Loretta Devine
Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress, singer and voice actor. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Loretta Devine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Crash
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What Women Want
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I Am Sam
as Margaret CalgroveSam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they...
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Dreamgirls
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua
as Delta (voice)A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner...
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
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This Christmas
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Spell
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Urban Legends: Final Cut
as ReeseThe making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious...
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A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that...
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
as Delta (voice)Puppy mayhem turns the lives of newlywed Chihuahua parents Papi and Chloe upside down when their...
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The Preacher's Wife
as BeverlyGood-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging,...
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Naked
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Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
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Norm of the North
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Death at a Funeral
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Khumba
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Hoodlum
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Waiting to Exhale
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Jumping the Broom
as Mrs. TaylorTwo very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.
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First Sunday
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
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Stanley & Iris
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Lottery Ticket
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The Starling
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Queen Bees
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Amos & Andrew
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Spring Breakdown
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Little Nikita
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Welcome to Me
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Mack & Rita
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Madea's Big Happy Family
as ShirleyWhen Shirley, Madea's niece, receives distressing news about her health, the only thing she...
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You're Not You
as MarilynA drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college...
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King's Ransom
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Class Act
as Blade's MomDuncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is juvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up...
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
as Ruby DandridgeAn acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time...
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The Trap
as Mama JayA man returns home to Atlanta to help and turn around his family's struggling restaurant with...
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A Family Reunion Christmas
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellanM'Dear and her sisters struggle to keep their singing act together before a church Christmas...
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Cougar Club
as DollyWhen Spence and Hogan graduate from college, life is bleak. They have to work for heinous...
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Parent Trap III
as ThelmaWhen Jeff plans to marry again, his triplet daughters Megan, Lisa and Jessie try to bring him...
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Caged No More
as AggieAggie, A 67 year-old Black Cajun, has just stepped into her worst nightmare. Her two...
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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Miss MaryA dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual...
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Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
as SelfDelving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined,...
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A Sweet Christmas Romance
as LorettaWhen food stylist Holly returns home for Christmas, she learns that the elderly owner of her...
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Jackie's Back!
as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her...
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Woman Thou Art Loosed
as Cassey JordanAn adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronciling a woman's struggle to come to...
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Sticky Fingers
as DianeTwo dippy roommates, struggling musicians Lolly and Hattie, are asked by a drug-dealing...
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Don King: Only in America
as Connie HarperA cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as SelfBroadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s...
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Kingdom Come
as Marguerite SlocumbWhen her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to...
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Jingle Belle
as Emory SimonsEvery year, Isabelle (Tatyana Ali) and her high school sweetheart Mike (Cornelius Smith Jr.),...
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Down in the Delta
as ZeniaA single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to...
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Always and Forever
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Christmas in Harmony
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A Snowy Day in Oakland
as JeanetteA Snowy Day in Oakland - A magical urban tale about a beautiful psychologist from San Francisco...
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All I Didn't Want for Christmas
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The Sound and the Fury
as DilseyA look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during...
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Livin' Large!
as Nadine BiggsA young black reporter begins to lose his identity.
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Dirty Laundry
as EvelynAfter ten years, Sheldon returns from New York City to Paris, Georgia. His mother Evelyn, a...
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Lost & Found in Cleveland
as Joy MorrisA new American fable about the post-Industrial American Dream in the Industrial Midwest – a...
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In the Hive
as Mrs. InezSixteen-year-old Xtra Keys hopes to raise his son better than his boozy, razor-edged mother...
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The Price of Kissing
as JackeePauley Perrette plays Renee, a young woman discovering her own meaning of love. From childhood...
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Lover Girl
as Leticia / 'Coco'Jake is a 16-year-old girl whose mother left her. She finds her older sister Darlene in L.A.,...
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The Breaks
as FloriaDerrick, a racially-confused Irishman raised in the hood by a black family is having the worst...
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No Regrets
as Ms. CareyThis film is a romantic comedy about a stewardess (Calhoun), who after 12 years of dating...
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Chapter & Verse
as Miss MaddyUpon his return from serving a ten-year sentence in prison, reformed gang leader, S. Lance...
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Christmas Déjà Vu
as CrystalA Christmas angel grants a wish to a Christmas hater, to have her life as a singer.
