ACTOR

Loretta Devine

1949 - Today

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Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) 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 (1981) Broadway production of Dreamgirls, Gloria Matthews in the film Waiting to Exhale (1995), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Loretta Devine has received more than 4,238,554 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Loretta Devine is the 5,077th most popular actor (down from 4,400th in 2019), the 7,395th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,594th in 2019) and the 2,283rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Loretta Devine ranks 5,077 out of 13,578. Before her are Shirley Douglas, Gustaw Holoubek, Jack Weston, Franca Valeri, Rick Yune, and Cherie Chung. After her are Missi Pyle, Darry Cowl, Melina Kanakaredes, Earl Holliman, Robert Strauss, and Juanita Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Loretta Devine ranks 485. Before her are Takeshi Shudo, Patrick Nève, Zlatko Mateša, Farida Jalal, Nasser Hejazi, and Noli de Castro. After her are Debra Monk, Mitsunori Fujiguchi, Fred Frith, Wendy O. Williams, Venkaiah Naidu, and Michael Bleekemolen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Loretta Devine ranks 7,395 out of 20,380. Before her are Mary Martin (1913), Nicholas Gonzalez (1976), DeAndre Yedlin (1993), Oliver Nelson (1932), Jack Weston (1924), and Rick Yune (1971). After her are Robert R. Wilson (1914), Missi Pyle (1972), Sally Mann (1951), Billy Hart (1940), Melina Kanakaredes (1967), and Earl Holliman (1928).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Loretta Devine ranks 2,283. Before her are Pat O'Brien (1899), Diana Barrymore (1921), Mary Martin (1913), Nicholas Gonzalez (1976), Jack Weston (1924), and Rick Yune (1971). After her are Missi Pyle (1972), Melina Kanakaredes (1967), Earl Holliman (1928), Robert Strauss (1913), Juanita Moore (1914), and Steve Forrest (1925).

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