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): Bipin Gupta • Blossom Rock • Brandon Drury • Chesley V. Morton • Gary Elkerton • Jiří Paroubek • Jon Korfas • Kelis • Lucius Shepard • Mike Weston • William IV • William Murdoch • Wout Brama

Born in the same month (August 1949): Allahshukur Pashazadeh • Bill Spooner • Gene Simmons • Jim Carroll • John Savage (actor) • Kurmanbek Bakiyev • Leah Jamieson • Mark Knopfler • Michael Nazir-Ali • Morten Olsen • Nikolas Asimos • Panagiotis Chinofotis • Philip Casnoff • Richard Gere • Rick Ridgeway • Rick Springfield • Scott Asheton • Sib Hashian • Stan Hansen • Stephen McKinley Henderson • Ted Simmons • Terry Burnham