Debbie Allen

Born: 1950-01-16

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


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as Yvonne
Released: 1994-02-11

Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston is fed up with his family...

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Fame

as Lydia
Released: 1980-05-16

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students...

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Fame

as Ms. Angela Simms
Released: 2009-09-23

An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy...

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Ragtime

as Sarah
Released: 1981-11-20

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among...

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Next Day Air

as Ms. Jackson
Released: 2009-02-06

Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the...

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Night of 100 Stars II

as Self
Released: 1985-03-10

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited...

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Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella

as Self
Released: 1990-01-01

A 1990 PBS documentary around the topic of A cappella music. Artists that performed as part of...

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Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration

as Self
Released: 1985-02-18

Broadcast on NBC February 18, 1985, the Disneyland 30th Anniversary Celebration was hosted by...

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It's Black Entertainment

as Self
Released: 2002-02-08

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of...

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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

as Michelle
Released: 1986-05-02

Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness....

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Confessions of an Action Star

as Self
Released: 2005-01-23

A 'mocumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star,...

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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

as Ola
Released: 1979-11-06

The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new...

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Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

as Self
Released: 2022-02-03

Exploring how Black actresses, a historically overlooked and under-valued group in Hollywood,...

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A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

as Self
Released: 2011-11-15

A documentary with stars from the original cast.

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Ebony, Ivory and Jade

as Claire 'Ebony' Bryant
Released: 1979-08-03

In this prospective pilot, Mick Jade, a tennis bum-turned-Las Vegas-song-and-dance man, doubles...

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Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

as American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses
Released: 2006-08-19

In the Lifetime® movie, THE FANTASIA BARRINO STORY: LIFE IS NOT A FAIRYTALE, a single teenage...

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Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

as Self
Released: 2019-11-10

Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show...

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The Painting

as Bertha Lee Gilmore
Released: 2001-10-27

Heath Freeman (Tru Calling, ER) heads an all-star cast including Clifton Davis (Any Given...

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

as Anita (segment "West Side Story")
Released: 2005-08-07

Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey...

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Out-of-Sync

as Manicurist
Released: 1995-06-04

A DJ and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss.

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Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

as Herself
Released: 2020-11-27

This documentary spotlights Debbie Allen's career and follows her group of dance students as...

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Alice at the Palace

as Red Queen
Released: 1982-01-16

Meryl Streep stars as Alice in this production of Elizabeth Swados' musical, which was adapted...

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All About You

as uncredited
Released: 2001-08-04

Two people run from the pain of their broken past. When they discover each other, they find...

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The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

as Julie Sutton
Released: 1977-10-26

Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.

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Women of San Quentin

as Carol Freeman
Released: 1983-10-23

A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the...

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Sunday in Paris

as Sunday Chase
Released: 1991-07-07

A pilot for an unsold NBC series. A single woman with three children realizes that her family...

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Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance

as Self
Released: 2020-06-30

Follow the fascinating evolution of jazz dance from its origins in Africa, through to its...

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Michael Jordan: An American Hero

as Deloris Jordan
Released: 1999-04-18

Michael Jordan: An American Hero is an American television film that aired on April 18, 1999 on...

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Everything's Jake

as Debbie Allen
Released: 2000-09-25

A homeless man takes a newly homeless man under his wing and teaches him how to survive on the...

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Stompin' at the Savoy

as Estelle
Released: 1992-04-19

As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle...

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Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous

as Betty Samson
Released: 2021-04-08

Anna Campbell, now 65, sparked controversy when she bared it all on stage years ago. When a...

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The Hidden Power of Purpose

as Narrator
Released: 2023-10-08

Narrated by Debbie Allen, the film bridges inspiring stories of individuals who have found...

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Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

as Herself
Released: 1999-07-20

From world-renowned performer of the Jazz Age, to WWII spy, to civil rights activist – a look...

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Grey's Anatomy

as Catherine Fox
First aired: 2005-03-27

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...

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Grey's Anatomy

as Catherine Avery
First aired: 2005-03-27

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...

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The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self
First aired: 2022-09-12

Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.

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S.W.A.T.

as Charice Harrelson
First aired: 2017-11-02

A locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to...

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Jane the Virgin

as Beverly Flores
First aired: 2014-10-13

A comedy-drama following a chaste young woman who is accidentally impregnated via artificial...

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Raven's Home

as Great Aunt Maureen
First aired: 2017-07-21

Best friends Raven and Chelsea, now both divorced mothers, are raising their children in a house...

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The Love Boat

as Selena Moore
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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The Cosby Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-09-20

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for...

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Grace and Frankie

as Dorothy
First aired: 2015-05-08

Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives...

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A Different World

as Dr. Langhorne
First aired: 1987-09-24

A Different World is an American television sitcom which aired for six seasons on NBC. It is a...

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A Different World

as Herself (Uncredited)
First aired: 1987-09-24

A Different World is an American television sitcom which aired for six seasons on NBC. It is a...

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Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self
First aired: 2009-10-03

Compelling, surprising and downright spooky — celebrities share their real-life personal...

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Quantum Leap

as Joanna Chapman
First aired: 1989-03-26

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the...

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Everybody Hates Chris

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-09-22

Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the...

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All of Us

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-09-16

Robert James, an entertainment reporter for a local Los Angeles television station, is handsome,...

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So You Think You Can Dance

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-07-20

Dancers selected in open auditions across America take part in a rigorous competition designed...

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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Precious (voice)
First aired: 1995-03-12

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Lola (voice)
First aired: 1995-03-12

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

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In the House

as Jackie Warren
First aired: 1995-04-10

In the House is an American sitcom

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The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

as Myrtle (voice)
First aired: 2022-02-23

Follow the adventures and misadventures of newly 14-year-old Penny Proud and her family as they...

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Battle of the Network Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-11-13

Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS,...

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Intimate Portrait

as Self
First aired: 1993-11-14

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network...

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Great Performances

as Self
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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Roots: The Next Generations

as Nan Branch Haley
First aired: 1979-02-18

Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from...

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Fame

as Lydia Grant
First aired: 1982-01-07

An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on...

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The Division

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-01-07

The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and...

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Good Times

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-02-08

Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1,...

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Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2019-09-09

Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she...

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E! True Hollywood Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-08-21

E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood...

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Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts

as Self
First aired: 2021-07-28

Get personal with Robin Roberts and some of Hollywood’s groundbreaking women as they bear...

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C Bear and Jamal

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-02-03

C Bear and Jamal is an animated children's television show that premiered on the Fox Kids...

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Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

as Self
First aired: 2018-10-13

A unique portrait of how art and activism for black people in film are indivisible from race and...

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JANET JACKSON.

as Self
First aired: 2022-01-28

The documentary takes viewers through Janet Jackson's life and career, contain never-before-seen...

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Bring Back...

as Self - Lydia Grant
First aired: 2005-05-10

Bring Back... is a British television series comprising one-off shows where Justin Lee Collins...

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Celebrity

as Regina Brown
First aired: 1984-02-12

Self-proclaimed faith healer T.J. Luther, movie star Mack Crawford and journalist Kleber...

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Cardi Tries

as Self
First aired: 2020-12-17

Rap superstar Cardi B is back with more adventures than ever! Always up for a challenge, Cardi...

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The Unwanted Mate

as Mrs. Walker
First aired: 2024-03-30

Evelyn, a young omega, is rescued by Alpha Keiran when she is ambushed by the rogues. And then...

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