Loretta Devine
Date of birth: 1949-08-21
Place of birth: Houston, Texas, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: لورتا دیواین
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.
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Christmas in Harmony
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Harmony is tricked into auditioning for the Holiday Chorus — directed by an ex-boyfriend. By Christm
Class Act
1992-06-05
Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is juvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with th
Hoodlum
1997-08-27
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Q
The Preacher's Wife
1996-12-13
Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due t
Waiting to Exhale
1995-12-22
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "
Love Kills
1999-10-04
A masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills mill
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000-09-22
The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film
Urban Legend
1998-09-25
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to
Death at a Funeral
2010-04-15
Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home de
Dirty Laundry
2006-07-15
After ten years, Sheldon returns from New York City to Paris, Georgia. His mother Evelyn, a laundres
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008-10-03
A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner Viv's
First Sunday
2008-01-11
Durell and LeeJohn are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they have one week to pa
Lottery Ticket
2010-08-20
Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his
This Christmas
2007-11-27
This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings
Livin' Large!
1991-09-20
A young black reporter begins to lose his identity.
Don King: Only in America
1997-11-15
A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.
Punks
2000-01-24
The life and times of a group of twentysomething black gay men living in West Hollywood.
Woman Thou Art Loosed
2004-09-30
An adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronciling a woman's struggle to come to terms
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010-07-08
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and
For Colored Girls
2010-11-05
About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011-04-22
When Shirley, Madea's niece, receives distressing news about her health, the only thing she wants is
Politics of Love
2011-08-26
Politics makes strange bedfellows, but never stranger than when a sexy, savvy, African-American cons
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999-08-21
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time tha
Jumping the Broom
2011-05-06
Two very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.
Christmas Déjà Vu
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A Christmas angel grants a wish to a Christmas hater, to have her life as a singer.
The Price of Kissing
1997-04-01
Pauley Perrette plays Renee, a young woman discovering her own meaning of love. From childhood memor
Down in the Delta
1998-12-25
A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her
Lover Girl
1997-09-11
Jake is a 16-year-old girl whose mother left her. She finds her older sister Darlene in L.A., but Da
The Colored Museum
1991-02-01
Ten satirical sketches written by George C. Wolfe use drama, comedy and music to examine black stere
Clover
1997-09-10
Sara marries Gaten a single father who is African-American. Not long after they're married Gaten die
Sticky Fingers
1988-05-06
Two dippy roommates, struggling musicians Lolly and Hattie, are asked by a drug-dealing friend-of-a-
Khumba
2013-07-18
A half-striped zebra is blamed for the drought and leaves his herd in search of his missing stripes.
In the Hive
2012-12-14
Sixteen-year-old Xtra Keys hopes to raise his son better than his boozy, razor-edged mother raised h
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022-12-02
A new school year, his brother Rodrick teases him over and over and over and over again. Will Greg m
Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
2014-03-17
When your favorite toys need fixing, count on the best toy fixerupper in town - Doc McStuffins - to
Funny Valentines
1999-02-14
A woman returns to her home town to sort out her troubled marriage and finds new happiness in the re
Norm of the North
2016-01-14
Polar bear Norm and his three Arctic lemming buddies are forced out into the world once their icy ho
Crash
2005-05-06
In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district a
Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
2015-01-01
No one gives better cuddles than Doc's warm and fuzzy best friend! She's a princess and a ballerina,
Kingdom Come
2001-04-11
When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to rememb
Caged Fear
1991-05-17
After a jewelry theft Tommy Lane can hardly free. His girlfriend Kristen has less luck and is arrest
Best Actress
2000-03-18
A Hollywood writer becomes embroiled while investigating into the lives of five fictitious actresses
You're Not You
2014-10-10
A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college studen
Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
2022-03-23
Doc McStuffins gets help from her friends and fans to make this her best birthday ever!
Bull Street
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A woman faces the battle of her life when her estranged father's family tries to evict her and her g
Lost & Found in Cleveland
2025-11-07
A slice of life set over a 24-hour period that follows the personal odysseys of five very different
I Am Sam
2001-12-28
Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave th
Stanley & Iris
1990-02-09
An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
2022-12-07
Emily Harris is not doing great. In a desperate attempt to improve her life and make this Christmas
Back to School Mom
2015-02-14
Mary Thomas, a free-spirited musician, has spent the past two decades traveling the world, but at ag
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023-03-17
A Snowy Day in Oakland - A magical urban tale about a beautiful psychologist from San Francisco who
Break the Cycle
Two Memphis brothers' childhood is impacted by tragedy. They are raised by their grandmother but fol
Welcome to Me
2015-05-01
A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline personality disorder who wins the Mega Mi
Dreamgirls
2006-12-25
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Freedom Song
2000-02-27
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Broadway: The Next Generation
2017-11-16
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996-11-23
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based
Caged No More
2016-01-15
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A Very Larry Christmas
2014-12-09
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Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006-08-19
A single mother’s American Idol audition helps her rise above a history of poverty, sexual abuse, an
No Regrets
2016-09-24
This film is a romantic comedy about a stewardess (Calhoun), who after 12 years of dating (Joseph) a
Grandma's House
2016-04-29
Based upon the true story of Kimberley T. Zulkowski's Grandmother, Margie Ree Harris. "Grandma's Hou
The Sound and the Fury
2015-10-23
A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the e
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
2016-07-01
Brett Gelman invites four African-American panelists to discuss racism in the United States.
