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Debbie Allen
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American actress, choreographer, television director, television producer, singer, and dancer (born 1950)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Trusting in Love
- Classified Unrest
- Dare to Ride
- Keepsake Relationships
- Easy Steps to Starting Your Own Writing Business
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Film & TV
Acting · Houston, Texas, USA
Debbie Allen is an American film and television actress and director.
Known for
- A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is Deadly — Detective Foster2025
- Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television — Self2025
- The Hidden Power of Purpose — Narrator (voice)2023
- Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising — Self2022
- The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder — Myrtle (voice)2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- JANET JACKSON. — Self2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest2022
- Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous — Betty Samson2021
- Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts — Self2021
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1950
Discography
- Special Look1989
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 314
- Total plays
- 3,492
Tags
Deborrah Kaye “Debbie” Allen (born January 16, 1950) is an American actress, dancer, singer, choreographer, television director, television producer, and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She is perhaps best known for her work on the 1982 musical-drama television series Fame, where she portrayed dance teacher Lydia Grant, and served as the series' principal choreographer. She is the younger sister of actress/director/singer Phylicia Rashād. <a href="https://www.l
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,382x
- UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age
· 2015 · cited 12,367x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,685x
- Use of Ranks in One-Criterion Variance Analysis
· 1952 · cited 10,874x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,201x
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Key facts
- Born
- Deborah Kaye Allen , ( 1950-01-16 ) January 16, 1950 (age 76) , Houston, Texas , U.S.
- Education
- Howard University ( BA )
- Occupations
- Actress dancer choreographer singer television director television producer
- Years active
- 1969–present
- Spouses
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- Children
- 3, including Vivian Nixon
- Relatives
- Phylicia Rashad (sister), Condola Rashad (niece)
- Website
- Debbie Allen Dance Academy , Debbie Allen Twitter
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Debbie Allen Dance Academy | Non-Profit Dance Organization | Los Angeles
The Debbie Allen Dance Academy is a non-profit organization offering comprehensive dance classes to students ages four and up in Los Angeles, CA.
debbieallendanceacademy.com →"The voices, the dances, the storytelling- all part of the genius that is Debbie Allen- will leave an imprint on your mind and hopefully provide a call to action for your soul.” Shonda Rhimes "Debbie Allen is a magician. What she does with these young people is pure magic." Denzel Washington Actor, Director and Producer
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Encyclopedic overview
Deborah Kaye Allen (born January 16, 1950) is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, singer, director, producer, and a former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She has been nominated for 22 Emmy Awards (winning six), and two Tony Awards. She has won a Golden Globe Award, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991. In 2026, she received an Academy Honorary Award.
Allen is best known for her work in the musical-drama television series Fame (1982–1987), where she portrayed dance teacher Lydia Grant, and served as the series' principal choreographer. For this role in 1983, she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy and two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Choreography and also received four nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Allen later began working as director and producer, most notably producing and directing 83 of 144 episodes of the NBC comedy series A Different World (1988–1993). She returned to acting, playing the leading role in the NBC sitcom In the House from 1995 to 1996, and in 2011, began playing Dr. Catherine Avery in the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy, also serving as an executive producer/director. She has directed more than 50 television and film productions.
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