Debbie Allen
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Debbie Allen is an American film and television actress and director.
Known for
Credits
Blank Check (1994)
as Yvonne
Fame (1980)
as Lydia
Fame (2009)
as Ms. Angela Simms
Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985)
Actor
Confessions of an Action Star (2005)
as Self
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (1986)
Actor
Broadway: The Next Generation (—)
as Self
Ragtime (1981)
as Sarah
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
as Ola
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
as Michelle
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
as Self
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising (2022)
as Self
Ships of Slaves: The Middle Passage (1997)
as Narrator
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Stompin' at the Savoy (1992)
as Estelle
Next Day Air (2009)
as Ms. Jackson
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
as Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006)
as American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses
It's Black Entertainment (2002)
as Self
Women of San Quentin (1983)
as Carol Freeman
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration (1985)
as Self
Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979)
as Claire 'Ebony' Bryant
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back (2019)
as Self
The Debbie Allen Special (1989)
as Self
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella (1990)
Actor
Michael Jordan: An American Hero (1999)
as Deloris Jordan
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella (1990)
as Self
Dancing in the Wings (1985)
as Debbie
Alice at the Palace (1982)
as Red Queen
All About You (2001)
as Ruth
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977)
as Julie Sutton
The Old Settler (2001)
as Quilly McGrath
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy (2011)
as Self
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker (1999)
as Herself
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance (2020)
as Self
The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London (1983)
as Self
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team (1984)
as Self - Performer
Superstars and their Moms (1987)
as Self
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous (2021)
as Betty Samson
A Star for Rose (2013)
as Rose
Out-of-Sync (1995)
as Manicurist
The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots (1978)
as Self
The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (2014)
Actor
The Painting (2001)
as Bertha Lee Gilmore
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (2020)
as Herself
The Hidden Power of Purpose (2023)
as Narrator (voice)
A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is Deadly (2025)
as Detective Foster
Everything's Jake (2000)
as Debbie Allen
Bring Back... Fame (2008)
as Self
American Tap (2018)
as Self
Sunday in Paris (1991)
as Sunday Chase
Mona Must Die (1994)
as Betty
Tournament of Dreams (2007)
as Rhonda Dillins
Splinter (—)
as Mrs. James