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Loretta Devine

Houston, Texas, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

1949-08-21

Popularity

1.4

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.

Movie Credits

Christmas in Harmony

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5.0

2021

Christmas in Harmony

Class Act

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6.3

1992

Class Act

Hoodlum

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6.5

1997

Hoodlum

The Preacher's Wife

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5.8

1996

The Preacher's Wife

Waiting to Exhale

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6.2

1995

Waiting to Exhale

Love Kills

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3.5

1999

Love Kills

Urban Legends: Final Cut

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4.9

2000

Urban Legends: Final Cut

Urban Legend

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5.7

1998

Urban Legend

Death at a Funeral

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5.9

2010

Death at a Funeral

Dirty Laundry

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5.4

2006

Dirty Laundry

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

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5.4

2008

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

First Sunday

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5.6

2008

First Sunday

Lottery Ticket

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5.6

2010

Lottery Ticket

This Christmas

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6.6

2007

This Christmas

Livin' Large!

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5.8

1991

Livin' Large!

Don King: Only in America

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6.8

1997

Don King: Only in America

Punks

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5.1

2000

Punks

Woman Thou Art Loosed

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5.5

2004

Woman Thou Art Loosed

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

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6.1

2010

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

For Colored Girls

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6.8

2010

For Colored Girls

Madea's Big Happy Family

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6.7

2011

Madea's Big Happy Family

Politics of Love

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3.3

2011

Politics of Love

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

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6.4

1999

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Jumping the Broom

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5.9

2011

Jumping the Broom

Christmas Déjà Vu

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4.2

2021

Christmas Déjà Vu

The Price of Kissing

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4.7

1997

The Price of Kissing

Down in the Delta

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6.3

1998

Down in the Delta

Lover Girl

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5.9

1997

Lover Girl

The Colored Museum

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0.0

1991

The Colored Museum

Clover

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5.6

1997

Clover

Sticky Fingers

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5.8

1988

Sticky Fingers

Khumba

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6.0

2013

Khumba

In the Hive

‌

5.0

2012

In the Hive

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

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6.8

2022

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way

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5.0

2014

Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way

Funny Valentines

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7.7

1999

Funny Valentines

Norm of the North

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4.6

2016

Norm of the North

Crash

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7.2

2005

Crash

Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie

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5.5

2015

Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie

Kingdom Come

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6.6

2001

Kingdom Come

Caged Fear

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4.1

1991

Caged Fear

Best Actress

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2.6

2000

Best Actress

You're Not You

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7.4

2014

You're Not You

A Doutora Faz 10 Anos

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7.0

2022

A Doutora Faz 10 Anos

Bull Street

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1.0

2024

Bull Street

Lost & Found in Cleveland

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5.0

2025

Lost & Found in Cleveland

I Am Sam

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7.6

2001

I Am Sam

Stanley & Iris

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6.5

1990

Stanley & Iris

All I Didn't Want for Christmas

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6.4

2022

All I Didn't Want for Christmas

Back to School Mom

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5.3

2015

Back to School Mom

A Snowy Day in Oakland

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6.8

2023

A Snowy Day in Oakland

Break the Cycle

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0.0

Break the Cycle

Welcome to Me

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5.9

2015

Welcome to Me

Dreamgirls

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6.7

2006

Dreamgirls

Freedom Song

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5.7

2000

Freedom Song

Broadway: The Next Generation

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0.0

Broadway: The Next Generation

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

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7.1

1996

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Caged No More

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3.9

2016

Caged No More

A Very Larry Christmas

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2.0

2014

A Very Larry Christmas

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

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6.2

2006

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

No Regrets

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7.2

2016

No Regrets

Grandma's House

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4.5

2016

Grandma's House

The Sound and the Fury

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5.0

2015

The Sound and the Fury

Brett Gelman's Dinner in America

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3.5

2016

Brett Gelman's Dinner in America

Saving Westbrook High

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6.0

2013

Saving Westbrook High

Chapter & Verse

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7.4

2017

Chapter & Verse

Naked

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5.8

2017

Naked

What Women Want

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6.5

2000

What Women Want

The American Clock

‌

5.7

1993

The American Clock

Amos & Andrew

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5.5

1993

Amos & Andrew

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

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5.9

2011

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

Behind the Movement

‌

0.0

2018

Behind the Movement

Always and Forever

‌

5.7

2020

Always and Forever

Jingle Belle

‌

5.9

2018

Jingle Belle

The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special

‌

5.0

2018

The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special

Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend

‌

7.0

2018

Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend

King's Ransom

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5.0

