Loretta Devine

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1949-08-21 (Age: 77)

Place of Birth

Houston, Texas, USA

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.

Filmography (106)

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Forever, This Ring

⭐ 0 Role: Nana

Three Colors: Pan-African

⭐ 2.0 Role: Agnes

Deck the Hallways

⭐ 5.0 Role: Hen

The Christmas Showdown

⭐ 5.0 Role: Joy Morris

Lost & Found in Cleveland

⭐ 9.2 Role: Helen

Finding Faith

⭐ 7.2 Role: Miss Mimi

Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love

⭐ 1.0 Role: Mrs. Big-Gal

Bull Street

⭐ 0 Role: Lucille

Lucille

⭐ 6.8 Role: Jeanette

A Snowy Day in Oakland

⭐ 6.4 Role: Lorraine

All I Didn't Want for Christmas

⭐ 6.8 Role: Irene (voice)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

⭐ 5.5 Role: Sharon

Mack & Rita

⭐ 7.0 Role: Hallie (voice)

Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!

⭐ 5.0 Role: Crystal

Christmas Déjà Vu

⭐ 5.0 Role: Mama

Christmas in Harmony

⭐ 6.9 Role: Velma

The Starling

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

⭐ 6.0 Role: Sally

Queen Bees

⭐ 5.7 Role: Elda

Always and Forever

⭐ 6.4 Role: Eloise

Spell

⭐ 5.9 Role: Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan

A Family Reunion Christmas

⭐ 6.9 Role: Loretta

A Sweet Christmas Romance

⭐ 9.0 Role: Hattie

Postmarked

⭐ 4.8 Role: Mama Jay

The Trap

⭐ 6.7 Role: Self

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

⭐ 5.0 Role: Hallie (voice)

The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special

⭐ 5.9 Role: Emory Simons

Jingle Belle

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self

Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend

⭐ 0 Role: Jo Ann Robinson

Behind the Movement

⭐ 6.3 Role: Ms. Thomson

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

⭐ 5.8 Role: Carol

Naked

⭐ 7.3 Role: Miss Maddy

Chapter & Verse

⭐ 7.2 Role: Ms. Carey

No Regrets

⭐ 3.5 Role: Herself

Brett Gelman's Dinner in America

⭐ 4.5 Role: Unknown

Grandma's House

⭐ 4.1 Role: Aggie

Caged No More

⭐ 4.7 Role: Tamecia (voice)

Norm of the North

⭐ 5.0 Role: Dilsey

The Sound and the Fury

⭐ 6.2 Role: Naomi

For the Love of Ruth

⭐ 5.9 Role: Barb Vaughn

Welcome to Me

⭐ 5.3 Role: Meghan Graham

Back to School Mom

⭐ 5.5 Role: Hallie (voice) (archive footage)

Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie

⭐ 2.0 Role: Mrs. Claus

A Very Larry Christmas

⭐ 7.4 Role: Marilyn

You're Not You

⭐ 6.9 Role: Malinda

Comeback Dad

⭐ 5.0 Role: Hallie

Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way

⭐ 6.0 Role: Doris

Saving Westbrook High

⭐ 6.0 Role: Mama V (voice)

Khumba

⭐ 4.8 Role: Mrs. Inez

In the Hive

⭐ 3.3 Role: Shirlee Gupta

Politics of Love

⭐ 5.9 Role: Mrs. Taylor

Jumping the Broom

⭐ 6.7 Role: Shirley

Madea's Big Happy Family

⭐ 5.9 Role: Delta (voice)

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

⭐ 7.4 Role: Unknown

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

⭐ 6.7 Role: Juanita / Green

For Colored Girls

⭐ 5.7 Role: Grandma

Lottery Ticket

⭐ 6.1 Role: Miss Roberts

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

⭐ 5.9 Role: Cynthia

Death at a Funeral

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

⭐ 5.4 Role: Dr. Marguerite

Spring Breakdown

⭐ 5.4 Role: Delta (voice)

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

⭐ 5.6 Role: Sister Doris

First Sunday

⭐ 6.5 Role: Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield

This Christmas

⭐ 3.9 Role: Dolly

Cougar Club

⭐ 6.7 Role: Jazz Singer

Dreamgirls

⭐ 6.2 Role: Addie Collins

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

⭐ 5.7 Role: Evelyn

Dirty Laundry

⭐ 7.2 Role: Shaniqua Johnson

Crash

⭐ 4.9 Role: Miss Gladys

King's Ransom

⭐ 5.4 Role: Cassey Jordan

Woman Thou Art Loosed

⭐ 9.5 Role: Unknown

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

⭐ 7.6 Role: Margaret Calgrove

I Am Sam

⭐ 6.5 Role: Marguerite Slocumb

Kingdom Come

⭐ 6.5 Role: Flo

What Women Want

⭐ 4.9 Role: Reese

Urban Legends: Final Cut

⭐ 2.6 Role: Connie Travers

Best Actress

⭐ 5.7 Role: Evelyn Walker

Freedom Song

⭐ 5.1 Role: Health Counselor

Punks

⭐ 3.5 Role: Sylvia Finkelstein

Love Kills

⭐ 6.5 Role: Ruby Dandridge

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

⭐ 6.9 Role: Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)

Jackie's Back!

⭐ 6.4 Role: Floria

The Breaks

⭐ 7.6 Role: Dearie B.

Funny Valentines

⭐ 6.3 Role: Zenia

Down in the Delta

⭐ 5.7 Role: Reese Wilson

Urban Legend

⭐ 6.8 Role: Connie Harper

Don King: Only in America

⭐ 5.9 Role: Leticia / 'Coco'

Lover Girl

⭐ 5.6 Role: Everleen

Clover

⭐ 6.4 Role: Pigfoot Mary

Hoodlum

⭐ 4.7 Role: Jackee

The Price of Kissing

⭐ 5.8 Role: Beverly

The Preacher's Wife

⭐ 7.2 Role: Miss Mary

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

⭐ 6.3 Role: Gloria

Waiting to Exhale

⭐ 5.4 Role: Ula

Amos & Andrew

⭐ 5.7 Role: Unknown

The American Clock

⭐ 6.2 Role: Blade's Mom

Class Act

⭐ 5.8 Role: Nadine Biggs

Livin' Large!

⭐ 4.1 Role: Judy

Caged Fear

⭐ 0 Role: Janine

The Colored Museum

⭐ 6.5 Role: Bertha

Stanley & Iris

⭐ 5.9 Role: Thelma

Parent Trap III

⭐ 6.2 Role: Diane

Sticky Fingers

⭐ 6.1 Role: Verna McLaughlin

Little Nikita

⭐ 5.4 Role: Mrs. Benson

Anna to the Infinite Power

⭐ 8.0 Role: Jean

Will