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Loretta Devine: Biography

Loretta Devine

Birth Place: Houston, TX
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/21/1949, Leo
Profession: Actor; singer

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Loretta Devine Fast Facts:

Got her start in Broadway productions of Hair, Dreamgirls and Bob Fosse's Big Deal.
Costarred with singer Whitney Houston in Waiting to Exhale and The Preacher's Wife.
Was the voice of Muriel Stubbs in Eddie Murphy's animated sitcom The PJs.
Appeared in three of David E. Kelley's TV series: Ally McBeal, Boston Public and Boston Legal.
Appeared in the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls as a jazz singer.

Loretta Devine Awards:
2011 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - Winner
College:
University of Houston, Houston, TX (BA in Speech, 1971); Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (MFA in Theater, 1976)

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