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Loretta Devine

1949 - Today

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Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress. 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 (1981), Gloria Matthews in the film Waiting to Exhale (1995), 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. Devine also played Juanita Sims in the film adaptation of For Colored Girls (2010). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Loretta Devine is the 4,628th most popular actor (up from 5,074th in 2024), the 7,348th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,393rd in 2019) and the 2,128th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Loretta Devine ranks 4,628 out of 13,578. Before her are Marion Lorne, Michael Chiklis, Mare Winningham, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Denver Pyle, and Barry Humphries. After her are Richard Jaeckel, Archie Panjabi, Peter Simonischek, Allison Williams, Ellen Schwiers, and La Jana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Loretta Devine ranks 446. Before her are Zbigniew Rybczyński, Burghart Klaußner, Manny Villar, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Danuta Wałęsa, and Tommy Seebach. After her are Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, Jerzy Gorgoń, Peter Ackroyd, Kiran Bedi, Mwepu Ilunga, and Helena Fibingerová.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Loretta Devine ranks 7,350 out of 20,380. Before her are Michael Chiklis (1963), Mare Winningham (1959), Erick Rowan (1981), Dan Graham (1942), Denver Pyle (1920), and Robert C. O'Brien (1966). After her are Richard Jaeckel (1926), Country Joe McDonald (1942), Allison Williams (1988), Greg Nicotero (1963), Terence Trent D'Arby (1962), and Ali Larter (1976).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Loretta Devine ranks 2,129. Before her are Wayne Rogers (1933), Christina Hendricks (1975), Marion Lorne (1883), Michael Chiklis (1963), Mare Winningham (1959), and Denver Pyle (1920). After her are Richard Jaeckel (1926), Allison Williams (1988), Ali Larter (1976), Connie Stevens (1938), May McAvoy (1899), and Michael B. Jordan (1987).

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