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Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949 in Houston, Texas) is an American actress. Devine graduated from the University of Houston in 1971 with a BA in Speech and Drama and Brandeis University in 1976 with a MFA in Theater. Devine is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She is best known for her role of teacher Marla Hendricks on the FOX drama Boston Public. Currently, she has a recurring role as Adele Webber on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy. Image File history File links Lorettadevine2. ...
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August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...
Nickname: Space City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Area - City 1,558 km² (601. ...
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The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...
Greys Anatomy is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American primetime television medical drama. ...
Devine first captured attention in Dreamgirls, a Broadway musical loosely based on the history of the Supremes. It premiered on December 20, 1981 and ran for over 1500 performances; it eventually won six Tony awards. Minor roles for Devine followed in films such as Little Nikita and Stanley and Iris. She has a cameo performance in the film version of Dreamgirls. Dreamgirls is an award-winning Broadway musical, which opened on December 20, 1981 at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway and ran for 1,522 performances. ...
December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ...
Little Nikita is a 1988 film featuring River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier. ...
Stanley and Iris is a 1990 drama-romance film starring Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro, directed by Martin Ritt. ...
Dreamgirls is a 2006 American musical film jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. ...
She was a repertory character in the play The Colored Museum with Vickilyn Reynolds. They both went on to play sisters in the short-lived TV series Sugar and Spice. The Colored Museum is a play by the African-American dramatist George C. Wolfe. ...
In 1995, she landed a high-profile role as Gloria Peaches in Waiting to Exhale, joined in the cast by Whitney Houston, Gregory Hines, and Angela Bassett, among others. The role earned her an NAACP Image Award for best supporting actress, as did her next movie, The Preacher's Wife, her second movie with Houston and Hines. Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 movie directed by Forest Whitaker. ...
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born on August 9, 1963) is an American R&B/pop singer, actress, former fashion model, occasional songwriter and producer and pop icon. ...
Gregory Hines (February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was an American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer. ...
Angela Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an Emmy and Academy Award-nominated, and Golden Globe winning American actress. ...
The NAACP Image Award is an award presented annually by the NAACP to honor the top African-Americans in film, television, music and literature. ...
The Preachers Wife is a 1996 film directed by Penny Marshall and produced by Debra Martin Chase. ...
In 2000, Devine took on the role of impassioned high school teacher Marla Hendricks on Fox's TV drama Boston Public. Devine won three more Image Awards for her work in the series. She also continued to work in film, playing prominent roles in Urban Legend, Urban Legends: Final Cut, and I Am Sam. Devine earned yet another Image Award nomination and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her work in the 2004 film Woman Thou Art Loosed. She also appeared in the 2005 Academy Awards Best Picture winning film Crash. She also plays Rochelle's mother, Maxine, whose always picking on her, on the hit sitcom, Everbody Hates Chris. High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory secondary education. ...
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An urban legend is a kind of modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ...
I Am Sam DVD cover I am Sam is a 2001 film about a man with a developmental disability, Sam Dawson who is singularly raising his seven year old daughter Lucy . ...
Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE (Friends of Independents) Awards and presented winners with Plexiglas pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. ...
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Woman Thou Art Loosed is a 2004 film directed by Michael Schultz. ...
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Crash is an Academy Award-winning 2005 drama film directed by Paul Haggis. ...
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Devine has been cast in Eli Stone, a projected ABC television series for the 2007-2008 season. Eli Stone is a one-hour ABC television pilot from Touchstone TV. If greenlighted by the network, Eli Stone will be broadcast in the 2007-2008 season. ...
Selected filmography Dreamgirls is a 2006 American musical film jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. ...
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A television movie (also known as a TV film, TV movie, TV-movie, feature-length drama, made-for-TV movie, movie of the week (MOTW or MOW), single drama, telemovie, telefilm, or two-hour-long drama) is a film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network. ...
Greys Anatomy is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American primetime television medical drama. ...
This is a list of television-related events in 2005. ...
A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...
Supernatural is an American paranormal drama television series that debuted on September 13, 2005 on the WB Television Network, and is now part of The CWs lineup, where the second season premiered on September 28, 2006. ...
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A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...
Promotional poster for Kings Ransom Kings Ransom is a 2005 comedy film, directed by Jeff Byrd and written by Wayne Conley, who was a writer for Kenan & Kel. ...
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Crash is an Academy Award-winning 2005 drama film directed by Paul Haggis. ...
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Woman Thou Art Loosed is a 2004 film directed by Michael Schultz. ...
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Zoe Busiek: Wild Card is a Canadian television series broadcast since 2003 on Global. ...
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A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...
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I Am Sam DVD cover I am Sam is a 2001 film about a man with a developmental disability, Sam Dawson who is singularly raising his seven year old daughter Lucy . ...
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Kingdom Come is a comic book miniseries published by DC Comics, written by Mark Waid and painted by Alex Ross. ...
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What Women Want is a [[2000 in film|2000](with fantasy elements), directed by Nancy Meyers and starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. ...
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This is a list of television-related events in 2000. ...
A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is a television movie directed by Martha Coolidge. ...
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A television movie (also known as a TV film, TV movie, TV-movie, feature-length drama, made-for-TV movie, movie of the week (MOTW or MOW), single drama, telemovie, telefilm, or two-hour-long drama) is a film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network. ...
The PJs was a claymation television series created by Eddie Murphy, Larry Wilmore, and Steve Tompkins. ...
This is a list of television-related events in 1999. ...
A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...
An urban legend is a kind of modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ...
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Down in the Delta is a 1998 drama directed by Maya Angelou. ...
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Hoodlum is a 1997 United Artists blaxploitationfilm that gives an almost entirely fictional account of the gang war between the Italian/Jewish mafia alliance and the black gangsters of Harlem that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s. ...
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The Preachers Wife is a 1996 film directed by Penny Marshall and produced by Debra Martin Chase. ...
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Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 movie directed by Forest Whitaker. ...
// March 28 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett announce their plans for separation November - After a six-year hiatus, the James Bond film series resumes with the successful GoldenEye. ...
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A Different World was an American television sitcom. ...
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See also: 1986 in television, other events of 1987, 1988 in television and the list of years in television. ...
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