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The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
as Hallie (voice)When there are no presents under the tree, Doc suspects there's something wrong at the North...
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Anna to the Infinite Power
as Mrs. BensonAnna Hart was always an odd child, a genius, a shoplifter, desperately afraid of flickering...
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Grandma's House
as uncreditedBased upon the true story of Kimberley T. Zulkowski's Grandmother, Margie Ree Harris. "Grandma's...
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Punks
as Health CounselorThe life and times of a group of twentysomething black gay men living in West Hollywood.
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Comeback Dad
as MalindaA man tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
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The American Clock
as uncreditedMoe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely...
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Bull Street
as Mrs. Big-GalA woman faces the battle of her life when her estranged father's family tries to evict her and...
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Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
as SelfThis two and a half hour documentary takes a look at the making of the 1998 horror film Urban...
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For the Love of Ruth
as NaomiRuth Summerling has spent the majority of her life struggling to find her way and comes to some...
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Behind the Movement
as Jo Ann RobinsonBehind the Movement is a unique and fast-paced retelling of how Rosa Parks' refusal to give up...
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Caged Fear
as JudyAfter a jewelry theft Tommy Lane can hardly free. His girlfriend Kristen has less luck and is...
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Clover
as EverleenSara marries Gaten a single father who is African-American. Not long after they're married Gaten...
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Tempted by Love
as Miss MimiAva, a renowned chef from Europe, rushes to South Carolina when her aunt suffers a fall. Luke,...
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Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)No one gives better cuddles than Doc's warm and fuzzy best friend! She's a princess and a...
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Funny Valentines
as Dearie B.A woman returns to her home town to sort out her troubled marriage and finds new happiness in...
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Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
as HallieWhen your favorite toys need fixing, count on the best toy fixerupper in town - Doc McStuffins -...
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Broadway: The Next Generation
as SelfA look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
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Love Kills
as Sylvia FinkelsteinA masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills...
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Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
as Addie CollinsIn the Lifetime® movie, THE FANTASIA BARRINO STORY: LIFE IS NOT A FAIRYTALE, a single teenage...
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Will
as uncreditedA girls’ basketball coach is fighting through a heroin addiction while mentoring a 12-year-old...
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Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
as Hallie (voice)Doc McStuffins gets help from her friends and fans to make this her best birthday ever!
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Back to School Mom
as Meghan GrahamMary Thomas, a free-spirited musician, has spent the past two decades traveling the world, but...
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Freedom Song
as Evelyn WalkerFreedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in...
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Best Actress
as Connie TraversA Hollywood writer becomes embroiled while investigating into the lives of five fictitious...
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Saving Westbrook High
as DorisA diverse community, an ambitious newly-appointed principal and a handful of committed teachers...
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The Colored Museum
as JanineTen satirical sketches written by George C. Wolfe use drama, comedy and music to examine black...
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Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
as uncreditedBook of Love delivers humor along with the mysteries of unrequited love and relationships gone...
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Politics of Love
as Shirlee GuptaPolitics makes strange bedfellows, but never stranger than when a sexy, savvy, African-American...
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Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
as SelfIn the 1980s we got our MTV but seemed to have lost much of the musical film in the process. But...
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Postmarked
as HattieOne summer afternoon, a ten-year-old boy finds a forgotten trove of postcards. To solve their...
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Grey's Anatomy
as Adele WebberFollows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...
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Supernatural
as Missouri MoseleyWhen they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic...
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Psych
as Melba BirdsonThanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a...
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P-Valley
as ErnestineDown deep in the Mississippi Delta, Trap music meets film noir in this kaleidoscopic story of a...
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - GuestBravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality...
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
as uncreditedKelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well...
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Cold Case
as Chandra Patterson (2009)The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...
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Boston Legal
as Judge Victoria ThomsonAlan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston...
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Glee
as Sister Mary ConstanceIn this musical comedy, optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own...
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Great Performances
as JanineThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...
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Tamron Hall
as Self - GuestFormer news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she...
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Everybody Hates Chris
as MaxineChris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the...
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RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest JudgeJoin RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate...
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RuPaul's Drag Race
as SelfJoin RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate...
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Strong Medicine
as uncreditedThe lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.
