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Biography

Loretta Devine is an American actress born in Houston, Texas, on August 21, 1949. In 1971 she graduated from the University of Houston with…more

Born

8/21/1949, Houston, Texas, USA

Birth Name

Loretta Devine

Gender

Female

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Star (9)

Role
- The Client List
  Georgia Cummings
  - S 1: Ep 10 Past Is Prologue
    6/17/12
  - S 1: Ep 9 Acting Up
    6/10/12
  - S 1: Ep 8 Games People Play
    6/3/12
  - S 1: Ep 7 Life of Riley
    5/20/12
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Cold Hard Truth
    5/13/12
  - + 5 More Credits
- State of Georgia
  Aunt Honey
  - S 1: Ep 5 Know When to Fold 'Em
    7/27/11
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Mole
    7/20/11
  - S 1: Ep 2 Flavor of the Week
    7/6/11
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    6/29/11
- Eli Stone
  Patti Dellacroix
  - S 2: Ep 13 Flight Path
    7/11/09
  - S 2: Ep 12 Tailspin
    7/4/09
  - S 2: Ep 11 Mortal Combat
    6/27/09
  - S 2: Ep 10 Sonoma
    6/20/09
  - S 2: Ep 9 Two Ministers
    12/30/08
  - + 20 More Credits
- Wild Card
  M. (Matilda) Pearl McGuire (Season 2)
  - S 2: Ep 18 Zoe's Phony Matrimony
    7/16/05
  - S 2: Ep 17 My Boyfriend is an Axe Murderer
    7/9/05
  - S 2: Ep 16 Multiple Personality Fatality
    7/2/05
  - S 2: Ep 15 A Whisper From Zoe's Sister
    6/25/05
  - S 2: Ep 14 See Ya Later, Investigator
    6/18/05
  - + 13 More Credits
- Boston Public
  Marla Hendricks
  - S 4: Ep 13 Chapter Seventy-Nine
    1/30/04
  - S 4: Ep 12 Chapter Seventy-Eight
    1/23/04
  - S 4: Ep 11 Chapter Seventy-Seven
    1/16/04
  - S 4: Ep 10 Chapter Seventy-Five
    1/9/04
  - S 4: Ep 9 Chapter Seventy-Six
    12/19/03
  - + 76 More Credits
- The PJs
  voice of Muriel Stubbs
  - S 3: Ep 10 A Race To His Credit
    5/20/01
  - S 3: Ep 9 Let's Get Ready To Rumba
    5/13/01
  - S 3: Ep 8 Survival: In Tha Hood
    5/6/01
  - S 3: Ep 7 Miracle Cleaner On 134th Street
    4/29/01
  - S 3: Ep 6 It Takes A Thurgood
    2/25/01
  - + 39 More Credits
- A Different World
  Stevie Rallen (episodes 1 - 9, 21)
  - S 5: Ep 23 Special Delivery
    5/7/92
  - S 5: Ep 22 Love Taps
    4/23/92
  - S 5: Ep 21 Do the Write Thing
    4/2/92
  - S 5: Ep 20 Sellmates
    3/12/92
  - S 5: Ep 6 Rule Number One
    10/24/91
  - + 14 More Credits
- Sugar and Spice
  Loretta Fontaine
  - S 1: Ep 7 A Star Is Boring
    5/25/90
  - S 1: Ep 6 Breaking in Is Hard to Do
    5/11/90
  - S 1: Ep 5 Pilot
    5/4/90
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Hostess Ain't No Cupcake
    4/27/90
  - S 1: Ep 3 Lovers and Other Truckers
    4/13/90
  - + 2 More Credits
- A Different World
  Stevie Rallen
  - S 1: Ep 21 Come Back, Little Eggby
    5/5/88
  - S 1: Ep 9 Romancing Mr. Stone
    12/10/87
  - S 1: Ep 8 If Chosen, I May Not Run
    12/3/87
  - S 1: Ep 6 Rudy and the Snow Queen
    11/5/87
  - S 1: Ep 4 Those Who Can't... Tutor
    10/22/87
  - + 3 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Grey's Anatomy
  Adele Webber
  - S 8: Ep 16 If Only You Were Lonely
    2/23/12
  - S 8: Ep 13 If/Then
    2/2/12
  - S 8: Ep 12 Hope for the Hopeless
    1/19/12
  - S 7: Ep 19 It's a Long Way Back
    4/28/11
  - S 7: Ep 17 This Is How We Do It
    3/24/11
  - + 13 More Credits
Guest Star (31)

