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Debbie Allen

Acting · Born 1950-01-16 · Houston, Texas, USA

Biography

Debbie Allen is an American film and television actress and director.

Known for

Filmography

2026A Different WorldDirector
2025Seen & Heard: The History of Black TelevisionSelf
2025A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is DeadlyDetective Foster
2024The Six Triple EightChoreographer
2023The Hidden Power of PurposeNarrator (voice)
2022Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!Creative Director
2022A Jazzman's BluesChoreographer
2022The Jennifer Hudson ShowSelf
2022The Proud Family: Louder and ProuderMyrtle (voice)
2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens RisingSelf
2022JANET JACKSON.Self
2021The Ms. Pat ShowDirector
2021Turning the Tables with Robin RobertsSelf
2021Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly GorgeousBetty Samson
2020Cardi TriesSelf
2020Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate NutcrackerHerself
2020Dolly Parton's Christmas on the SquareDirector
2020Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz DanceSelf
2019Maurice Hines: Bring Them BackSelf
2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest
2018Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'Self
2018American TapSelf
2017S.W.A.T.Charice Harrelson
2017Raven's HomeGreat Aunt Maureen
2016InsecureDirector
2015Grace and FrankieDorothy
2015EmpireDirector
2014The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
2014Jane the VirginBeverly Flores
2014How to Get Away with MurderDirector
2013A Star for RoseRose
2013Witches of East EndDirector
2012The Client ListDirector
2011A Place for Us: West Side Story's LegacySelf
2010HellcatsDirector
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf
2009FameMs. Angela Simms
2009Next Day AirMs. Jackson
2008Bring Back... FameSelf
2007Tournament of DreamsRhonda Dillins
2006The GameDirector
2006Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino StoryAmerican Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses
2005Everybody Hates Chris
2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsAnita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)
2005So You Think You Can Dance
2005Bring Back...Self - Lydia Grant
2005Grey's AnatomyCatherine Fox
2005Confessions of an Action StarSelf
2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the MoviesSelf
2003All of Us
2003That's So RavenDirector
2002The Twilight ZoneDirector
2002The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in StereoSelf (uncredited)
2002It's Black EntertainmentSelf
2001The PaintingBertha Lee Gilmore
2001All About YouRuth
2001The Old SettlerQuilly McGrath
2001The DivisionWanda
2000Everything's JakeDebbie Allen
2000GirlfriendsDirector
1999The ParkersDirector
1999Intimate Portrait: Josephine BakerHerself
1999Michael Jordan: An American HeroDeloris Jordan
1998Mariah Carey: Butterfly World Tour - Live at Tokyo DomeDirector
1997The Middle PassageNarrator
1997AmistadProducer
1997Between BrothersDirector
1996The Jamie Foxx ShowDirector
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1996C Bear and Jamal
1995Out-of-SyncManicurist
1995Forget ParisChoreographer
1995In the HouseJackie Warren
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildPrecious (voice)
1994Touched by an AngelValerie Hill
1994Mona Must DieBetty
1994Blank CheckYvonne
1993Intimate PortraitSelf
1993The Sinbad ShowDirector
1993Sinbad: Afros and BellbottomsDirector
1992Stompin' at the SavoyEstelle
1991Sunday in ParisSunday Chase
1991Sunday in Paris
1990Polly: Comin' Home!Director
1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirDirector
1990Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990Spike & Co. Do It a-CappellaSelf
1989PollyDirector
1989Quantum LeapJoanna Chapman
1989The Debbie Allen SpecialSelf
1987A Different WorldDr. Langhorne
1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf
1987The Bronx ZooDirector
1986Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is CallingMichelle
1985Dancing in the WingsDebbie
1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf
1985Disneyland's 30th Anniversary CelebrationSelf
1984The Cosby ShowEmma
1984CelebrityRegina Brown
1984The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic TeamSelf - Performer
1983Women of San QuentinCarol Freeman
1983The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall LondonSelf
1982Family TiesDirector
1982Alice at the PalaceRed Queen
1982FameLydia Grant
1981RagtimeSarah
1980FameLydia
1979The Fish That Saved PittsburghOla
1979Ebony, Ivory and JadeClaire 'Ebony' Bryant
1979Roots: The Next GenerationsNan Branch Haley
1978The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His RootsSelf
1977The Greatest Thing That Almost HappenedJulie Sutton
1977The Love BoatSelena Moore
19773 Girls 3Self
1976Battle of the Network Stars
1974Good Times
1971Great PerformancesSelf
—Broadway: The Next GenerationSelf
—SplinterMrs. James

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