Comments on: Fresh Black Girls: Loretta Devine!

By: Just Marlon

Just Marlon — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:28:00 +0000

Love her in “Eli Stone”…she steals every scene she’s in.

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:41:00 +0000

I loved her in Beverly Hills Chihuahua

By: Tafari

Tafari — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:36:00 +0000

I actually think she has a sexy voice. On the phone I bet she could be one hot cougar!!!

Tafari

By: bklyn6

bklyn6 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:36:00 +0000

from The PJs to Beverly Hills Chihuahua, you must need to clean your ears out if you don't recognize that unmistakable voice!

Exactly. Loved her as the voice of Muriel Stubbs on "The PJs."

By: Dub-B

Dub-B — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:48:00 +0000

She acted her ass off in Boston Public….she was amazing in that role.

By: jazzfan360

jazzfan360 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:09:00 +0000

Ha! I thought I was the only person in the universe who remembered Sugar & Spice. That was the first place I saw Vickilynn Reynolds (who went on to do other random things like that bitchy woman in Polly! and Smokey's mama in Friday), Stephanie Hodge (best known for Nurses and as the mom who left Unhappily Ever After cause she got overshadowed by the daughter), and little Leslie Jordan (who of course later won an Emmy for his great work on Will & Grace). That was back before the weight gain, when TV was trying to push Loretta as The Next Jackee. I think gaining weight did wonders for her career, though, because it gave her a niche that's much more timeless. She spoke for millions of black women in W2E. (I can't stand that movie, but she and Angela Bassett were just fantastic. "He's watchin' me walk away!" God, I love it lol.)

I am here to tell you this woman was robbed of at LEAST two Emmys for her stellar work on Boston Public. She worked that mess ALL the way out--what a truly GREAT performance. That show was so roundly screwed over by the TV Academy anyway, though, and don't even get me started on Chi McBride...

Meanwhile, I *know* they didn't leave Jennifer Holliday up off that Ebony cover. You wanna talk about heinous...

But for real. You picked a really deserving subject. Great entry.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:05:00 +0000

I actually thought about this yesterday when I watched “Hoodlum” on DVD. She did her thing in that.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:19:00 +0000

I LOVE HER! She is one of my favorite under-rated actresses…