
Born 1950
Debbie Allen is an American film and television actress and director.
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Filmography
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Slates Featured

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

The Hidden Power of Purpose(2023)
as Narrator (voice)

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

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

Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker(2020)
as Herself

Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance(2020)
as Self

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back(2019)
as Self
American Tap(2018)
as Self

The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker(2014)

A Star for Rose(2013)
as Rose

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

Fame(2009)
as Ms. Angela Simms

Next Day Air(2009)
as Ms. Jackson
Bring Back... Fame(2008)
as Self

Tournament of Dreams(2007)
as Rhonda Dillins

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

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

Confessions of an Action Star(2005)
as Self

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies(2004)
as Self
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo(2002)
as Self (uncredited)

It's Black Entertainment(2002)
as Self

The Painting(2001)
as Bertha Lee Gilmore

All About You(2001)
as Ruth
The Old Settler(2001)
as Quilly McGrath

Everything's Jake(2000)
as Debbie Allen

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker(1999)
as Herself

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

The Middle Passage(1997)
as Narrator

Out-of-Sync(1995)
as Manicurist
Mona Must Die(1994)
as Betty

Blank Check(1994)
as Yvonne

Stompin' at the Savoy(1992)
as Estelle

Sunday in Paris(1991)
as Sunday Chase

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

Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella(1990)
as Self
The Debbie Allen Special(1989)
as Self

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood(1987)
as Self

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling(1986)
as Michelle
Dancing in the Wings(1985)
as Debbie

Night of 100 Stars II(1985)
as Self

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

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team(1984)
as Self - Performer

Women of San Quentin(1983)
as Carol Freeman
The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London(1983)
as Self

Alice at the Palace(1982)
as Red Queen

Ragtime(1981)
as Sarah

Fame(1980)
as Lydia

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh(1979)
as Ola

Ebony, Ivory and Jade(1979)
as Claire 'Ebony' Bryant
The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots(1978)
as Self

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

Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self

Splinter
as Mrs. James

The Jennifer Hudson Show(2022)
as Self - Guest