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Loretta Devine

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: Acting

Born: Houston, Texas, USA, 1949-08-21

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1988	Sticky Fingers	Diane	57
2	1990	Stanley & Iris	Bertha	65
3	1991	The Colored Museum	Janine	0
4	1991	Caged Fear	Judy	38
5	1991	Livin' Large!	Nadine Biggs	60
6	1992	Class Act	Blade's Mom	61
7	1995	Waiting to Exhale	Gloria	63
8	1996	The Preacher's Wife	Beverly	58
9	1997	The Price of Kissing	Jackee	30
10	1997	Hoodlum	Pigfoot Mary	64
11	1997	Clover	Everleen	45
12	1997	Lover Girl	Leticia / 'Coco'	53
13	1997	Don King: Only in America	Connie Harper	65
14	1998	Urban Legend	Reese Wilson	57
15	1998	Down in the Delta	Zenia	64
16	1999	Funny Valentines	Dearie B.	72
17	1999	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge	Ruby Dandridge	65
18	1999	Love Kills	Sylvia Finkelstein	20
19	2000	Punks	Health Counselor	50
20	2000	Best Actress	Connie Travers	14
21	2000	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Reese	49
22	2001	Kingdom Come	Marguerite Slocumb	66
23	2001	I Am Sam	Margaret Calgrove	76
24	2004	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Cassey Jordan	55
25	2005	Crash	Shaniqua Johnson	72
26	2006	Dirty Laundry	Evelyn	62
27	2007	This Christmas	Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield	65
28	2008	First Sunday	Sister Doris	57
29	2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Delta (voice)	54
30	2010	Death at a Funeral	Cynthia	59
31	2010	My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done	Miss Roberts	60
32	2010	Lottery Ticket	Grandma	56
33	2010	For Colored Girls	Juanita / Green	67
34	2011	Madea's Big Happy Family	Shirley	66
35	2011	Jumping the Broom	Mrs. Taylor	59
36	2011	Politics of Love	Shirlee Gupta	33
37	2012	In the Hive	Mrs. Inez	52
38	2013	Khumba	Mama V (voice)	60
39	2014	Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way	Hallie	50
40	2014	You're Not You	Marilyn	74
41	2015	Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie	Hallie (voice) (archive footage)	55
42	2015	Back to School Mom	Meghan Graham	53
43	2016	Norm of the North	Tamecia (voice)	46
44	2021	Christmas in Harmony	Mama	50
45	2021	Christmas Déjà Vu	Crystal	50
46	2022	Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!	Hallie (voice)	40
47	2022	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	Irene (voice)	68
48	2022	All I Didn't Want for Christmas	Lorraine	71
49	2023	A Snowy Day in Oakland	Jeanette	66
50	2024	Bull Street	Mrs. Big-Gal	0
51	2024	Lost & Found in Cleveland	Joy Morris	0
52		Break the Cycle		0
53	1981	Will	Jean	0
54	1983	Anna to the Infinite Power	Mrs. Benson	52
55	1987	A Different World	Stevie Rallen	100
56	1988	Little Nikita	Verna McLaughlin	60
57	1989	Parent Trap III	Thelma	60
58	1993	The American Clock		65
59	1993	Amos & Andrew	Ula	54
60	1996	Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault	Miss Mary	71
61	1999	The Breaks	Floria	62
62	1999	Jackie's Back!	Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)	65
63	2000	Freedom Song	Evelyn Walker	55
64	2000	What Women Want	Flo	65
65	2002	Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs		100
66	2005	King's Ransom	Miss Gladys	47
67	2006	Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story	Addie Collins	65
68	2006	Dreamgirls	Jazz Singer	67
69	2007	Cougar Club	Dolly	38
70	2009	Spring Breakdown	Dr. Marguerite	54
71	2009	Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s	Self	0
72	2011	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2	Delta (voice)	59
73	2013	Saving Westbrook High	Doris	60
74	2013	A Very Larry Christmas	Mrs. Claus	20
75	2014	Comeback Dad	Malinda	69
76	2014	Welcome to Me	Barb Vaughn	58
77	2015	For the Love of Ruth	Naomi	53
78	2015	The Sound and the Fury	Dilsey	50
