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.
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Known For
Acting
2021
asMama
1992
asBlade's Mom
1997
asPigfoot Mary
1996
asBeverly
1995
asGloria
1999
asSylvia Finkelstein
2000
asReese
1998
asReese Wilson
2010
asCynthia
2006
asEvelyn
2008
asDelta (voice)
2008
asSister Doris
2010
asGrandma
2007
asShirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
1991
asNadine Biggs
1997
asConnie Harper
2000
asHealth Counselor
2004
asCassey Jordan
2010
asMiss Roberts
2010
asJuanita / Green
2011
asShirley
2011
asShirlee Gupta
1999
asRuby Dandridge
2011
asMrs. Taylor
2021
asCrystal
1997
asJackee
1998
asZenia
1997
asLeticia / 'Coco'
1991
asJanine
1997
asEverleen
1988
asDiane
2013
asMama V (voice)
2012
asMrs. Inez
2022
asIrene (voice)
2014
asHallie
1999
asDearie B.
2016
asTamecia (voice)
2005
asShaniqua Johnson
2015
asHallie (voice) (archive footage)
2001
asMarguerite Slocumb
1991
asJudy
2000
asConnie Travers
2014
asMarilyn
2022
asHallie (voice)
2024
asMrs. Big-Gal
2025
asJoy Morris
2001
asMargaret Calgrove
1990
asBertha
2022
asLorraine
2015
asMeghan Graham
2023
asJeanette
as
2015
asBarb Vaughn
2006
asJazz Singer
2000
asEvelyn Walker
2017
asSelf
1996
asMiss Mary
2016
asAggie
2014
asMrs. Claus
2006
asAddie Collins
2016
asMs. Carey
2016
as
2015
asDilsey
2016
asHerself
2013
asDoris
2017
asMiss Maddy
2017
asCarol
2000
asFlo
1993
as
1993
asUla
2011
asDelta (voice)
2018
asJo Ann Robinson
2020
asElda
2018
asEmory Simons
2018
asHallie (voice)
2018
asSelf
2005
asMiss Gladys
2019
asMama Jay
1999
asFloria
2002
as
2021
asVelma
2019
asSelf
2019
asLoretta
2015
asNaomi
2019
asAmelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
1989
asThelma
1983
asMrs. Benson
2014
asMalinda
2018
asMs. Thomson
2009
asDr. Marguerite
2019
asHattie
2020
asEloise
2021
asSally
1988
asVerna McLaughlin
2007
asDolly
1981
asJean
2022
asSharon
2021
asSelf
1999
asSnookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
2025
as
2009
asSelf
2024
asMiss Mimi
asGrandma
1987
asStevie Rallen
2010
as2023
asLucille
2025
asAgnes
2025
asHen
asStevie Rallen
asMarla Hendricks
asPatti Dellacroix
asMaxine
asAdele Webber
asErika Duke
asNora Mills
asTonya Hawkins
asChandra Patterson (2009)
asJudge Vashti Jackson
asNurse Hawking
asSelf - Guest
asSteph
as
asMuriel Stubbs (voice)
asJudge Victoria Thomson
asM. Pearl McGuire
asGloria Rivers
asTonya Hawkins
asasJeanette Harris
asDiane Ellison
as
asErnestine
asGeorgia Cummings
asGigi Young (voice)
asHoney Dupree
asNurse Hallie (voice)
asMissouri Moseley
asSelf - Guest Judge
asCynthia Carmichael
as
asHallie (voice)
asHallie (voice)
asHattie (voice)
asasCynthia
asSelf
asMother (voice)
asAngela
asSea Cow (voice)
asMarrier
asM'Dear
asFabulosity - Contestant
asCrystal
asSister Mary Constance
asDayleen
asLynette
asSorbet (voice)
asAnnie Maude Carter
asHank's Mother
asAmelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
asSelf - Guest
as
asMarsha Sanders
asMelba Birdson
asJanine
as(voice)
asMrs. Duncan
asJill Manafort
asLinda Lewin
asDella Ballentine
asAnnabelle Carruthers
Production
Crew
Directing