Role
- RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 5 Snatch Game
    2/27/12
- RuPaul's Drag Race
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 5 Snatch Game
    2/27/12
- TMZ
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 38 Episode #5.038
    10/18/11
  - S 2: Ep 308 Episode #2.308
    9/1/09
- Grey's Anatomy
  Adele Webber
  - S 7: Ep 16 Not Responsible
    2/24/11
  - S 7: Ep 15 Golden Hour
    2/17/11
- Party Down
  Mrs. Elliot
  - S 2: Ep 4 James Ellison Funeral
    5/14/10
- Cold Case
  Chandra Patterson (2009)
  - S 7: Ep 4 Soul
    10/25/09
- e-Talk Daily
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 112 January 31, 2008
    1/31/08
- Boston Legal
  Judge Victoria Thomson
  - S 4: Ep 8 Oral Contracts
    12/4/07
- Everybody Hates Chris
  Maxine
  - S 2: Ep 21 Everybody Hates Math
    5/7/07
- Everybody Hates Chris
  Grandmother
  - S 2: Ep 20 Everybody Hates Dirty Jokes
    4/30/07
- Boston Legal
  Annabelle Carruthers
  - S 3: Ep 10 The Nutcrackers
    12/5/06
- Girlfriends
  Judge Jackson
  - S 6: Ep 22 Ain't Nothing Over There
    5/8/06
  - S 6: Ep 21 Party Over Here
    5/8/06
  - S 6: Ep 7 Trial and Errors
    11/7/05
- Everybody Hates Chris
  Chris's Grandmother, Maxine
  - S 1: Ep 17 Everybody Hates Funerals
    3/23/06
- Supernatural
  Missouri Moseley
  - S 1: Ep 9 Home
    11/15/05
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 102 John Waters/Loretta Devine/Demetri
    6/22/05
- Half & Half
  Erika
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Big Phat Mouth Episode (2)
    2/18/03
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Big Phat Mouth Episode (1)
    2/17/03
- Strong Medicine
  Charisse
  - S 3: Ep 1 Positive
    7/21/02
- Ally McBeal
  Nora Mills
  - S 3: Ep 17 I Will Survive
    4/10/00
- Family Law
  Gloria Rivers
  - S 1: Ep 19 Playing God
    3/20/00
- Clueless
  Phyliss Holiday
  - S 3: Ep 21 Graduation
    5/18/99
- Moesha
  Steph
  - S 4: Ep 18 It Takes Two
    4/27/99
- Promised Land
  Tonya Hawkins
  - S 1: Ep 18 Amazing Grace (2)
    2/25/97
- Touched By an Angel
  Tonya Hawkins
  - S 3: Ep 20 Amazing Grace (2)
    2/25/97
  - S 3: Ep 19 Amazing Grace (1)
    2/23/97
- Ned and Stacey
  Mrs. Duncan
  - S 1: Ep 9 Reality Check
    11/13/95
- Picket Fences
  Marla Melrose
  - S 3: Ep 14 Close Encounters
    2/3/95
- Family Album
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 5 Salon, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehn, Goodbye
    11/5/93
- Roc
  Cynthia
  - S 2: Ep 21 You Don't Send Me No Flowers
    3/14/93
  - S 2: Ep 1 Roc Throws Joey Out
    8/23/92
- Reasonable Doubts
  Valerie Hall
  - S 1: Ep 2 Hard Bargains
    9/27/91
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/26/91
- Stat
  Tilda Barclay
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Wilding
    5/7/91
- Murphy Brown
  Nurse Hawking
  - S 2: Ep 25 The Bitch's Back
    5/7/90
- Amen
  Lydia Cummings
  - S 3: Ep 4 Court of Love
    11/5/88
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Glee
  Sister Mary Constance
  - S 2: Ep 16 Original Song
    3/15/11

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- In 2002 she was nominated at the Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for the TV series Boston Public.
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- In 2003 and 2004 she won the Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Boston Public.
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- In 2005 she was nominated at the Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for the movie Woman Thou Art Loosed.
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- Loretta Devine (When asked about being recognized in public): I can basically go anywhere I want. Sometimes, people are shocked to see me in a place like Costco. They go, "What you doing in Costco?"
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- Loretta Devine: (When asked what her secret to keeping her career going) I have no idea. If I knew it, I would try and sell it, I could tell you. I love it so much, I love doing it so much, I think it goes on the screen and you can see that, I hope. That's part of what it is.
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- Loretta Devine (speaking about her cameo role in Dreamgirls): At first, I had such mixed feelings because they didn't want to pay me anything, and it was like "Come on."
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