Don’t You Wish They Were Real? Some of The Best Black Movie Characters…
Loretta Devine/Gloria Matthews– Waiting To Exhale
When Whitney Houston and Cece Winans sang Count On Me for the Waiting To Exhale soundtrack, they definitely had to be singing about “Gloria” from the movie. She was constantly supportive of her friends, and was there for them in times on need. As a single mother who also successfully ran her own beauty salon, she was not only a good friend, but also a woman who could take care of herself and those around her.