Webber grey8/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Devine and Reynolds both went on to play sisters in the short-lived TV series Sugar and Spice. Television and continued film successes ĭevine played roles as a repertory character in the play The Colored Museum with Vickilyn Reynolds. She later co-starred opposite Alfre Woodard in Down in the Delta (1998) and Funny Valentines (1999). The role earned her an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, as did her next film, The Preacher's Wife, her second film with Houston and Hines. ![]() In 1995, she landed a major role as Gloria Matthews in Waiting to Exhale, opposite Whitney Houston, Gregory Hines, and Angela Bassett. She has a cameo performance in the film version of Dreamgirls. Minor roles for Devine followed in films such as Little Nikita and Stanley & Iris. For her featured role in the low-budget film, Devine earned $500. While rehearsing for Dreamgirls with a little girl in 1981, Devine was cast in Jessie Maple's Will, the first independent feature-length film directed by an African-American woman. She also received raves in the 1995 Apollo revival of The Wiz as Glinda the Good Witch of the South. The story of Dreamgirls was created during workshops that were carried out in six-week workshops over the period of three years, which Devine, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Jennifer Holliday developed via improv. She rose to stardom in Dreamgirls, a smash 1981 Broadway musical loosely based on the history of The Supremes, in which she originated the role of Lorrell Robinson (a fictional character based on Mary Wilson). She captured attention in her second Broadway show, called Comin' Uptown, which featured Gregory Hines. Her Broadway debut was in 1978 in a musical called A Broadway Musical, which closed after 14 previews and only one performance on December 21, 1978. Career Stage work ĭevine has worked extensively on Broadway. She was initiated into the Epsilon Lambda chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha. In 1976, she received a Master of Fine Arts in Theater from Brandeis University. In 1971, Devine graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Drama. She was very active on the pep squad, and performed in talent shows at George Washington Carver High School. She grew up in the Acres Homes area of Houston, where her mother was a single mother to six children. Loretta Devine was born in Houston, Texas, on August 21, 1949. Her most high profile roles include Lorrell Robinson in the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls, the long-suffering Gloria Matthews in the film Waiting to Exhale, 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 in 2011. She is known for numerous roles across stage and screen. Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer. ![]()
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