Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine

  • Birthday: 1949-08-21
  • Place of birth: 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.

Filmography

The Preacher's Wife

1996

As Beverly

Hoodlum

1997

As Pigfoot Mary

Class Act

1992

As Blade's Mom

Waiting to Exhale

1995

As Gloria

Love Kills

1999

As Sylvia Finkelstein

Urban Legend

1998

As Reese Wilson

Death at a Funeral

2010

As Cynthia

Dirty Laundry

2006

As Evelyn

Lottery Ticket

2010

As Grandma

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

2008

As Delta (voice)

First Sunday

2008

As Sister Doris

This Christmas

2007

As Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield

Livin' Large!

1991

As Nadine Biggs

Woman Thou Art Loosed

2004

As Cassey Jordan

For Colored Girls

2010

As Juanita / Green

Madea's Big Happy Family

2011

As Shirley

Politics of Love

2011

As Shirlee Gupta

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

1999

As Ruby Dandridge

Jumping the Broom

2011

As Mrs. Taylor

The Price of Kissing

1997

As Jackee

Down in the Delta

1998

As Zenia

Lover Girl

1997

As Leticia / 'Coco'

Clover

1997

As Everleen

Sticky Fingers

1988

As Diane

Khumba

2013

As Mama V (voice)

In the Hive

2012

As Mrs. Inez

Funny Valentines

1999

As Dearie B.

Crash

2005

As Shaniqua Johnson

Kingdom Come

2001

As Marguerite Slocumb

Caged Fear

1991

As Judy

Best Actress

2000

As Connie Travers

You're Not You

2014

As Marilyn

Stanley & Iris

1990

As Bertha

I Am Sam

2001

As Margaret Calgrove

Back to School Mom

2015

As Meghan Graham

Welcome to Me

2014

As Barb Vaughn

Freedom Song

2000

As Evelyn Walker

Caged No More

2016

As Aggie

Norm of the North

2016

As Tamecia (voice)

A Very Larry Christmas

2013

As Mrs. Claus

Saving Westbrook High

2013

As Doris

Chapter & Verse

2017

As Miss Maddy

No Regrets

2016

As Ms Carey

The Sound and the Fury

2015

As Dilsey

What Women Want

2000

As Flo

Naked

2017

As Carol

Amos & Andrew

1993

As Ula

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

2011

As Delta (voice)

Behind the Movement

2018

As Jo Ann Robinson

Always and Forever

2020

As Elda

Jingle Belle

2018

As Emory Simons

King's Ransom

2005

As Miss Gladys

The Trap

2019

As Mama Jay

The Breaks

1999

As Floria

The Starling

2021

As Velma

For the Love of Ruth

2015

As Naomi

A Family Reunion Christmas

2019

As Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan

Parent Trap III

1989

As Thelma

Anna to the Infinite Power

1983

As Mrs. Benson

Comeback Dad

2014

As Malinda

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

2018

As Ms. Thomson

Spring Breakdown

2009

As Dr. Marguerite

Postmarked

2019

As Hattie

Spell

2020

As Eloise

Queen Bees

2021

As Sally

Little Nikita

1988

As Verna McLaughlin

Cougar Club

2007

As Dolly

Will

1981

As

Mack & Rita

2022

As Sharon

Jackie's Back!

1999

As Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)

Don King: Only in America

1997

As Connie Harper

Urban Legend

0000

As Reese

Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!

2022

As Hallie (voice)

A Snowy Day in Oakland

2023

As Jeanette

Dreamgirls

2006

As Jazz Singer

Punks

2000

As Health Counselor

Christmas Déjà Vu

2021

As Crystal

The Colored Museum

1991

As Janine

Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie

2015

As Hallie (voice) (archive footage)

Bull Street

0000

As Mrs. Big-Gal

Lost & Found in Cleveland

0000

As Joy Morris

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