Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen

Nascimento : 1950-01-16, Houston, Texas, USA

História

Debbie Allen é uma atriz e diretora de cinema e televisão americana.

Perfil

Debbie Allen

Filmes

The Hidden Power of Purpose
Narrator
Narrated by Debbie Allen, the film bridges inspiring stories of individuals who have found purpose in their lives with the insights of leading scientists whose work affirms that living with purpose improves health and longevity.
Mariah Carey: Uma Noite Especial
Creative Director
A cantora e compositora apresenta um repertório de seus sucessos natalinos, incluindo o eterno favorito das paradas "All I Want for Christmas Is You".
O Homem do Jazz
Choreographer
Esta história de amor proibido e drama familiar revela 40 anos de segredos e mentiras ao som do legítimo blues do sul dos EUA.
Soul of a Nation: A Ascensão das Artistas Negras de Hollywood
Self
Relembrando como atrizes negras, um grupo historicamente negligenciado e subvalorizado em Hollywood, começaram a ascender aos mais altos escalões do entretenimento e da cultura americana nos últimos anos. Este especial examina como elas se tornaram poderosas, e os momentos e papéis icônicos que abriram caminho para o que são hoje.
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
Betty Samson
Anna Campbell, now 65, sparked controversy when she bared it all on stage years ago. When a theatre festival asks to re-stage the work with a younger actress in her role, dramatic and comic fireworks ensue.
Sonhar e Dançar - O Quebra-Nozes de Chocolate
Herself
O documentário retrata a dançarina e coreógrafa Debbie Allen e os alunos de sua academia durante a preparação para o espetáculo O Quebra-Nozes de Chocolate.
Natal com Dolly Parton
Executive Producer
Às vésperas do Natal, uma mulher insensível chega à cidade para vender as terras do pai. Será que a música, a magia e as lembranças podem fazê-la mudar de ideia?
Natal com Dolly Parton
Choreographer
Às vésperas do Natal, uma mulher insensível chega à cidade para vender as terras do pai. Será que a música, a magia e as lembranças podem fazê-la mudar de ideia?
Natal com Dolly Parton
Director
Às vésperas do Natal, uma mulher insensível chega à cidade para vender as terras do pai. Será que a música, a magia e as lembranças podem fazê-la mudar de ideia?
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
Self
Follow the fascinating evolution of jazz dance from its origins in Africa, through to its modern-day interpretations which reveal the political and social influences affecting the dance form today.
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Executive Producer
Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous, often estranged younger brother, tap dance legend Gregory Hines.
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Herself
Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous, often estranged younger brother, tap dance legend Gregory Hines.
American Tap
Self
O documentário aborda a história cultural da forma de dança conhecida nos EUA como "tap".
A Place for Us - West Side Story's Legacy
Self
A documentary with stars from the original cast.
Fama
Ms. Angela Simms
Uma versão atualizada do musical de 1980, que se centrava nos alunos da Academia de Artes Performáticas de Nova York.
Cadê a Minha Entrega?
Ms. Jackson
Um entregador descuidado faz a entrega de um pacote de droga pura em um endereço errado. Dois amigos abrem a caixa e acreditam ter tirado a sorte grande. Imediatamente eles vendem a droga para um primo traficante, tentando lucrar um bom dinheiro. Esse é ponto de partida para uma ação desenfreada, uma verdadeira corrida contra o tempo quando vários personagens, entre eles o entregador, os receptores e os traficantes, cada um com objetivos diferentes, saem em uma busca alucinante atrás do tal pacote.
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses
In the Lifetime® movie, THE FANTASIA BARRINO STORY: LIFE IS NOT A FAIRYTALE, a single teenage mother overcomes all odds - sexual abuse, poverty and illiteracy - by relying on her spectacular singing voice. She ultimately gains national prominence as the winner of a hit talent show. Fantasia Barrino plays herself in this modern true Cinderella story. Also starring Loretta Devine, Kadeem Hardison and Viola Davis.
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Director
In the Lifetime® movie, THE FANTASIA BARRINO STORY: LIFE IS NOT A FAIRYTALE, a single teenage mother overcomes all odds - sexual abuse, poverty and illiteracy - by relying on her spectacular singing voice. She ultimately gains national prominence as the winner of a hit talent show. Fantasia Barrino plays herself in this modern true Cinderella story. Also starring Loretta Devine, Kadeem Hardison and Viola Davis.
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Anita (segment "West Side Story")
Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein are your hosts for this third compilation of great musical performances from the archives of the Tony Award® broadcasts. Legendary stars from legendary shows strut their stuff in 23 performances that have become part of Broadway history.
