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Loretta Devine is an American actress and singer, best known for her roles as Marla Hendricks in the Fox drama series Boston Public, and for 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. She had a role in the series Everybody Hates Chris as Rochelle's mother. In film, Devine appeared in Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher's Wife, Hoodlum, I Am Sam, Urban Legend, What Women Want, Kingdom Come, Crash, Woman Thou Art Loosed, Class Act, For Colored Girls, This Christmas, First Sunday, Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Jumping the Broom. She also played Cynthia Carmichael on the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show.
Born
Sunday, 21 August 1949
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Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Young Love | (voice) / Gigi Young | 2023 |
A Snowy Day in Oakland | Jeanette | 2023 |
Act Your Age | Judith | 2023 |
All I Didn't Want for Christmas | Lorraine | 2022 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | Irene / Irene (voice) | 2022 |
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10! | Hallie | 2022 |
Mack & Rita | Sharon | 2022 |
Eureka! | Wanda | 2022 |
Kingdom Business | Darlene | 2022 |
Christmas Déjà Vu | Crystal | 2021 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Young Love | (voice) / Gigi Young | 2023 |
A Snowy Day in Oakland | Jeanette | 2023 |
Act Your Age | Judith | 2023 |
All I Didn't Want for Christmas | Lorraine | 2022 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | Irene / Irene (voice) | 2022 |
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10! | Hallie | 2022 |
Mack & Rita | Sharon | 2022 |
Eureka! | Wanda | 2022 |
Kingdom Business | Darlene | 2022 |
Christmas Déjà Vu | Crystal | 2021 |
Christmas in Harmony | Mama | 2021 |
The Starling | Velma | 2021 |
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem | Angela | 2021 |
Teenage Euthanasia | God | 2021 |
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
Queen Bees | Sally Hanson / Sally | 2021 |
Always and Forever | Elda | 2020 |
Spell | Eloise | 2020 |
Connecting... | Dayleen | 2020 |
Game On! A Comedy Crossover Event | Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan | 2020 |
P-Valley | Ernestine / Ernestine Sayles | 2020 |
RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race | Self / Self - Guest | 2020 |
Cherish the Day | Loretta Devine | 2020 |
A Family Reunion Christmas | Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan | 2019 |
A Sweet Christmas Romance | Mrs. Rose / Loretta | 2019 |
The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest | 2019 |
Tamron Hall | Self | 2019 |
A Black Lady Sketch Show | Marrier | 2019 |
Family Reunion | Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan / Amelia 'M-Dear' McKellan | 2019 |
The Trap | Mama Jay | 2019 |
The D.L. Hughley Show | Self - Guest | 2019 |
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror | Self - Actor, Urban Legend | 2019 |
Jingle Belle | Emory Simons | 2018 |
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser | Ms. Thomson | 2018 |
Summer Camp Island | Sea Cow | 2018 |
Love Is_ | Rose | 2018 |
Living Biblically | Estelle | 2018 |
Behind the Movement | Jo Ann Robinson | 2018 |
49th NAACP Image Awards | Self | 2018 |
Naked | Carol | 2017 |
Another Shot | Mabel Marbury | 2017 |
Dear White People | Sorbet | 2017 |
No Regrets | Ms Carey | 2017 |
Chapter & Verse | Miss Maddy | 2017 |
Classic Hollywood Cinemas | Self | 2016 |
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America | Herself / Self | 2016 |
Grandma's House | Margie | 2016 |
Caged No More | Aggie | 2016 |
Norm of the North | Tamecia (voice) / Tamecia | 2016 |
Nubbin & Friends | Mrs. Sandy Johnson | 2015 |
The Sound and the Fury | Dilsey | 2015 |
The Carmichael Show | Cynthia Carmichael | 2015 |
The Loud House | Nana Gayle / Janitor as Nana Gayle | 2015 |
The Boris & Nicole Show | Self | 2015 |
For the Love of Ruth | Naomi | 2015 |
1440 and Counting | Mrs. Nickel | 2015 |
Back to School Mom | Meghan Graham | 2015 |
You're Not You | Marilyn | 2014 |
Black-ish | Lynette | 2014 |
Welcome to Me | Barb Vaughn | 2014 |
Comeback Dad | Malinda | 2014 |
Sirens | Hank's Mother | 2014 |
A Very Larry Christmas | Mrs. Claus | 2013 |
Turbo FAST | Lydia | 2013 |
Teachers | Doris | 2013 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
The Doc Files | Hallie | 2013 |
Khumba | Mama V (voice) / Mama V | 2013 |
The Real | Self | 2013 |
Hollywood Game Night | Self - Celebrity Player | 2013 |
Being Mary Jane | Cece | 2013 |
In the Hive | Mrs. Inez | 2012 |
Steve Harvey | Self | 2012 |
Sullivan & Son | Rose | 2012 |
Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
The Soul Man | Della Ballentine | 2012 |
Doc McStuffins | Hallie / Hallie (voice) / Hattie / Hallie McStuffins (voice) / Kerri's Mom / Nurse Hallie (voice) | 2012 |
Reel Black Love | 2012 | |
The Client List | Georgia Cummings | 2011 |
What's Up Orange County | Self - Guest | 2011 |