Saving Westbrook High
2013-10-20
A diverse community, an ambitious newly-appointed principal and a handful of committed teachers come
Chapter & Verse
2017-02-03
Upon his return from serving a ten-year sentence in prison, reformed gang leader, S. Lance Ingram, s
Naked
2017-08-11
Following a wild night out with his best man, Rob Anderson wakes up to find himself naked in an elev
What Women Want
2000-12-15
Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy
The American Clock
1993-01-02
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed
Amos & Andrew
1993-03-05
When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New En
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011-02-01
Puppy mayhem turns the lives of newlywed Chihuahua parents Papi and Chloe upside down when their ram
Behind the Movement
2018-11-15
Behind the Movement is a unique and fast-paced retelling of how Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her s
Always and Forever
2020-11-20
After a tragedy reunites Nicole with her childhood friends, they each find themselves in danger, tar
Jingle Belle
2018-11-25
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The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
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When there are no presents under the tree, Doc suspects there's something wrong at the North Pole an
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018-11-20
This two and a half hour documentary takes a look at the making of the 1998 horror film Urban Legend
King's Ransom
2005-04-22
Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping
The Trap
2019-04-01
A man returns home to Atlanta to help and turn around his family's struggling restaurant with the he
The Breaks
1999-02-26
Derrick, a racially-confused Irishman raised in the hood by a black family is having the worst day e
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002-02-14
Book of Love delivers humor along with the mysteries of unrequited love and relationships gone bad.
The Starling
2021-09-17
A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — an
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019-02-07
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and
A Sweet Christmas Romance
2019-11-10
When food stylist Holly returns home for Christmas, she learns that the elderly owner of her favorit
For the Love of Ruth
2015-05-09
Ruth Summerling has spent the majority of her life struggling to find her way and comes to some unde
A Family Reunion Christmas
2019-12-09
M'Dear and her sisters struggle to keep their singing act together before a church Christmas pageant
Parent Trap III
1989-04-09
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Anna to the Infinite Power
1983-01-12
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Comeback Dad
2014-06-21
A man tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018-09-07
A case of mistaken identity results in unexpected romance when the most popular girl in high school
Spring Breakdown
2009-05-22
Three women in their thirties head to a popular Spring Break destination and try to relive the Sprin
Postmarked
2019-11-08
One summer afternoon, a ten-year-old boy finds a forgotten trove of postcards. To solve their myster
Spell
2020-10-30
A father survives a plane crash in rural Appalachia, but becomes suspicious of the elderly couple wh
Queen Bees
2021-06-11
Helen is an independent widow who moves into the Pine Grove Senior Community and discovers it’s just
Little Nikita
1988-03-17
An FBI agent works to uncover an all-American family as Soviet sleeper agents, and gets caught up in
Cougar Club
2007-05-19
When Spence and Hogan graduate from college, life is bleak. They have to work for heinous divorce la
Will
1981-01-01
A girls’ basketball coach battles a heroin addiction while mentoring a 12-year-old street kid adopte
Mack & Rita
2022-08-12
A 30-year-old spends a wild weekend in Palm Springs and wakes up to find she has magically transform
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021-08-14
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as
Jackie's Back!
1999-06-14
A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback c
Finding Faith
2025-06-16
Faith Mitchell, a loving wife and mother, struggles to keep her family together amidst financial har
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009-08-11
In the 1980s we got our MTV but seemed to have lost much of the musical film in the process. But the
Tempted by Love
2024-08-17
Ava, a renowned chef from Europe, rushes to South Carolina when her aunt suffers a fall. Luke, her y
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A Different World
1987-09-24
A Different World is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of The Cosby Show. It aired
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010-11-23
Shirley has important news for her family, but she has five grown children with different lifestyles
Lucille
2023-11-02
A man's overly talkative wife, disrupts her elderly husband's day of peace.
Deck the Hallways
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Zoe, a Bay Area tech exec, returns to Chicago to visit her grandmother Agnes, who’s traded old tradi
The Christmas Showdown
2025-12-06
Former best friends April and Chastity compete for the same event design job at a Christmas show. Th