Loretta Devine

Actor, Film actor

1949 –

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Who is Loretta Devine?

Loretta Devine is an American character actress, 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 Shonda Rhimes' Grey's Anatomy, for which she won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011. In film, Devine appeared in Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher's Wife, I Am Sam, Urban Legend, Crash, Woman Thou Art Loosed, For Colored Girls, This Christmas and Jumping the Broom.

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Born
Aug 21, 1949
Houston
Also known as
  • Loretta Tyler
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Spouses
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Master's Degree, Brandeis University
    Theatre
    ( - 1976)
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Houston
    Drama
    ( - 1971)

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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