2005

King's Ransom

The Trap

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4.9

2019

The Trap

The Breaks

‌

6.5

1999

The Breaks

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

‌

9.5

2002

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

The Starling

‌

6.9

2021

The Starling

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

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6.8

2019

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

A Sweet Christmas Romance

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6.9

2019

A Sweet Christmas Romance

For the Love of Ruth

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6.2

2015

For the Love of Ruth

A Family Reunion Christmas

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5.9

2019

A Family Reunion Christmas

Parent Trap III

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5.9

1989

Parent Trap III

Anna to the Infinite Power

‌

5.5

1983

Anna to the Infinite Power

Comeback Dad

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6.9

2014

Comeback Dad

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

‌

6.3

2018

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

Spring Breakdown

‌

5.5

2009

Spring Breakdown

Postmarked

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9.0

2019

Postmarked

Spell

‌

6.4

2020

Spell

Queen Bees

‌

6.0

2021

Queen Bees

Little Nikita

‌

6.1

1988

Little Nikita

Cougar Club

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3.9

2007

Cougar Club

Will

‌

8.0

1981

Will

Mack & Rita

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5.5

2022

Mack & Rita

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

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0.0

2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Jackie's Back!

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6.9

1999

Jackie's Back!

Finding Faith

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8.4

2025

Finding Faith

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

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0.0

2009

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

Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love

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7.2

2024

Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love

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

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7.4

2010

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

Lucille

‌

0.0

2023

Lucille

Deck the Hallways

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2.0

2025

Deck the Hallways

The Christmas Showdown

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5.0

2025

The Christmas Showdown

Three Colors: Pan-African

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0.0

2026

Three Colors: Pan-African

That's Her

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0.0

That's Her

Forever, This Ring

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0.0

2026

Forever, This Ring

Violets

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0.0

2017

Violets

Tv Credits

A Different World

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7.2

1987

A Different World

Boston Public

‌

7.6

2000

Boston Public

Eli Stone

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6.7

2008

Eli Stone

Everybody Hates Chris

‌

8.1

2005

Everybody Hates Chris

Grey's Anatomy

‌

8.2

2005

Grey's Anatomy

Half & Half

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8.3

2002

Half & Half

Ally McBeal

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6.5

1997

Ally McBeal

Touched by an Angel

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7.2

1994

Touched by an Angel

Cold Case

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7.7

2003

Cold Case

Girlfriends

‌

7.3

2000

Girlfriends

Murphy Brown

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6.5

1988

Murphy Brown

Tamron Hall

‌

4.7

2019

Tamron Hall

Moesha

‌

6.9

1996

Moesha

Strong Medicine

‌

7.4

2000

Strong Medicine

The PJs

‌

6.9

1999

The PJs

Boston Legal

‌

7.9

2004

Boston Legal

Wild Card

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5.4

2003

Wild Card

Family Law

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8.1

1999

Family Law

Promised Land

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6.5

1996

Promised Land

Cop Rock

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4.1

1990

Cop Rock

Legally Mad

‌

0.0

Legally Mad

Party Down

‌

7.5

2009

Party Down

Sugar and Spice

‌

7.5

1990

Sugar and Spice

P-Valley

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7.6

2020

P-Valley

The Client List

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6.6

2012

The Client List

Young Love

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5.6

2023

Young Love

State of Georgia

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7.2

2011

State of Georgia

Doc McStuffins

‌

6.0

2012

Doc McStuffins

Supernatural

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8.3

2005

Supernatural

RuPaul's Drag Race

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7.5

2009

RuPaul's Drag Race

The Carmichael Show

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7.1

2015

The Carmichael Show

Teenage Euthanasia

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5.7

2021

Teenage Euthanasia

Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!

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0.0

2023

Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!

The Doc Files

‌

2.0

2013

The Doc Files

Doc McStuffins

‌

6.0

2012

Doc McStuffins

Roc

‌

7.9

1991

Roc

‌

7.9

1991

Roc

The Kelly Clarkson Show

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6.3

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

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6.3

1995

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem

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8.6

2021

Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem

Summer Camp Island

‌

7.7

2018

Summer Camp Island

A Black Lady Sketch Show

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7.1

2019

A Black Lady Sketch Show

Family Reunion

‌

8.0

2019

Family Reunion

Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race

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5.8

2020

Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race

Out All Night

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8.0

1992

Out All Night

Glee

‌

6.8

2009

Glee

Connecting...

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5.5

2020

Connecting...

black-ish

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7.1

2014

black-ish

Dear White People

‌

6.0

2017

Dear White People

The Murder of Mary Phagan

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6.2

1988

The Murder of Mary Phagan

Sirens

‌

6.7

2014

Sirens

GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event

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6.9

2020

GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

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4.9

2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Love & War

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6.4

1992

Love & War

Shake It Up

‌

7.5

2010

Shake It Up

Psych

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7.9

2006

Psych

Great Performances

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6.1

1971

Great Performances

Everybody Still Hates Chris

‌

7.7

2024

Everybody Still Hates Chris

Ned & Stacey

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7.2

1995

Ned & Stacey

Doctor Odyssey

‌

6.5

2024

Doctor Odyssey

Holidazed

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7.4

2024

Holidazed

The Soul Man

‌

6.0

2012

The Soul Man

Boston Legal

‌

7.9

2004

Boston Legal

The Jennifer Hudson Show

‌

5.6

2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show

M.I.A.

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8.5

2026

M.I.A.