Loretta Devine
- Birthday
- Aug 21, 1949
- Birthplace
- Houston, Texas, USA
Bio: Born in Houston in 1949, actress Loretta Devine rose to fame on-stage in the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls before parlaying her acclaim into a career in film and television. Her first major onscreen role came in 1987, when she was cast as a resident advisor on the Cosby Show-spin-off A Different World. Though she left the series after the first season,… More Bio: Born in Houston in 1949, actress Loretta Devine rose to fame on-stage in the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls before parlaying her acclaim into a career in film and television. Her first major onscreen role came in 1987, when she was cast as a resident advisor on the Cosby Show-spin-off A Different World. Though she left the series after the first season, it was far from her final gig as a TV series regular.Throughout the early '90s, Devine appeared in small supporting roles in features films such as Class Act and Amos & Andrew as well as a number of TV guest spots on shows ranging from Roc to Picket Fences. In 1995, Devine's career was given a shot in the arm when she was cast as one of the leads in Waiting to Exhale, an ensemble film that proved to be a success with both critics and audiences. More supporting work followed, and in 2000 she was cast as a lead on David E. Kelley's Fox drama Boston Public, a show that would go on to be nominated for multiple Emmys over the course of its four seasons on the air.Devine's career came full-circle in 2006 when she was cast in a small role in the film adaptation of Dreamgirls, the stage musical that launched her career. The following year, she was cast as a regular on ABC's supernatural legal drama Eli Stone. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
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For Colored Girls
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Lottery Ticket
Politics Of Love
Filmography
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Politics Of Love (2011)
- Actor
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Jumping the Broom (2011)
- Mrs. Taylor
- 54%
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Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)
- Shirley
- 41%
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For Colored Girls (2010)
- Juanita
- 33%
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Lottery Ticket (2010)
- Grandma
- 34%
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