Debbie Allen

RECENT CREDITS
Fame (FILM)  Sep. 25, 2009
Next Day Air (FILM)  May. 8, 2009
Everybody Hates Chris (TV)  Nov. 19, 2007
So You Think You Can Dance (TV)  Aug. 8, 2007
All of Us (TV)  May. 14, 2007
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HIGHLIGHTS
In 1964 became the first black dancer to gain entry to the Houston Foundation for Ballet.   
Made her Broadway debut in 1971 as a member of the chorus in Purlie.
Became a principal dancer and assistant to George Faison, the founder of the Universal Dance Experience in 1972.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Next Day Air  2009 -Ms. Jackson
Actor
Film


Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling  1986 -Michelle
Actor
Film


All of Us  2003-2007 -Katie Harrison
Director, Actor
TV
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Cool Women  2001
Executive Producer
TV
Expand


Different World   -Dr. Langhorn
Actor, Actor
TV


Everybody Hates Chris  2006-2007 -Mother
Director, Actor
TV
Expand


Michael Jordan: The Road to Victory   -Deloris Jordan
Actor
TV


Quantum Leap   -Joanne
Actor
TV


Roots: The Next Generations   -Nan Branch Haley
Actor
TV


Stompin' at the Savoy  
Director
TV


That's So Raven  2004-2006
Director
TV
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The Division   -Wanda Washington
Actor
TV
Expand


The Old Settler   -Quilly McGrath
Director, Actor
TV


Women of San Quentin  
Actor
TV


Alex in Wonderland  
Director, Choreography, Composer (Music Score), Lyricist
Film


Everything's Jake  2000 -Librarian
Actor
Film


Amistad  1997
Producer
Film


Out of Sync  1995
Director
Film


Forget Paris  1995
Choreography
Film


Mona Must Die  1994 -Betty
Actor
Film


Ragtime  1981 -Sarah
Actor
Film


Fame  1980 -Lydia
Actor
Film


The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh  1979 -Ola
Actor, Choreography
Film


The Old Settler  
Director, Actor
Film


The River Rat  
Songwriter
Film


Tournament of Dreams  
Actor
Film


Women of San Quentin   -Carol Freeman
Actor
Film


Blank Check   -Yvonne
Actor
Film


Celebrity   -Regina Brown
Actor
Film


Ebony, Ivory and Jade   -Claire "Ebony" Bryant
Actor
Film


Roots: The Next Generations   -Nan Branch Haley
Actor
Film


Soldiers of Change  
Actor
Film


Stompin' at the Savoy   -Estelle
Director, Actor
Film


Polly  
Director, Choreography
Film


Living Positive: Women and AIDS   -Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film


Alice at the Palace  
Actor
Film


All About You   -Ruth
Actor
Film


Fame  2009 -Principal Angela Simms
Actor
Film




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Highlights

In 1964 became the first black dancer to gain entry to the Houston Foundation for Ballet.   
Made her Broadway debut in 1971 as a member of the chorus in Purlie.
Became a principal dancer and assistant to George Faison, the founder of the Universal Dance Experience in 1972.
Featured in both film versions (1980 and 2009) and the TV version of Fame.
Authored two children books: Dancing in the Wings and Brothers of the Knight.
Founder of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, a non-profit dance studio located in Los Angeles.


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