79	2016	Caged No More	Aggie	47
80	2016	Grandma's House		45
81	2016	Brett Gelman's Dinner in America	Herself	35
82	2016	No Regrets	Ms. Carey	71
83	2017	Chapter & Verse	Miss Maddy	73
84	2017	Naked	Carol	58
85	2017	Broadway: The Next Generation	Self	100
86	2018	Sierra Burgess Is a Loser	Ms. Thomson	63
87	2018	Behind the Movement	Jo Ann Robinson	0
88	2018	Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend	Self	70
89	2018	Jingle Belle	Emory Simons	59
90	2018	The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special	Hallie (voice)	50
91	2019	Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror	Self	72
92	2019	The Trap	Mama Jay	49
93	2019	Postmarked	Hattie	90
94	2019	A Sweet Christmas Romance	Loretta	69
95	2019	A Family Reunion Christmas	Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan	59
96	2020	Spell	Eloise	65
97	2020	Always and Forever	Elda	57
98	2021	Queen Bees	Sally	59
99	2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self	0
100	2021	The Starling	Velma	69
101	2022	Mack & Rita	Sharon	55
102	2024	Tempted by Love	Miss Mimi	90
103	2025	Finding Faith		100
104		Lottery Ticket 2	Grandma	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Great Performances	Janine	53
2	1987	A Different World	Stevie Rallen	71
3	1988	The Murder of Mary Phagan	Annie Maude Carter	58
4	1988	Murphy Brown	Nurse Hawking	65
5	1990	Sugar and Spice		60
6	1990	Cop Rock		40
7	1991	Roc		78
8	1991	Roc	Cynthia	78
9	1992	Out All Night	Crystal	85
10	1992	Love & War		62
11	1994	Touched by an Angel	Tonya Hawkins	72
12	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Mother (voice)	60
13	1995	Ned and Stacey	Mrs. Duncan	72
14	1996	Moesha		69
15	1996	Promised Land	Tonya Hawkins	66
16	1997	Ally McBeal	Nora Mills	66
17	1999	The PJs	Muriel Stubbs (voice)	67
18	1999	Family Law	Gloria Rivers	82
19	2000	Strong Medicine		71
20	2000	Girlfriends		72
21	2000	Boston Public	Marla Hendricks	76
22	2002	Half & Half	Erika Duke	83
23	2003	Wild Card	M. Pearl McGuire	51
24	2003	Cold Case	Chandra Patterson (2009)	78
25	2004	Boston Legal	Judge Victoria Thomson	79
26	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Adele Webber	82
27	2005	Supernatural	Missouri Moseley	83
28	2005	Everybody Hates Chris	Maxine	80
29	2006	Psych	Melba Birdson	79
30	2008	Eli Stone	Patti Dellacroix	68
31	2009	RuPaul's Drag Race	Self - Guest Judge	76
32	2009	Party Down	Diane Ellison	75
33	2009	Glee	Sister Mary Constance	68
34	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
35	2012	The Client List	Georgia Cummings	67
36	2014	black-ish	Lynette	72
37	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
38		Legally Mad	Jeanette Harris	0
39	2010	Shake It Up	Marsha Sanders	76
40	2011	State of Georgia	Honey Dupree	69
41	2012	Doc McStuffins	Nurse Hallie (voice)	59
42	2012	Doc McStuffins	Hattie (voice)	59
43	2013	The Doc Files	Hallie (voice)	20
44	2014	Sirens	Hank's Mother	70
45	2015	The Carmichael Show	Cynthia Carmichael	72
46	2017	Dear White People	Sorbet (voice)	61
47	2018	Summer Camp Island	Sea Cow (voice)	78
48	2019	Family Reunion	M'Dear	81
49	2019	A Black Lady Sketch Show	Marrier	72
50	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		65
51	2020	Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race	Self - Contestant / Fabulosity	60
52	2020	P-Valley	Ernestine	77
53	2020	GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event	Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan	69
54	2020	Connecting...	Dayleen	55
55	2021	Teenage Euthanasia		51
56	2021	Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem	Angela	86
57	2023	Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!	Hallie (voice)	0
58	2023	Young Love	Gigi Young (voice)	69
59	2024	Everybody Still Hates Chris	(voice)	73
60	2024	Doctor Odyssey	Jill Manafort	65
61	2024	Holidazed	Linda Lewin	74