Loretta Devine
Loretta Devine was born August 21, 1949 in Houston, Texas, to Eunice O'Neal (née Toliver), a beautician, and James Devine, who worked as a laborer. Loretta grew up in the Acres Home area of Houston and later enrolled at the University of Houston, where she earned a a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Drama, and later Brandeis University where she ...
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- Born:
- Aug 21, 1949 In Houston, Texas, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 186
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Core of the Apple
- Latest Project:
- Series Being Mary Jane 2016-03-06
Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 13 wins & 21 nominations.
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Broadway: The Next Generation | Unknown | 2018 |
| Movie | Will | None | 2017 |
| Movie | Classic Hollywood Cinemas | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | 36 Hour Layover | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | Norm of the North | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Unknown | 2016 |
| Series | Being Mary Jane | Unknown | 2016-03-06 |
| Movie | 2000 Essence Awards | Herself | 2016-03-05 |
| Series | Nubbin & Friends | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | Grandma's House | Unknown | 2016 |
| Series | Sirens | Unknown | 2016-02-12 |
| Movie | Caged No More | Aggie | 2016-01-22 |
| Series | Infanity | Unknown | 2016-03-05 |
| Series | The Boris & Nicole Show | Unknown | 2015-07-06 |
| Series | Good Morning, Texas | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | King's Quest | Muriel Hobblepot | 2015-07-28 |
| Movie | Chapter & Verse | Unknown | 2015 |
| Series | The Carmichael Show | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | For the Love of Ruth | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | Rise and Shine | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | Back to School Mom | Meghan Graham | 2015-02-14 |
| Movie | 1440 and Counting | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | You're Not You | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Welcome to Me | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Comeback Dad | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | The Sound and the Fury | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Black Women Run Hollywood | Herself | 2014-06-15 |
| Series | Doc McStuffins | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | The Doc Files | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Hollywood Game Night | Unknown | 2013-07-11 |
| Movie | 44th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2013-02-01 |
| Series | The Client List | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | A Very Larry Christmas | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | In the Company of Friends | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Turbo FAST | Unknown | 2013-12-24 |
| Movie | Teachers | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | Khumba | Mama V | 2013-10-25 |
| Series | The Real | Unknown | 2013-07-15 |
| Movie | The Get Away | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Marie | Unknown | 2012-10-01 |
| Movie | The 37th Annual Gracie Awards | Unknown | 2012 |
| Series | Sullivan & Son | Unknown | 2012-07-19 |
| Movie | Reel Black Love | None | 2012-02-07 |
| Movie | In the Hive | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | BET Awards 2012 | Unknown | 2012-07-01 |
| Series | The Soul Man | Unknown | 2012-06-20 |
| Movie | Jumping the Broom | Mrs. Taylor | 2011-05-06 |
| Movie | Madea's Big Happy Family | Shirley | 2011-04-22 |
| Movie | 42nd NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2011-03-04 |
| Series | Big Morning Buzz Live with Nick Lachey | Unknown | 2011-05-09 |
| Series | Good Day L.A. | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 | Unknown | 2011-02-01 |
| Series | State of Georgia | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2011-09-18 |
| Movie | 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys | Herself | 2011-09-17 |
| Movie | Politics of Love | Shirlee Gupta | 2011-08-26 |
| Movie | Legally Mad | Jeanette | 2010-05-01 |
| Series | Hollywood Uncensored with Sam Rubin | Unknown | 2010-09-04 |
| Series | Shake It Up! | Unknown | 2010-11-07 |
| Movie | Lottery Ticket | Grandma | 2010-08-20 |
| Movie | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Unknown | 2010-07-08 |
| Movie | Death at a Funeral | Cynthia | 2010-04-16 |
| Movie | For Colored Girls | Unknown | 2010 |
| Series | The Jeffrey Henderson Show | Unknown | 2010 |
| Series | Watch What Happens: Live | Unknown | 2009-07-16 |
| Movie | Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s | Unknown | 2009-08-11 |
| Series | The Cleveland Show | Unknown | 2009-09-01 |
| Series | The Mo'Nique Show | Unknown | 2009-10-05 |
| Movie | Spring Breakdown | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | Straight from the Horses Mouth | Unknown | 2009-05-25 |
| Series | Party Down | Unknown | 2009-03-20 |
| Series | Glee | Unknown | 2009-05-19 |
| Series | RuPaul's Drag Race | Unknown | 2009-02-02 |
| Movie | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Unknown | 2008-10-03 |
| Movie | First Sunday | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | 39th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2008-02-14 |
| Series | The Wendy Williams Show | Unknown | 2008-05-14 |
| Series | So You Think You Can Dance Canada | Unknown | 2008-09-11 |
| Movie | Friends & Lovers: The Ski Trip 2 | Unknown | 2008 |
| Series | Eli Stone | Patti Dellacroix | 2008-01-31 |
| Movie | Cougar Club | Unknown | 2007-11-13 |
| Movie | Film Independent's 2007 Spirit Awards | Herself | 2007-02-04 |
| Series | Up Close with Carrie Keagan | Unknown | 2007-02-21 |
| Movie | This Christmas | Ma'Dere Whitfield | 2007-11-21 |
