Loretta Devine
Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer, 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 medical drama Grey's Anatomy, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011. She had a role in the series Everybody Hates Chris as Rochelle's mother. In film, Devine appeared in Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher's Wife, Hoodlum, I Am Sam, Urban Legend, What Women Want, Kingdom Come, Crash, Woman Thou Art Loosed, Class Act, For Colored Girls, This Christmas, First Sunday, Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Jumping the Broom. She also played Cynthia Carmichael on the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show.
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| Claim to fame | Marla Hendricks In Boston Public (2000-2004).
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| Date of birth | 21 August 1949
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| Place of birth | Houston, Texas, United States
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| Height | 5' 6½" (169 cm)
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| Net worth | $10,000,000 USD
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| High school | Carver High School, Houston, Texas, United States
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![Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Deborah Burrell - Ebony Magazine Cover [United States] (May 1982)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/1/8/18mqohnfy6p7y7hm.jpg?skj2io4l)
- Originated role of Lorell in "Dreamgirls"
- Engaged to financial analyst Glenn Marshall. (April 2001)
- Graduated from the University of Houston in 1971 with a BA in Speech and Drama and Brandeis University in 1976 with a MFA in Theater.
- She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She was initiated in Epsilon Lambda Chapter at the University of Houston.
Loretta Devine is known for her role in the film Spell (2020) as performer: "Eloise's Lament".
She is also known for her role in the film The Starling (2021) as Velma.
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