Este é Sledge
Herself
Um documentário fictício sobre a ascenção e queda de um stripper que acaba se tornando super-astro dos filmes de ação. Após um período de decadência, Sledge decide retornar aos seus dias de glória. Sátira à carreira - e ao trabalho - de atores como Van Damme, Steven Seagal e Dolph Lundgren, entre outros.
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
Herself (uncredited)
Cartoon Network holds an awards show awarding cartoon excellence.
It's Black Entertainment
Self
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists featured are: Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Little Richard, Also included are today's contemporary superstars: Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, and many, more! 80 minutes plus DVD bonus features.
The Painting
Heath Freeman (Tru Calling, ER) heads an all-star cast including Clifton Davis (Any Given Sunday) Ben Vereen (Roots), Stacey Dash (Renaissance Man) and Debbie Allen (Fame) in the period drama Soldier of Change, which resurrects the turmoil and confusion of the late sixties. Travel back in time to visit a young man, Randy (Freeman) who finds himself immersed in the impassioned civil rights cause in the States, and struggles valiantly to adjust to the changing social fabric around him. But this is only the first of two worlds that Randy encounters. When he is drafted and shipped off to Asia - and the nightmare that called itself Vietnam - this inexperienced soldier must fight for his life and his convictions as he attempts to survive amid the turmoil of a war whose real nature is alien even to the country fighting it.
All About You
Two people run from the pain of their broken past. When they discover each other, they find themselves at a crossroad where the only thing that stands between them and a second chance is each other.
The Old Settler
Quilly McGrath
The Old Settler is the story of two middle-aged sisters, Elizabeth and Quilly, who share an apartment in Harlem in 1943. The sisters quarrel amiably, but they share a wounded history that becomes revealed as the tale unfolds. An earnest but unworldly young man named Husband travels up from the South to board with the sisters while he searches for his beloved Lou Bessie, who left their small town a few years back to find a new life. Husband would like to bring Lou Bessie back home, but she's enamored with the excitement of the city, and her plans are more complicated. In time, Elizabeth and Husband begin a courtship that may or may not overcome their considerable age difference, while Quilly reacts disapprovingly.
The Old Settler
Director
The Old Settler is the story of two middle-aged sisters, Elizabeth and Quilly, who share an apartment in Harlem in 1943. The sisters quarrel amiably, but they share a wounded history that becomes revealed as the tale unfolds. An earnest but unworldly young man named Husband travels up from the South to board with the sisters while he searches for his beloved Lou Bessie, who left their small town a few years back to find a new life. Husband would like to bring Lou Bessie back home, but she's enamored with the excitement of the city, and her plans are more complicated. In time, Elizabeth and Husband begin a courtship that may or may not overcome their considerable age difference, while Quilly reacts disapprovingly.
Everything's Jake
Debbie Allen
A homeless man takes a newly homeless man under his wing and teaches him how to survive on the streets.
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Herself
From world-renowned performer of the Jazz Age, to WWII spy, to civil rights activist – a look into the iconic life and legacy of Josephine Baker, narrated by Arsenio Hall, including rare archive footage, and interviews with Debbie Allen, Lynn Whitfield (who portrayed Baker in The Josephine Baker Story), and two of Baker’s sons.
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
Deloris Jordan
Michael Jordan: An American Hero is an American television film that aired on April 18, 1999 on Fox. It stars Michael Jace as Michael Jordan.
Mariah Carey: Butterfly World Tour - Live at Tokyo Dome
Director
The Butterfly World Tour is the third concert tour by Mariah Carey, visited Asia, Australia and the United States. The four dates at Japan's largest stadium, Tokyo Dome, sold out in under one hour, breaking the previous record she held at the stadium.
Amistad
Producer
Costa de Cuba, 1839. Dezenas de escravos negros se libertam das correntes e assumem o comando do navio negreiro La Amistad. Eles sonham retornar para a África, mas desconhecem navegação e se vêem obrigados a confiar em dois tripulantes sobreviventes, que os enganam e fazem com que, após dois meses, sejam capturados por um navio americano, quando desordenadamente navegaram até a costa de Connecticut.
Out-of-Sync
Director
A DJ and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss.
Mona Must Die
Betty