| Series | The Game | Unknown | 2006-10-01 |
| Movie | 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2006-01-29 |
| Movie | Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story | Addie Collins | 2006-08-19 |
| Series | Psych | Unknown | 2006-07-07 |
| Movie | Dirty Laundry | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Dreamgirls | Jazz Singer | 2006-12-25 |
| Series | Supernatural | Unknown | 2005-09-13 |
| Series | Everybody Hates Chris | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
| Series | Made in Hollywood | Unknown | 2005-09-30 |
| Series | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown | 2005-03-27 |
| Movie | The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2005-02-26 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Unknown | 2005-01-03 |
| Movie | King's Ransom | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | Crash | Unknown | 2004 |
| Series | Wild Card | Unknown | 2004 |
| Series | Boston Legal | Unknown | 2004-10-03 |
| Series | Tavis Smiley | Unknown | 2004-01-05 |
| Movie | Woman Thou Art Loosed | Unknown | 2004 |
| Movie | 34th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2003 |
| Series | Cold Case | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
| Movie | 33rd NAACP Image Awards | Herself - Presenter | 2002-03-01 |
| Movie | Headliners & Legends: Denzel Washington | Herself | 2002-02-17 |
| Movie | I Am Sam | Margaret Calgrove | 2002-01-25 |
| Movie | Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs | Unknown | 2002 |
| Movie | Essence Awards | Unknown | 2002 |
| Series | Pyramid | Unknown | 2002-09-16 |
| Movie | The Script | Unknown | 2002 |
| Series | Intimate Portrait | Unknown | 2002 |
| Movie | Baby of the Family | Unknown | 2002 |
| Series | Half & Half | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Movie | Iron Chef USA: Showdown in Las Vegas | Herself - Judge | 2001-11-16 |
| Movie | 32nd NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2001 |
| Movie | Kingdom Come | Marguerite Slocumb | 2001-04-11 |
| Series | Boston Public | Marla Hendricks | 2000-10-23 |
| Movie | Punks | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | Best Actress | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | Freedom Song | Unknown | 2000 |
| Series | The PJs | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | Love Kills | Sylvia Finkelstein | 2000-06-06 |
| Movie | What Women Want | Flo the Doorwoman | 2000-12-15 |
| Movie | Urban Legends: Final Cut | Unknown | 2000 |
| Series | Girlfriends | Unknown | 2000-09-11 |
| Movie | The Breaks | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | 30th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | Operation Splitsville | Unknown | 1999-07-07 |
| Movie | Funny Valentines | Dearie B. | 1999-02-14 |
| Movie | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Unknown | 1999-08-21 |
| Series | Family Law | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | Lillie | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | Jackie's Back! | Unknown | 1999 |
| Series | Hollywood Squares | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
| Movie | Down in the Delta | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | Alyson's Closet | Unknown | 1998 |
| Series | Debra Duncan | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | Urban Legend | Unknown | 1998 |
| Series | Ally McBeal | Unknown | 1997-09-08 |
| Movie | Hoodlum | Unknown | 1997-08-27 |
| Movie | Clover | Everleen | 1997-09-10 |
| Movie | The Price of Kissing | Unknown | 1997 |
| Movie | Don King: Only in America | Unknown | 1997 |
| Series | Ned and Stacey | Unknown | 1997 |
| Movie | Lover Girl | Unknown | 1997 |
| Movie | 28th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 1997 |
| Movie | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Miss Mary | 1996-11-23 |
| Series | Moesha | Unknown | 1996-01-23 |
| Movie | The Preacher's Wife | Beverly | 1996-12-13 |
| Movie | 27th NAACP Image Awards | Herself | 1996 |
| Series | Promised Land | Unknown | 1996-09-17 |
| Series | Clueless | Unknown | 1996-09-20 |
| Movie | Waiting to Exhale | Gloria Matthews | 1995-12-22 |
| Series | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
| Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1994-03-01 |
| Movie | The Hard Truth | Unknown | 1994-11-23 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
| Movie | The American Clock | Unknown | 1993 |
| Movie | Amos & Andrew | Unknown | 1993 |
| Series | Picket Fences | Unknown | 1992-09-18 |
| Series | Love & War | Unknown | 1992-09-21 |
| Movie | Class Act | Unknown | 1992 |
| Series | Roc | Unknown | 1991-08-24 |
| Series | Reasonable Doubts | Unknown | 1991-09-26 |
| Movie | Caged Fear | Unknown | 1991 |
| Movie | Livin' Large! | Unknown | 1991 |
| Movie | Stanley & Iris | Bertha | 1990-02-09 |
| Series | Cop Rock | Unknown | 1990 |
| Series | Amen | Unknown | 1990 |
| Series | Sugar and Spice | Unknown | 1990 |
| Series | Heart and Soul | Tonia Harris | 1989-04-30 |
| Movie | Parent Trap III | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Little Nikita | Unknown | 1988 |
| Series | Murphy Brown | Unknown | 1988-11-14 |
| Movie | Sticky Fingers | Diane | 1988-05-06 |
| Series | The Murder of Mary Phagan | Unknown | 1988-01-24 |
| Movie | The 42nd Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1988-06-05 |
| Series | CBS Summer Playhouse | Unknown | 1987-06-12 |
| Series | A Different World | Unknown | 1987-09-24 |
| Series | The Core of the Apple | Unknown | 1986 |
| Movie | The 39th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1985 |
| Movie | Anna to the Infinite Power | Unknown | 1983 |
| Movie | The 36th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1982 |
| Series | Entertainment Tonight | Unknown | 1981-09-14 |
| Series | Great Performances | Unknown | 1972-11-04 |