The Chew | Herself / Herself - Guest | 2011 |
Politics of Love | Shirlee Gupta | 2011 |
Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
State of Georgia | Aunt Honey | 2011 |
Big Morning Buzz Live | Self - Guest | 2011 |
Jumping the Broom | Mrs. Taylor | 2011 |
Madea's Big Happy Family | Shirley | 2011 |
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 | Delta (voice) / Delta | 2011 |
Madea's Big Happy Family | (Mother-in-Law) | 2010 |
Shake It Up | Judge Marsha Sanders | 2010 |
For Colored Girls | Green / Juanita | 2010 |
Hollywood Uncensored with Sam Rubin | Self | 2010 |
Lottery Ticket | Grandma | 2010 |
Death at a Funeral | Cynthia | 2010 |
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Ms Roberts / Miss Roberts | 2009 |
The Cleveland Show | Shirley | 2009 |
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self | 2009 |
Glee | Sister Mary Constance | 2009 |
Party Down | Diane Ellison | 2009 |
Spring Breakdown | Dr. Marguerite | 2009 |
RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge | 2009 |
Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Delta (voice) / Delta | 2008 |
The Wendy Williams Show | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2008 |
Eli Stone | Patti Dellacroix | 2008 |
First Sunday | Sister Doris | 2008 |
This Christmas | Ma'Dere Whitfield / Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield | 2007 |
Cougar Club | Dolly | 2007 |
Dreamgirls | Jazz Singer | 2006 |
The Game | Grandma Mack | 2006 |
Life Is Not a Fairytale: the Fantasia Barrino Story | Addie Collins | 2006 |
Dirty Laundry | Evelyn | 2006 |
Psych | Melba Birdson | 2006 |
Cold Shoulder | Rosie | 2006 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
Everybody Hates Chris | Maxine | 2005 |
Supernatural | Missouri Moseley | 2005 |
Crash | Shaniqua / Shaniqua Johnson | 2005 |
King's Ransom | Miss Gladys | 2005 |
Grey's Anatomy | Adele Webber | 2005 |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005 |
Boston Legal | Judge Victoria Thomson / Annabelle Carruthers | 2004 |
Woman Thou Art Loosed | Cassey Jordan | 2004 |
Cold Case | Chandra Patterson '09 | 2003 |
Wild Card | M. Pearl McGuire | 2003 |
High Card | M. Pearl McGuire | 2003 |
Half & Half | Erika | 2002 |
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs | 2002 | |
I Am Sam | Margaret Calgrove | 2001 |
Iron Chef USA: Showdown in Las Vegas | Self - Judge | 2001 |
Kingdom Come | Marguerite Slocumb | 2001 |
What Women Want | Flo the Doorwoman / Flo | 2000 |
Boston Public | Marla Hendricks | 2000 |
Urban Legends: Final Cut | Reese | 2000 |
Girlfriends | Judge Vashti Jackson | 2000 |
Freedom Song | Evelyn Walker | 2000 |
Punks | Health Counselor | 2000 |
Love Kills | Sylvia Finkelstein | 1999 |
Family Law | Gloria Rivers | 1999 |
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Ruby Dandridge | 1999 |
Jackie's Back! | Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend) | 1999 |
The Breaks | Floria | 1999 |
Funny Valentines | Dearie B. | 1999 |
Operation Splitsville | Principal | 1999 |
The PJs | Muriel Stubbs | 1999 |
Down in the Delta | Zenia | 1998 |
Urban Legend | Reese Wilson | 1998 |
Don King: Only in America | Connie Harper | 1997 |
Lover Girl | 'Coco' / Leticia | 1997 |
Clover | Everleen | 1997 |
Ally McBeal | Nora Mills | 1997 |
Hoodlum | Pigfoot Mary | 1997 |
The Price of Kissing | Jackee | 1997 |
The Preacher's Wife | Beverly | 1996 |
Clueless | Phyllis Holiday | 1996 |
Promised Land | Tonya Hawkins | 1996 |
Moesha | Steph | 1996 |
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Miss Mary | 1996 |
Waiting to Exhale | Gloria Matthews / Gloria | 1995 |
Ned and Stacey | Mrs. Duncan | 1995 |
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Mother | 1995 |
Touched by an Angel | Tonya Hawkins | 1994 |
The Hard Truth | Nichols' Secretary | 1994 |
Family Album | June | 1993 |
Amos & Andrew | Ula | 1993 |
The American Clock | Irene | 1993 |
Love & War | Donna | 1992 |
Out All Night | Crystal | 1992 |
Picket Fences | Marla Melrose | 1992 |
HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
Class Act | Blade's Mom | 1992 |
Caged Fear | Judy | 1992 |
Reasonable Doubts | Valerie Hall | 1991 |
Livin' Large! | Nadine Biggs | 1991 |
Roc | Cynthia | 1991 |
Cop Rock | Juror | 1990 |
Sugar and Spice | Loretta Fontaine | 1990 |
Stanley & Iris | Bertha | 1990 |
Parent Trap III | Thelma | 1989 |
Murphy Brown | Nurse Hawking | 1988 |
Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
Sticky Fingers | Diane | 1988 |
Little Nikita | Verna McLaughlin | 1988 |
The Murder of Mary Phagan | Annie Maude Carter | 1988 |
A Different World | Stevie Rallen | 1987 |
CBS Summer Playhouse | Cheryl | 1987 |
Amen | Lydia Cummings | 1986 |
Anna to the Infinite Power | Ms. Benson - Schoolteacher / Mrs. Benson | 1983 |
Will | 1981 | |
Marie | Self | 1980 |
Great Performances | Janine | 1971 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Teachers | 2013 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2012 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2011 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Won |