Broom as Mrs. Taylor
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State of Georgia
State of Georgia as Honey Dupree
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2010
For Colored Girls
For Colored Girls as Juanita / Green
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Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral as Cynthia
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Lottery Ticket
Lottery Ticket as Grandma
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Party Down
Party Down as Diane Ellison
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2009
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Miss Roberts
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2008
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Beverly Hills Chihuahua as Delta (voice)
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First Sunday
First Sunday as Sister Doris
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Eli Stone
Eli Stone as Patti Dellacroix
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2007
This Christmas
This Christmas as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
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Cougar Club
Cougar Club as Dolly
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2006
Dirty Laundry
Dirty Laundry as Evelyn
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Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2005
King's Ransom
King's Ransom as Miss Gladys
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Crash
Crash as Shaniqua
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Everybody Hates Chris
Girlfriends
Girlfriends
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2004
Woman Thou Art Loosed
Woman Thou Art Loosed as Cassey Jordan
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2003
Wild Card
Wild Card as M. Pearl McGuire
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Half & Half
Half & Half as Erika Duke
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2001
I Am Sam
I Am Sam as Margaret Calgrove
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Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come as Marguerite Slocumb
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2000
Freedom Song
Freedom Song as Evelyn Walker
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Leyendas urbanas: Corte final
Leyendas urbanas: Corte final as Reese
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Punks
Punks as Health Counselor
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Best Actress
Best Actress as Connie Travers
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Boston Public
Boston Public as Marla Hendricks
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1999
The Breaks
The Breaks as Floria
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Jackie's Back!
Jackie's Back! as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Ruby Dandridge
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Operation Splitsville
Operation Splitsville as Principal
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Love Kills
Love Kills as Sylvia Finkelstein
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Funny Valentines
Funny Valentines as Dearie B.
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The PJs
The PJs as Muriel Stubbs
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1998
Urban Legend
Urban Legend as Reese Wilson
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Down in the Delta
Down in the Delta as Zenia
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1997
The Price of Kissing
The Price of Kissing as Jackee
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Lover Girl
Lover Girl as Leticia / 'Coco'
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Hoodlum
Hoodlum as Pigfoot Mary
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Clover
Clover as Everleen
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Don King: Only in America
Don King: Only in America as Connie Harper
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1996
The Preacher's Wife
The Preacher's Wife as Beverly
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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel as Tonya Hawkins
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1995
Waiting to Exhale
Waiting to Exhale as Gloria
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1992
Class Act
Class Act as Blade's Mom
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1991
Caged Fear
Caged Fear as Judy
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Livin' Large!
Livin' Large! as Nadine Biggs
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Great Performances
Great Performances as Janine
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1990
Stanley & Iris
Stanley & Iris as Bertha
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1989
Parent Trap III
Parent Trap III as Thelma
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Murphy Brown
Murphy Brown as Nurse Hawking
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1988
Sticky Fingers
Sticky Fingers as Diane
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Little Nikita
Little Nikita as Verna McLaughlin
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1987
A Different World
A Different World as Stevie Rallen
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1983
Anna to the Infinite Power
Anna to the Infinite Power as Mrs. Benson
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1981
Will
Will
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2019
2018
2016
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race