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Doc McStuffins
as Nurse Hallie (voice)A young African-American girl aspires to be a doctor like her mom.
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Doc McStuffins
as Hattie (voice)A young African-American girl aspires to be a doctor like her mom.
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Summer Camp Island
as Sea Cow (voice)Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging...
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Girlfriends
as uncreditedThe series revolves around the friendship of four African-American women in different phases of...
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Boston Public
as Marla HendricksPrincipal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the...
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black-ish
as LynetteA family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a...
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Touched by an Angel
as Tonya HawkinsMonica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...
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A Different World
as Stevie RallenA Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise...
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Ally McBeal
as uncreditedAlly McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and...
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Party Down
as Diane EllisonA group of struggling actors and dysfunctional dreamers wait for their big break while they are...
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Murphy Brown
as Nurse HawkingMurphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional...
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Family Reunion
as M'DearFamily Reunion follows a family of six who travel from Seattle, Washington to Columbus, Georgia...
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Mother (voice)Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.
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Shake It Up
as Marsha SandersBest pals CeCe and Rocky dream of dancing stardom. And they seem on the verge of realizing that...
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Moesha
as uncreditedMoesha was an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May...
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Family Law
as Gloria RiversFamily attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm...
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Doctor Odyssey
as Jill ManafortMax is the new on-board doctor for a luxury cruise ship where the small but mighty medical team...
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Eli Stone
as Patti DellacroixMany lawyers consider themselves prophets, but Eli Stone may be the real deal. Eli has built a...
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Half & Half
as Erika DukeHalf & Half is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006....
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The Client List
as Georgia CummingsRiley Parks delicately balances two starkly different lives -- one as a single mom in a...
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Dear White People
as Sorbet (voice)At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a diverse group of students navigate various forms...
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Love & War
as uncreditedA woman running a bar in New York City while trying to maintain a romance with an egotistical...
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Sirens
as Hank's MotherA comedy that follows three Chicago EMTs who despite their narcissistic and self-destructive...
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Promised Land
as Tonya HawkinsPromised Land is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off...
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The PJs
as Muriel Stubbs (voice)Thurgood Stubbs lives with his wife, Muriel, in the Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs housing project,...
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The Carmichael Show
as Cynthia CarmichaelFrom the comedy of Jerrod Carmichael and Nick Stoller ("Neighbors") comes an irreverent sitcom...
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Teenage Euthanasia
as uncreditedA former runaway teen mom is accidentally resurrected in her family's funeral home.
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Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Contestant / FabulositySecret celebrities - from all walks of life - compete in full drag as they try to impress Emmy...
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Roc
as CynthiaRoc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994....
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Roc
as uncreditedRoc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994....
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Ned and Stacey
as Mrs. DuncanA self-centered ad exec and a liberal journalist enter into a marriage of convenience. He's...
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Everybody Still Hates Chris
as (voice)A re-imagined animated version of Chris Rock's beloved autobiographical family comedy Everybody...
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Wild Card
as M. Pearl McGuireWild Card is an American comedy-drama series starring Joely Fisher. It was broadcast in the...
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A Black Lady Sketch Show
as MarrierA narrative series set in a limitless magical reality full of dynamic, hilarious characters and...
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The Murder of Mary Phagan
as Annie Maude CarterIn early-twentieth-century Atlanta, the murder of a young girl prompts strong reactions from the...
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The Doc Files
as Hallie (voice)A magical animated series about a six-year-old girl, Doc McStuffins, who has the ability to talk...
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Cop Rock
as uncreditedCop Rock is an Emmy Award-winning American musical police drama series that aired on ABC in...
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GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellanWorlds collide in this special event featuring familiar faces, surprise cameos and stories of...
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Young Love
as Gigi Young (voice)The Young family – millennial parents Stephen and Angela, their daughter Zuri and her pet cat...
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Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
as AngelaOver a long weekend, John & Marlena travel to Zurich, Ben & Ciara have a romantic getaway in New...
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State of Georgia
as Honey DupreeAn aspiring actress with a larger than life personality and her science geek best friend try to...
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Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!
as Hallie (voice)Doc welcomes to the clinic, Bella Bunnynose, an adorable plush bunny who dreams of being a toy...
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Connecting...
as DayleenAn ensemble comedy about a group of friends trying to stay close (and sane) through video chats...
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