Actor
Debbie Allen
Born January 16, 1950 in Houston, Texas, USA30 films
Debbie Allen is an American film and television actress and director.
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First watchRagtime19817.0as SarahA young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York…View filmEssential films
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30 films as actor- TBASplinterMrs. James
- 2025A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is DeadlyDetective Foster
- 2021Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly GorgeousBetty Samson
- 2014The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
- 2013A Star for RoseRose
- 2009FameMs. Angela Simms
- 2009Next Day AirMs. Jackson
- 2007Tournament of DreamsRhonda Dillins
- 2006Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino StoryAmerican Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses
- 2001The PaintingBertha Lee Gilmore
- 2001All About YouRuth
- 2001The Old SettlerQuilly McGrath
- 2000Everything's JakeDebbie Allen
- 1999Michael Jordan: An American HeroDeloris Jordan
- 1995Out-of-SyncManicurist
- 1994Mona Must DieBetty
- 1994Blank CheckYvonne
- 1992Stompin' at the SavoyEstelle
- 1991Sunday in ParisSunday Chase
- 1990Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
- 1986Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is CallingMichelle
- 1985Dancing in the WingsDebbie
- 1985Motown Returns to the Apollo
- 1983Women of San QuentinCarol Freeman
- 1982Alice at the PalaceRed Queen
- 1981RagtimeSarah
- 1980FameLydia
- 1979The Fish That Saved PittsburghOla
- 1979Ebony, Ivory and JadeClaire 'Ebony' Bryant
- 1977The Greatest Thing That Almost HappenedJulie Sutton