Acting

Debbie Allen

16.01.1950 Houston, Texas, USA 123 credits Homepage

Biography

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

Career

1977 2025

94 Acting 37 Directing 66 Movies 57 Series

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

Filmography

A Different World

Series — 2026

Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television

Series — 2025

A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is Deadly

Acting: Detective Foster

The Six Triple Eight

The Hidden Power of Purpose

Acting: Narrator (voice)

Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!

Creative Director

A Jazzman's Blues

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Series — 2022

Acting: Self, Acting: Self - Guest

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

Series — 2022

Acting: Myrtle (voice)

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

Series — 2022

The Ms. Pat Show

Series — 2021

Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts

Series — 2021

Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous

Acting: Betty Samson

Series — 2020

Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

Acting: Herself

Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square

Choreographer, Director, Executive Producer

Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

Acting: Self, Executive Producer

Series — 2019

Acting: Self - Guest

Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

Series — 2018

Series — 2017

Acting: Charice Harrelson

Series — 2017

Acting: Great Aunt Maureen

Series — 2016

Grace and Frankie

Series — 2015

Acting: Dorothy

Series — 2015

The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

Acting, Director, Writer

Jane the Virgin

Series — 2014

Acting: Beverly Flores, Director

How to Get Away with Murder

Series — 2014

A Star for Rose

Acting: Rose, Producer

Witches of East End

Series — 2013

The Client List

Series — 2012

A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

Series — 2011

Series — 2010

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Series — 2009

Acting: Ms. Angela Simms

Acting: Ms. Jackson

Bring Back... Fame

Tournament of Dreams

Acting: Rhonda Dillins

Series — 2006

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

Acting: American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses, Director

Everybody Hates Chris

Series — 2005

Acting, Acting: Mother, Director

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

Acting: Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)

So You Think You Can Dance

Series — 2005

Acting, Acting: Self - Guest Judge

Series — 2005

Acting: Self - Lydia Grant

Series — 2005

Acting: Catherine Avery, Acting: Catherine Fox, Director

Confessions of an Action Star

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

Series — 2003

Acting, Director

That's So Raven

Series — 2003

The Twilight Zone

Series — 2002

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

Acting: Self (uncredited)

It's Black Entertainment

Acting: Bertha Lee Gilmore

The Old Settler

Acting: Quilly McGrath, Director

Series — 2001

Everything's Jake

Acting: Debbie Allen

Series — 2000

Series — 1999

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

Acting: Herself

Michael Jordan: An American Hero

Acting: Deloris Jordan

Mariah Carey: Butterfly World Tour - Live at Tokyo Dome

Ships of Slaves: The Middle Passage

Acting: Narrator, Executive Producer

Between Brothers

Series — 1997

The Jamie Foxx Show

Series — 1996

E! True Hollywood Story

Series — 1996

C Bear and Jamal

Series — 1996

Acting: Manicurist, Director

Series — 1995

Acting: Jackie Warren

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Series — 1995

Acting: Lola (voice), Acting: Precious (voice)

Touched by an Angel

Series — 1994

Acting: Valerie Hill

Intimate Portrait

Series — 1993

The Sinbad Show

Series — 1993

Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms

Stompin' at the Savoy

Acting: Estelle, Director

Sunday in Paris

Acting: Sunday Chase

Sunday in Paris

Series — 1991

Polly: Comin' Home!

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Series — 1990

Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella

Series — 1989

Acting: Joanna Chapman, Choreographer, Director

The Debbie Allen Special

Acting: Self, Choreographer, Director, Writer

A Different World

Series — 1987

Acting: Debbie Allen (uncredited), Acting: Dr. Langhorne, Director, Producer

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Superstars and their Moms

Series — 1987

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Acting: Michelle

An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

Dancing in the Wings

Acting: Debbie, Choreographer, Producer, Writer

Motown Returns to the Apollo

Night of 100 Stars II

Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration

Series — 1984

Series — 1984

Acting: Regina Brown

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

Acting: Self - Performer

Women of San Quentin

Acting: Carol Freeman

The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London

Series — 1982

Alice at the Palace

Acting: Red Queen

Series — 1982

Acting: Lydia Grant, Director

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

Ebony, Ivory and Jade

Acting: Claire 'Ebony' Bryant

Roots: The Next Generations

Series — 1979

Acting: Nan Branch Haley

The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

Acting: Julie Sutton

Series — 1977

Acting: Reesa Marlowe, Acting: Selena Moore

Series — 1977

Battle of the Network Stars

Series — 1976

Series — 1974

Great Performances

Series — 1971

Broadway: The Next Generation

Acting: Mrs. James