Movies
TV Shows
Actors
Debbie Allen
Jan 16, 1950 (75 years old) in Houston, Texas, USA
Known For
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
S.W.A.T.
Great Performances
The Love Boat
Credits
2025 ·
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
as Self
2023 ·
The Hidden Power of Purpose
as Narrator (voice)
2022 ·
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022 ·
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as Myrtle (voice)
2022 ·
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
as Self
2022 ·
JANET JACKSON.
as Self
2021 ·
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
as Self
2021 ·
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
as Betty Samson
2020 ·
Cardi Tries
as Self
2020 ·
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
as Herself
2020 ·
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
as Self
2019 ·
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
as Self
2019 ·
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2018 ·
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
as Self
2018 ·
American Tap
as Self
2017 ·
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
2017 ·
S.W.A.T.
as Charice Harrelson
2017 ·
Raven's Home
as Great Aunt Maureen
2015 ·
Grace and Frankie
as Dorothy
2014 ·
Jane the Virgin
as Beverly Flores
2013 ·
A Star for Rose
as Rose
2011 ·
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
as Self
2009 ·
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009 ·
Fame
as Ms. Angela Simms
2009 ·
Next Day Air
as Ms. Jackson
2008 ·
Bring Back... Fame
as Self
2007 ·
Tournament of Dreams
as Rhonda Dillins
2006 ·
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
as American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses
2005 ·
Everybody Hates Chris
as
2005 ·
Everybody Hates Chris
as Mother
2005 ·
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)
2005 ·
So You Think You Can Dance
as
2005 ·
Bring Back...
as Self - Lydia Grant
2005 ·
Grey's Anatomy
as Catherine Fox
2005 ·
Grey's Anatomy
as Catherine Avery
2005 ·
Confessions of an Action Star
as Self
2004 ·
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Self
2003 ·
All of Us
as
2002 ·
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
as Self (uncredited)
2002 ·
It's Black Entertainment
as Self
2001 ·
The Painting
as Bertha Lee Gilmore
2001 ·
All About You
as
2001 ·
The Old Settler
as Quilly McGrath
2001 ·
The Division
as Wanda
2000 ·
Everything's Jake
as Debbie Allen
1999 ·
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
as Herself
1999 ·
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
as Deloris Jordan
1997 ·
The Middle Passage
as Narrator
1996 ·
E! True Hollywood Story
as
1996 ·
C Bear and Jamal
as
1995 ·
Out-of-Sync
as Manicurist
1995 ·
In the House
as Jackie Warren
1995 ·
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Precious (voice)
1995 ·
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Lola (voice)
1994 ·
Touched by an Angel
as Valerie Hill
1994 ·
Mona Must Die
as Betty
1994 ·
Blank Check
as Yvonne
1993 ·
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1992 ·
Stompin' at the Savoy
as Estelle
1991 ·
Sunday in Paris
as Sunday Chase
1991 ·
Sunday in Paris
as
1990 ·
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
as Self
1989 ·
Quantum Leap
as Joanna Chapman
1987 ·
A Different World
as Dr.Langhorne
1987 ·
A Different World
as Dr. Langhorne
1987 ·
A Different World
as Debbie Allen (uncredited)
1987 ·
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1986 ·
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
as Michelle
1985 ·
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985 ·
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
1984 ·
The Cosby Show
as Emma
1984 ·
Celebrity
as Regina Brown
1984 ·
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
as
1983 ·
Women of San Quentin
as Carol Freeman
1983 ·
The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London
as Self
1982 ·
Alice at the Palace
as Red Queen
1982 ·
Fame
as Lydia Grant
1981 ·
Ragtime
as Sarah
1980 ·
Fame
as Lydia
1979 ·
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
as Ola
1979 ·
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
as Claire 'Ebony' Bryant
1979 ·
Roots: The Next Generations
as Nan Branch Haley
1977 ·
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
as Julie Sutton
1977 ·
The Love Boat
as Selena Moore
1977 ·
3 Girls 3
as Self
1976 ·
Battle of the Network Stars
as
1974 ·
Good Times
as
1971 ·
Great Performances
as Self
2025 ·
Splinter
as Mrs. James
