Debbie Allen

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

Born

Jan 16, 1950

Houston, Texas, USA

Known For

Acting

Movies

56 acting

27 crew

Popularity

1.0

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Known For

Blank Check

1994

as Yvonne

Fame

1980

as Lydia

Fame

2009

as Ms. Angela Simms

Ragtime

1981

as Sarah

Next Day Air

2009

as Ms. Jackson

Blank Check

1994 • as Yvonne

★ 6.0

Fame

1980 • as Lydia

★ 6.4

Fame

2009 • as Ms. Angela Simms

★ 5.7

Confessions of an Action Star

2005 • as Self

★ 4.3

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

1986 • as Michelle

★ 6.5

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987 • as Self

★ 6.0

Ragtime

1981 • as Sarah

★ 7.0

Broadway: The Next Generation

• as Self

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

1979 • as Ola

★ 5.9

Night of 100 Stars II

1985 • as Self

★ 6.8

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

2006 • as American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses

★ 6.2

movie

An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

1986

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

2022 • as Self

★ 6.0

Next Day Air

2009 • as Ms. Jackson

★ 5.1

The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo

The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo

2002 • as Self (uncredited)

★ 10.0

Motown Returns to the Apollo

1985

It's Black Entertainment

2002 • as Self

★ 8.7

movie

The Debbie Allen Special

1989 • as Self

Stompin' at the Savoy

1992 • as Estelle

Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration

Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration

1985 • as Self

★ 7.5

Superstars and their Moms

1987 • as Self

★ 10.0

Michael Jordan: An American Hero

1999 • as Deloris Jordan

★ 6.1

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

1984 • as Self - Performer

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

2005 • as Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)

★ 7.2

Everything's Jake

2000 • as Debbie Allen

★ 7.0

Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous

Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous

2021 • as Betty Samson

Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance

2020 • as Self

★ 5.2

Out-of-Sync

1995 • as Manicurist

★ 4.5

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

1977 • as Julie Sutton

★ 7.0

Alice at the Palace

1982 • as Red Queen

★ 6.2

Women of San Quentin

1983 • as Carol Freeman

★ 5.0

A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

2011 • as Self

Ships of Slaves: The Middle Passage

1997 • as Narrator

movie

American Tap

2018 • as Self

★ 6.0

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

2019 • as Self

★ 5.0

A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is Deadly

2025 • as Detective Foster

★ 3.2

Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

1990

Dancing in the Wings

1985 • as Debbie

★ 7.5

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

2004 • as Self

★ 8.3

Dance Dreams - Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

2020 • as Herself

★ 7.4

All About You

2001 • as Ruth

★ 9.0

Ebony, Ivory and Jade

1979 • as Claire 'Ebony' Bryant

★ 7.5

movie

Bring Back... Fame

2008 • as Self

movie

The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots

1978 • as Self

★ 10.0

Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella

1990 • as Self

★ 10.0

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

1999 • as Herself

★ 4.7

Sunday in Paris

1991 • as Sunday Chase

★ 6.0

The Hidden Power of Purpose

2023 • as Narrator (voice)

The Painting

2001 • as Bertha Lee Gilmore

★ 7.3

The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

2014

The Old Settler

2001 • as Quilly McGrath

★ 3.8

movie

The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London

1983 • as Self

Splinter

• as Mrs. James

A Star for Rose

2013 • as Rose

Tournament of Dreams

2007 • as Rhonda Dillins

★ 3.6

movie

Mona Must Die

1994 • as Betty

★ 4.0