
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

Ragtime (1981)
as Sarah

Fame (2009)
as Ms. Angela Simms
The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots (1978)
as Self

Next Day Air (2009)
as Ms. Jackson

Confessions of an Action Star (2005)
as Self

Broadway: The Next Generation (—)
as Self

Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self

All About You (2001)
as Ruth

Out-of-Sync (1995)
as Manicurist

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
as Ola

The Painting (2001)
as Bertha Lee Gilmore
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo (2002)
as Self (uncredited)

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
as Michelle

It's Black Entertainment (2002)
as Self

Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration (1985)
as Self

Women of San Quentin (1983)
as Carol Freeman
The Old Settler (2001)
as Quilly McGrath

Alice at the Palace (1982)
as Red Queen

The Middle Passage (1997)
as Narrator

Everything's Jake (2000)
as Debbie Allen

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
as Self

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006)
as American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses

Michael Jordan: An American Hero (1999)
as Deloris Jordan

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
as Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team (1984)
as Self - Performer
American Tap (2018)
as Self
The Debbie Allen Special (1989)
as Self

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising (2022)
as Self

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back (2019)
as Self
Mona Must Die (1994)
as Betty

Stompin' at the Savoy (1992)
as Estelle

Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979)
as Claire 'Ebony' Bryant

Dancing in the Wings (1985)
as Debbie

Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous (2021)
as Betty Samson

The Hidden Power of Purpose (2023)
as Narrator (voice)
The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London (1983)
as Self

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker (1999)
as Herself

Tournament of Dreams (2007)
as Rhonda Dillins

Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella (1990)
as Self

Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance (2020)
as Self
Bring Back... Fame (2008)
as Self

Splinter (—)
as Mrs. James

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977)
as Julie Sutton

Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (2020)
as Herself

The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (2014)
Actor

A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is Deadly (2025)
as Detective Foster

Sunday in Paris (1991)
as Sunday Chase

Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella (1990)
Actor

A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy (2011)
as Self

A Star for Rose (2013)
as Rose





