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Loretta Devine
0 FOLLOWERS • 60 CREDITS • AUG 21, 1949 • 74
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
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RuPaul's Drag Race
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Psych
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Cold Case
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Boston Legal
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Ally McBeal
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Girlfriends
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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P-Valley
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Summer Camp Island
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Glee
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Shake It Up
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A Black Lady Sketch Show
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Everybody Hates Chris
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black-ish
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Touched by an Angel
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Dear White People
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Murphy Brown
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Out All Night
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Family Law
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Love & War
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Party Down
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GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
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Grey's Anatomy
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Promised Land
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Teenage Euthanasia
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Connecting...
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Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
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Crash
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Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
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The Murder of Mary Phagan
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Dreamgirls
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What Women Want
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
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You're Not You
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Death at a Funeral
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Parent Trap III
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The Starling
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Lost & Found in Cleveland
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A Different World
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Supernatural
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua
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Family Reunion
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Class Act
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Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
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I Am Sam
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Legally Mad
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Down in the Delta
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The Carmichael Show
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
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The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
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Doc McStuffins
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Naked
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Young Love
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Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
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The Client List
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Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
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Spell
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Sugar and Spice
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