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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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Party Down
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Love & War
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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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Death at a Funeral
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You're Not You
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The Starling
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Parent Trap III
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A Different World
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Lost & Found in Cleveland
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
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Supernatural
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua
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Class Act
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Family Reunion
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Legally Mad
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I Am Sam
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Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
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The Carmichael Show
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The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
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Down in the Delta
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
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Naked
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Doc McStuffins
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Young Love
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Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
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Spell
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The Client List
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Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
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