<P> Glenn Marshall (divorced) </P> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer, best known for her roles as Marla Hendricks in the Fox drama series Boston Public, and for her recurring role as Adele Webber on the Shonda Rhimes' Grey's Anatomy, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011 . She had a role in the series Everybody Hates Chris as Rochelle's mother . In film, Devine appeared in Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher's Wife, I Am Sam, Urban Legend, Crash, Woman Thou Art Loosed, For Colored Girls, This Christmas and Jumping the Broom . She also played Cynthia Carmichael on the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show . </P> <P> Devine was born in Houston, Texas . Her mother, Eunice O'Neal (née Toliver), was a beautician, and her father, James Devine, worked as a laborer . She grew up in the Acres Homes area of Houston where her mom was a single mom to six children . She was very active on the pep squad, and performed in talent shows at George Washington Carver High School . </P>

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