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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 16, 1950
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- Debra Allen
- Deborah Allen
Debbie Allen
0.8 Popularity
Biography
Debbie Allen is an American film and television actress and director.
Known For
2.5
Self
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025
0.0
Narrator (voice)
The Hidden Power of Purpose
2023
5.6
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
5.6
Myrtle (voice)
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
6.0
Self
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
2022
7.8
Self
JANET JACKSON.
2022
3.2
Self
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021
0.0
Betty Samson
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
2021
9.5
Self
Cardi Tries
2020
7.5
Herself
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
2020
Credits
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
as Self
2025
2.5
The Hidden Power of Purpose
as Narrator (voice)
2023
0.0
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as Myrtle (voice)
2022
5.6
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
as Self
2022
6.0
JANET JACKSON.
as Self
2022
7.8
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
as Self
2021
3.2
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
as Betty Samson
2021
0.0
Cardi Tries
as Self
2020
9.5
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
as Herself
2020
7.5
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
as Self
2020
5.2
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
as Self
2019
5.0
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
4.9
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
as Self
2018
6.3
🎬
American Tap
as Self
2018
6.0
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
2017
10.0
S.W.A.T.
as Charice Harrelson
2017
8.1
Raven's Home
as Great Aunt Maureen
2017
7.7
Grace and Frankie
as Dorothy
2015
7.7
The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
2014
0.0
Jane the Virgin
as Beverly Flores
2014
7.9
A Star for Rose
as Rose
2013
0.0
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
as Self
2011
0.0
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
7.3
Fame
as Ms. Angela Simms
2009
5.7
Next Day Air
as Ms. Jackson
2009
5.1
🎬
Bring Back... Fame
as Self
2008
0.0
Tournament of Dreams
as Rhonda Dillins
2007
2.3
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
as American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses
2006
6.2
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
8.1
Everybody Hates Chris
as Mother
2005
8.1
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)
2005
7.2
So You Think You Can Dance
2005
6.8
Bring Back...
as Self - Lydia Grant
2005
6.0
Grey's Anatomy
as Catherine Fox
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Catherine Avery
2005
8.2
Confessions of an Action Star
as Self
2005
4.1
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Self
2004
8.0
All of Us
2003
7.3
🎬
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
as Self (uncredited)
2002
10.0
It's Black Entertainment
as Self
2002
8.0
The Painting
as Bertha Lee Gilmore
2001
7.0
All About You
2001
8.7
🎬
The Old Settler
as Quilly McGrath
2001
2.7
The Division
as Wanda
2001
7.1
Everything's Jake
as Debbie Allen
2000
0.0
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
as Herself
1999
2.0
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
as Deloris Jordan
1999
5.9
🎬
The Middle Passage
as Narrator
1997
0.0
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
C Bear and Jamal
1996
5.5
Out-of-Sync
as Manicurist
1995
3.9
In the House
as Jackie Warren
1995
7.5
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Precious (voice)
1995
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Lola (voice)
1995
6.0
Touched by an Angel
as Valerie Hill
1994
7.2
🎬
Mona Must Die
as Betty
1994
1.0
Blank Check
as Yvonne
1994
5.9
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
Stompin' at the Savoy
as Estelle
1992
0.0
Sunday in Paris
as Sunday Chase
1991
4.0
🎬
Sunday in Paris
1991
0.0
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
as Self
1990
10.0
Quantum Leap
as Joanna Chapman
1989
8.0
A Different World
as Dr. Langhorne
1987
7.0
A Different World
as Debbie Allen (uncredited)
1987
7.0
A Different World
as Dr.Langhorne
1987
9.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
as Michelle
1986
6.3
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
1985
7.7
The Cosby Show
as Emma
1984
7.0
Celebrity
as Regina Brown
1984
6.0
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
as Self - Performer
1984
0.0
Women of San Quentin
as Carol Freeman
1983
1.0
🎬
The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London
as Self
1983
0.0
Alice at the Palace
as Red Queen
1982
5.5
Fame
as Lydia Grant
1982
6.8
Ragtime
as Sarah
1981
7.0
Fame
as Lydia
1980
6.4
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
as Ola
1979
5.6
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
as Claire 'Ebony' Bryant
1979
5.0
Roots: The Next Generations
as Nan Branch Haley
1979
7.5
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
as Julie Sutton
1977
0.0
The Love Boat
as Selena Moore
1977
6.3
🎬
3 Girls 3
as Self
1977
0.0
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
6.0
Good Times
1974
8.0
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
Splinter
as Mrs. James
N/A
0.0