Debbie Allen

Known for: Acting
Born: January 16, 1950, Houston, Texas, USA
Movies: 68

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

Upcoming Debbie Allen Movies

Broadway: The Next Generation

Release date TBA

Splinter

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.0

Amistad

1997

6.0

Blank Check

1994

6.4

Fame

1980

5.7

Fame

2009

7.0

Ragtime

1981

5.1

Next Day Air

2009

5.8

Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square

2020

10.0

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

2002

6.5

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

1986

5.9

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

1979

Filmography

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

Directing, Writing & Producing

2020	Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square	Director
2014	The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker	Writer, Director
2013	A Star for Rose	Producer
2006	Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story	Director
2001	The Old Settler	Director
1998	Mariah Carey: Butterfly World Tour - Live at Tokyo Dome	Director
1997	Amistad	Producer
1995	Out-of-Sync	Director
1993	Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms	Director
1992	Stompin' at the Savoy	Director
1990	Polly: Comin' Home!	Director
1989	Polly	Director
1989	The Debbie Allen Special	Director, Writer
1985	Dancing in the Wings	Producer, Writer

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