Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen

Birthday: 1950-01-16

Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA

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

Movies

Fame
Fame

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted ...

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Everything's Jake
Everything's Jake

A homeless man takes a newly homeless man under his wing and teaches him how to survive on the stree...

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Ragtime
Ragtime

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the ra...

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Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance

Follow the fascinating evolution of jazz dance from its origins in Africa, through to its modern-day...

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Michael Jordan: An American Hero
Michael Jordan: An American Hero

Michael Jordan: An American Hero is an American television film that aired on April 18, 1999 on Fox....

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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After ...

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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrol...

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The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London
The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London

This is a live performance for the British fans of Fame that recreates their most memorable episode ...

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Bring Back... Fame
Bring Back... Fame

Justin Lee Collins attempts to track down the cast of Fame, both the film and the TV series....

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

Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein ar...

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Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

Exploring how Black actresses, a historically overlooked and under-valued group in Hollywood, have i...

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A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

A documentary with stars from the original cast....

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All About You
All About You

Two people run from the pain of their broken past. When they discover each other, they find themselv...

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Alice at the Palace
Alice at the Palace

Meryl Streep stars as Alice in this production of Elizabeth Swados' musical, which was adapted from ...

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Mona Must Die
Mona Must Die

Disillusioned, Eddie is a long-suffering husband who finds passion and happiness with his neighbor, ...

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The Hidden Power of Purpose
The Hidden Power of Purpose

Narrated by Debbie Allen, the film bridges inspiring stories of individuals who have found purpose i...

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The Old Settler
The Old Settler

The Old Settler is the story of two middle-aged sisters, Elizabeth and Quilly, who share an apartmen...

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Out-of-Sync
Out-of-Sync

A DJ and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss....

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Night of 100 Stars II
Night of 100 Stars II

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a...

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Broadway: The Next Generation
Broadway: The Next Generation

A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way....

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Tournament of Dreams
Tournament of Dreams

The Lady Cavaliers high school girls' basketball team is on the verge of extinction because of schoo...

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The Painting
The Painting

Heath Freeman (Tru Calling, ER) heads an all-star cast including Clifton Davis (Any Given Sunday) Be...

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A Star for Rose
A Star for Rose

Small town girl Marcy comes to LA with stars in her eyes, thinking she can make it big on Search for...

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Women of San Quentin
Women of San Quentin

A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughe...

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Ebony, Ivory and Jade
Ebony, Ivory and Jade

In this prospective pilot, Mick Jade, a tennis bum-turned-Las Vegas-song-and-dance man, doubles as a...

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The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia....

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Blank Check
Blank Check

Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston Waters is fed up with his fam...

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Sunday in Paris
Sunday in Paris

A pilot for an unsold NBC series. A single woman with three children realizes that her family has lo...

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

Cartoon Network holds an awards show awarding cartoon excellence....

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It's Black Entertainment
It's Black Entertainment

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Amer...

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Next Day Air
Next Day Air

Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the jackpot,...

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Confessions of an Action Star
Confessions of an Action Star

A 'mockumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Fran...

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American Tap
American Tap

The history of tap is an ever-evolving panorama of inclusion, adversity, and reinvention. This in-de...

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Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella

A 1990 PBS documentary around the topic of A cappella music. Artists that performed as part of the d...

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Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

From world-renowned performer of the Jazz Age, to WWII spy, to civil rights activist – a look into t...

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Stompin' at the Savoy
Stompin' at the Savoy

As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle to s...

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Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

Maurice Hines -- actor, director, singer, and choreographer -- navigates the complications of show b...

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Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

A single mother’s American Idol audition helps her rise above a history of poverty, sexual abuse, an...

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Fame
Fame

At New York's High School of Performing Arts, students from all walks of life get the chance to hone...

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Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

This documentary spotlights Debbie Allen's career and follows her group of dance students as they pr...

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Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous

Anna Campbell, now 65, sparked controversy when she bared it all on stage years ago. When a theatre ...

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Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration

Broadcast on NBC February 18, 1985, the Disneyland 30th Anniversary Celebration was hosted by John F...

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

The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-...

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The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage

"Explores the 400-year era of the transatlantic slave trade, when millions of Africans were kidnappe...

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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film....

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The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

Star studded show...

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A Different World
A Different World

A Different World is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of The Cosby Show. It aired...

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Splinter
Splinter

A motorcycle-riding, pill-popping school psychologist must come to terms with her own trauma in orde...

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The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

After receiving the gift of a magical Nutcracker filled with hot chocolate, Kara drifts off to a hap...

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