Debbie Allen
Acting • Born 1950-01-16
Biography
Debbie Allen is an American film and television actress and director.
Filmography
91 credits
Fame
Movie • 1980
Lydia
Everything's Jake
Movie • 2000
Debbie Allen
Ragtime
Movie • 1981
Sarah
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
Movie • 2020
Self
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
Movie • 1999
Deloris Jordan
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Movie • 1986
Michelle
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Movie • 1979
Ola
The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London
Movie • 1983
Self
Bring Back... Fame
Movie • 2008
Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie • 2005
Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
Movie • 2022
Self
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Movie • 2011
Self
All About You
Movie • 2001
Ruth
Alice at the Palace
Movie • 1982
Red Queen
Mona Must Die
Movie • 1994
Betty
The Hidden Power of Purpose
Movie • 2023
Narrator (voice)
The Old Settler
Movie • 2001
Quilly McGrath
Out-of-Sync
Movie • 1995
Manicurist
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Self
Tournament of Dreams
Movie • 2007
Rhonda Dillins
The Painting
Movie • 2001
Bertha Lee Gilmore
A Star for Rose
Movie • 2013
Rose
Women of San Quentin
Movie • 1983
Carol Freeman
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
Movie • 1979
Claire 'Ebony' Bryant
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Movie • 1977
Julie Sutton
Blank Check
Movie • 1994
Yvonne
Sunday in Paris
Movie • 1991
Sunday Chase
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
Movie • 2002
Self (uncredited)
It's Black Entertainment
Movie • 2002
Self
Next Day Air
Movie • 2009
Ms. Jackson
Confessions of an Action Star
Movie • 2005
Self
American Tap
Movie • 2018
Self
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
Movie • 1990
Self
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Movie • 1999
Herself
Stompin' at the Savoy
Movie • 1992
Estelle
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Movie • 2019
Self
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Movie • 2006
American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses
Fame
Movie • 2009
Ms. Angela Simms
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
Movie • 2020
Herself
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
Movie • 2021
Betty Samson
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 1985
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Movie • 2004
Self
The Middle Passage
Movie • 1997
Narrator
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie • 1987
Self
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
Movie • 1984
Self - Performer
Splinter
Movie
Mrs. James
The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
Movie • 2014
The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots
Movie • 1978
Self
In the House
TV • 1995
Jackie Warren
Good Times
TV • 1974
Everybody Hates Chris
TV • 2005
All of Us
TV • 2003
Fame
TV • 1982
Lydia Grant
The Division
TV • 2001
Wanda
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Selena Moore
The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Emma
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
So You Think You Can Dance
TV • 2005
C Bear and Jamal
TV • 1996
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Catherine Fox
Bring Back...
TV • 2005
Self - Lydia Grant
Battle of the Network Stars
TV • 1976
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
TV • 2021
Self
Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979
Nan Branch Haley
Sunday in Paris
TV • 1991
Cardi Tries
TV • 2020
Self
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Joanna Chapman
3 Girls 3
TV • 1977
Self
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
TV • 2022
Myrtle (voice)
Celebrity
TV • 1984
Regina Brown
A Different World
TV • 1987
Dr. Langhorne
Jane the Virgin
TV • 2014
Beverly Flores
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Precious (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Lola (voice)
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV • 2009
Self
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Catherine Avery
Raven's Home
TV • 2017
Great Aunt Maureen
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
TV • 2018
Self
Grace and Frankie
TV • 2015
Dorothy
S.W.A.T.
TV • 2017
Charice Harrelson
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Valerie Hill
A Different World
TV • 1987
Debbie Allen (uncredited)
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
JANET JACKSON.
TV • 2022
Self
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
TV • 2025
Self
Everybody Hates Chris
TV • 2005
Mother
So You Think You Can Dance
TV • 2005
Self - Guest Judge