Debbie Allen
Acting
99
Acting Credits
37
Directed
Biography
Debbie Allen is an American film and television actress and director.
Known For
Filmography
A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is Deadly
2025
as Detective Foster
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025
as Self
The Hidden Power of Purpose
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
2022
as Self
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
as Myrtle (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
JANET JACKSON.
2022
as Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
2021
as Betty Samson
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021
as Self
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
2020
as Self
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
2020
as Herself
Cardi Tries
2020
as Self
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
2019
as Self
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
American Tap
2018
as Self
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018
as Self
Raven's Home
2017
as Great Aunt Maureen
S.W.A.T.
2017
as Charice Harrelson
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Dorothy
The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
2014
Jane the Virgin
2014
as Beverly Flores
A Star for Rose
2013
as Rose
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
2011
as Self
Dance Moms
2011
as Self
Next Day Air
2009
as Ms. Jackson
Fame
2009
as Ms. Angela Simms
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
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
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
So You Think You Can Dance
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Catherine Fox
Bring Back...
2005
as Self - Lydia Grant
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Catherine Avery
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
as Mother
So You Think You Can Dance
2005
as Self - Guest Judge
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
as Self
All of Us
2003
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
2002
as Self (uncredited)
It's Black Entertainment
2002
as Self
All About You
2001
as Ruth
The Old Settler
2001
as Quilly McGrath
The Painting
2001
as Bertha Lee Gilmore
The Division
2001
as Wanda
Everything's Jake
2000
as Debbie Allen
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
1999
as Deloris Jordan
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
as Herself
Ships of Slaves: The Middle Passage
1997
as Narrator
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
C Bear and Jamal
1996
Out-of-Sync
1995
as Manicurist
In the House
1995
as Jackie Warren
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Precious (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Lola (voice)
Mona Must Die
1994
as Betty
Blank Check
1994
as Yvonne
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Valerie Hill
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
as Estelle
Sunday in Paris
1991
as Sunday Chase
Sunday in Paris
1991
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
1990
as Self
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990
The Debbie Allen Special
1989
as Self
Quantum Leap
1989
as Joanna Chapman
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Superstars and their Moms
1987
as Self
A Different World
1987
as Dr. Langhorne
A Different World
1987
as Debbie Allen (uncredited)
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986
as Michelle
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
1985
as Self
Dancing in the Wings
1985
as Debbie
Motown Returns to the Apollo
1985
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1984
as Self - Performer
The Cosby Show
1984
as Emma
Celebrity
1984
as Regina Brown
The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London
1983
as Self
Women of San Quentin
1983
as Carol Freeman
Alice at the Palace
1982
as Red Queen
Fame
1982
as Lydia Grant
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
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Nan Branch Haley
The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots
1978
as Self
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977
as Julie Sutton
The Love Boat
1977
as Selena Moore
3 Girls 3
1977
as Self
The Love Boat
1977
as Reesa Marlowe
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Good Times
1974
Great Performances
1971
as Self