Birthday: January 16, 1950
African American actress/dancer Debbie Allen had built up a solid reputation as a Broadway choreographer by the time she made her screen debut in The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979). In 1980, she created the role of demanding dance instructor Lydia Grant in Fame (1980), a role she carried over into the long-running TV series of the same name. Each and every episode of this five-season ...more- 1984
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical o
- Fame (TV Series)
- nom
- 1983
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical o
- Fame (TV Series)
- nom
- 1982
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical o
- Fame (TV Series)
- win
- 2009
- Next Day Air
- Ms. Jackson
- 2009
- Fame
- Principal Angela Simms
- 2005
- Broadway's Lost Treasures, Vol. 3
- West Side Story
- 2003
- Fame (TV Series)
- Herself
- 2006
- The Fantasia Barrino Story: Life is Not a Fairy Tale
- Director
- 2005
- That's So Raven: Boyz 'N Commotion
- Director
- 2005
- That's So Raven: The Four Aces
- Director
- 2001
- The Old Settler
- Director
- 1998
- Linc's
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