Debbie Allen

Biography

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

Known For

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Self

Grey's Anatomy

Catherine Fox

Grey's Anatomy

Catherine Avery

Tamron Hall

Self - Guest

Touched by an Angel

Valerie Hill

The Love Boat

Selena Moore

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Self

Raven's Home

Great Aunt Maureen

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	The Hidden Power of Purpose	Narrator (voice)
2022	Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising	Self
2021	Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous	Betty Samson
2020	Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance	Self
2020	Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker	Herself
2019	Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back	Self
2018	American Tap	Self
2017	Broadway: The Next Generation	Self
2013	A Star for Rose	Rose
2011	A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy	Self
2009	Next Day Air	Ms. Jackson
2009	Fame	Ms. Angela Simms
2008	Bring Back... Fame	Self
2007	Tournament of Dreams	Rhonda Dillins
2006	Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story	American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses
2005	Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards	Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)
2005	Confessions of an Action Star	Self
2004	AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies	Self
2002	The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo	Self (uncredited)
2002	It's Black Entertainment	Self
2001	All About You
2001	The Old Settler	Quilly McGrath
2001	The Painting	Bertha Lee Gilmore
2000	Everything's Jake	Debbie Allen
1999	Michael Jordan: An American Hero	Deloris Jordan
1999	Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker	Herself
1997	The Middle Passage	Narrator
1995	Out-of-Sync	Manicurist
1994	Mona Must Die	Betty
1994	Blank Check	Yvonne
1992	Stompin' at the Savoy	Estelle
1991	Sunday in Paris	Sunday Chase
1990	Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella	Self
1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self
1986	Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling	Michelle
1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self
1985	Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration	Self
1984	The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1983	The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London	Self
1983	Women of San Quentin	Carol Freeman
1982	Alice at the Palace	Red Queen
1981	Ragtime	Sarah
1980	Fame	Lydia
1979	The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh	Ola
1979	Ebony, Ivory and Jade	Claire 'Ebony' Bryant
1977	The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened	Julie Sutton

Year	TV Show	Role
2022	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	Myrtle (voice)
2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Self
2022	JANET JACKSON.	Self
2021	Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts	Self
2020	Cardi Tries	Self
2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest
2018	Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'	Self
2017	Raven's Home	Great Aunt Maureen
2017	S.W.A.T.	Charice Harrelson
2015	Grace and Frankie	Dorothy
2014	Jane the Virgin	Beverly Flores
2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self
2005	Everybody Hates Chris
2005	So You Think You Can Dance
2005	Grey's Anatomy	Catherine Fox
2005	Bring Back...	Self - Lydia Grant
2005	Grey's Anatomy	Catherine Avery
2003	All of Us
2001	The Division
1996	E! True Hollywood Story
1996	C Bear and Jamal
1995	In the House	Jackie Warren
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Precious (voice)
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Lola (voice)
1994	Touched by an Angel	Valerie Hill
1993	Intimate Portrait	Self
1991	Sunday in Paris
1989	Quantum Leap	Joanna Chapman
1987	A Different World	Dr. Langhorne
1987	A Different World	Debbie Allen (uncredited)
1984	The Cosby Show	Emma
1984	Celebrity	Regina Brown
1982	Fame	Lydia Grant
1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Nan Branch Haley
1977	The Love Boat	Selena Moore
1977	3 Girls 3	Self
1976	Battle of the Network Stars
1974	Good Times
1971	Great Performances	Self