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 ...more
- 2004
- Independent Spirit Awards
- Best Supporting Actress
- Woman Thou Art Loosed
- nom
- 2008
- Eli Stone: Season 02
- Patti
- 2008
- First Sunday
- Sister Doris
- 2008
- Eli Stone: Season 01
- Patti
- 2008
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua
- Delta
- 2007
- This Christmas
- Shirley Ann Whitfield (Ma Dear)










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