Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine is an American actress. She is known for numerous roles across stage and screen. 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.

21 August 1949

Born on the same birth day (21 August): Alizée • Archie Griffin • Bo Burnham • Brody Jenner • Corbin Carroll • Endre Szemerédi • Eric Goles • Erik Paaske • Festus Mogae • James Burton • Jason Marquis • Jerry DaVanon • Lee Gronkiewicz • Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès • Millie Bright • Patrick Juvet • Paul Menard • Ramón Vázquez • Robert Harvey (footballer) • Robert Lewandowski

Born in the same month (August 1949): Bobby Clarke • Julian Fellowes • Lou Martin • Sue Slipman • Ted Simmons