Loretta Devine, Cybill Shepherd to Star in Lifetime’s The Client List

Stage and screen veterans Loretta Devine and Cybill Shepherd will star alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt in Lifetime’s upcoming drama series The Client List, according to Deadline.com.

Shepherd will play Lynette, the mother of Hewitt’s character, Riley, a Texas housewife who ends up running a not-so-typical massage parlor. Devine will play the owner of the parlor.

Devine’s many Broadway credits include Dreamgirls, Big Deal, Hair, and Comin’ Uptown. Her film credits include For Colored Girls, Madea’s Happy Family, Jumping the Broom, and Crash. She won the Emmy Award for Grey’s Anatony.

Shepherd has appeared on stage in such shows as Curvy Widow, The Seven Year Itch, Vanities, and Picnic. She has also performed her cabaret act in many of the country’s top venues. She is best known for starring on the television series Cybill and Moonlighting. Her many other film and television credits include The Last Picture Show, Daisy Miller, Taxi Driver. Drop Dead Diva and The L Word.