Debbie Allen
Acting • AGE 76
Debbie Allen is an American film and television actress and director.
Acting
A Different World
Director
2026
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Self
2025
A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is Deadly
Detective Foster
2025
The Six Triple Eight
Choreographer
2024
The Hidden Power of Purpose
Narrator (voice)
2023
Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!
Creative Director
2022
A Jazzman's Blues
Choreographer
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
Myrtle (voice)
2022
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
Self
2022
JANET JACKSON.
Self
2022
The Ms. Pat Show
Director
2021
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
Self
2021
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
Betty Samson
2021
Cardi Tries
Self
2020
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
Herself
2020
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
Director
2020
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
Self
2020
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Self
2019
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
2019
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
2018
S.W.A.T.
Charice Harrelson
2017
Raven's Home
Great Aunt Maureen
2017
Insecure
Director
2016
Grace and Frankie
Dorothy
2015
Empire
Director
2015
The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
2014
Jane the Virgin
Beverly Flores
2014
How to Get Away with Murder
Director
2014
A Star for Rose
Rose
2013
Witches of East End
Director
2013
The Client List
Director
2012
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Self
2011
Hellcats
Director
2010
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Fame
Ms. Angela Simms
2009
Next Day Air
Ms. Jackson
2009
Tournament of Dreams
Rhonda Dillins
2007
The Game
Director
2006
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses
2006
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)
2005
So You Think You Can Dance
2005
Bring Back...
Self - Lydia Grant
2005
Grey's Anatomy
Catherine Fox
2005
Confessions of an Action Star
Self
2005
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
2004
All of Us
2003
That's So Raven
Director
2003
The Twilight Zone
Director
2002
It's Black Entertainment
Self
2002
The Painting
Bertha Lee Gilmore
2001
All About You
Ruth
2001
The Division
Wanda
2001
Everything's Jake
Debbie Allen
2000
Girlfriends
Director
2000
The Parkers
Director
1999
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Herself
1999
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
Deloris Jordan
1999
Mariah Carey: Butterfly World Tour - Live at Tokyo Dome
Director
1998
The Middle Passage
Narrator
1997
Amistad
Producer
1997
Between Brothers
Director
1997
The Jamie Foxx Show
Director
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
C Bear and Jamal
1996
Out-of-Sync
Manicurist
1995
Forget Paris
Choreographer
1995
In the House
Jackie Warren
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Precious (voice)
1995
Touched by an Angel
Valerie Hill
1994
Blank Check
Yvonne
1994
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms
Director
1993
Stompin' at the Savoy
Estelle
1992
Sunday in Paris
Sunday Chase
1991
Polly: Comin' Home!
Director
1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Director
1990
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
Self
1990
Polly
Director
1989
Quantum Leap
Joanna Chapman
1989
A Different World
Dr. Langhorne
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
The Bronx Zoo
Director
1987
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Michelle
1986
Dancing in the Wings
Debbie
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Self
1985
The Cosby Show
Emma
1984
Celebrity
Regina Brown
1984
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
Self - Performer
1984
Women of San Quentin
Carol Freeman
1983
Family Ties
Director
1982
Alice at the Palace
Red Queen
1982
Fame
Lydia Grant
1982
Ragtime
Sarah
1981
Fame
Lydia
1980
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Ola
1979
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
Claire 'Ebony' Bryant
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
Nan Branch Haley
1979
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Julie Sutton
1977
The Love Boat
Selena Moore
1977
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Good Times
1974
Great Performances
Self
1971
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
Splinter
Mrs. James