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): Art Farmer • Charles Vanel • Cleo King • Ferdinand Hamer • Giacomo F. Maraldi • J. D. Martinez • James Burton • Jodie Meeks • Kim Cattrall • Mark Williams (singer) • Robert Miles (rugby league) • Tyler Winklevoss

Born in the same month (August 1949): Alex Naumik • Allahshukur Pashazadeh • Bill Spooner • Dino Bravo • Hugh Cornwell • Ian Charleson • James Fallows • John Riggins • John Savage (actor) • Michael Nazir-Ali • Nigel Griggs • Rick Roberts (musician) • Rijkman Groenink • Shelley Long • Stephen Paulus