Disillusioned, Eddie is a long-suffering husband who finds passion and happiness with his neighbor, Rachel, a struggling estate agent. Only one thing stands in their way - Mona, Eddie's tyrannical wife who helped Eddie when he was still a recent immigrant, then trapped him in a loveless marriage. As the relationship deepens, the two lovers devise a plan where Rachel is brought into the house as Mona's live-in attendant for Mona must die.
Cheque em Branco
Yvonne
O menino Preston (Brian Bonsall), de doze anos, recebe acidentalmente um cheque em branco e preenche como um milhão de dólares. O banco o paga a valorosa quantia e ele se diverte como nunca vivendo como rico, mas os donos da fortuna estão em seu encalço.
Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms
Director
Sinbad brings the '70s back with a nostalgic stand-up special dedicated to the films, fashion and other flashbacks from that era.
Stompin' at the Savoy
Estelle
As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle to survive. By day, they toil at dreary jobs, dreaming of stardom, riches and happiness. By night, they dance their troubles away at the famous Savoy Ballroom. But when World War II appears on the horizon, the girls find their fortunes unfolding too unevenly to reconcile, and they inevitably begin to drift apart.
Stompin' at the Savoy
Director
As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle to survive. By day, they toil at dreary jobs, dreaming of stardom, riches and happiness. By night, they dance their troubles away at the famous Savoy Ballroom. But when World War II appears on the horizon, the girls find their fortunes unfolding too unevenly to reconcile, and they inevitably begin to drift apart.
Sunday in Paris
Sunday Chase
A pilot for an unsold NBC series. A single woman with three children realizes that her family has lost sight of their values and gives up her career as a daytime-drama actress in New York to move back with her extended family on their Texas farm.
Polly Volta Para Casa
Director
Músicas do estilo Broadway são usados ​​para contar essa interessante historia de uma órfã, Nessa aventura Polly chega em Harrington, Alabama, para se juntar a sua tia rica. Ela encontra a cidade em estado de desarmonia, os habitantes da cidade tentam se adaptar a um novo diretor do orfanato, bem como o estado de agitação que a eleição pode trazer.
Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella
Self
A 1990 PBS documentary around the topic of A cappella music. Artists that performed as part of the documentary include The Mint Juleps, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Rockapella and The Persuasions. It also stars Spike Lee, Debbie Allen and a cameo appearance by Samuel L. Jackson.
Polly
Director
A órfã Polly muda-se para o Alabama para morar com sua tia. Sua nova casa está inserida em um bairro negro da era da segregação, repleto de conflitos internos. Sendo uma criança pragmática e otimista, Polly tem um efeito edificante em todos aqueles com quem ela entra em contato, incluindo um médico trabalhador. Através de uma combinação de música e esperança, Polly se esforça para unir a comunidade
Nos Palcos da Vida
Michelle
Da pobreza de Illinois ao glamour de Hollywood. Do abandono da mãe ao reconhecimento do mundo. A vida de Richard Pryor é um relato de dramas, tragédias, excessos e muita glória. Biografia do melhor comediante stand-up de todos os tempos.
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Broadcast on NBC February 18, 1985, the Disneyland 30th Anniversary Celebration was hosted by John Forsythe and Drew Barrymore. The special is a look back into the first thirty years of Disneyland's history. Featuring footage from opening day in 1955, including the famous Walt Disney opening day speech.
Women of San Quentin
Carol Freeman
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
Alice at the Palace
Red Queen
Meryl Streep stars as Alice in this production of Elizabeth Swados' musical, which was adapted from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Based on the acclaimed New York Shakespeare Festival production by Joseph Papp, Alice at the Palace follows Alice's surreal adventures with The Mad Hatter, The March Hare, The Queen of Hearts, and The Cheshire Cat, among many others.
Na Época do Ragtime
Sarah
Um jovem pianista negro se envolve na vida de uma família branca de classe alta que vive entre as tensões raciais, a infidelidade, a violência e outros eventos nostálgicos no início do século XX em Nova York. A história se passa na década de 1910 em Nova York. Coalhouse Walker Jr. é um pianista negro. Ele ganhou fama e fortuna tocando com uma banda de jazz. Alguns homens brancos não gostam dessa situação, e um dia eles o agridem e estragam seu novo carro. Walker tenta por todos os meios obter justiça, sem uma resposta. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Fama
Lydia
Em Nova York, estudantes de diversas origens sociais de uma escola de artes cênicas aprendem a atuar, cantar e dançar. Coco Hernandez, Doris Finsecker, Montgomery MacNeil e Raul Garcia se deparam com seus sonhos e suas frustrações no decorrer do curso mas, acima de tudo, almejam serem amados e reconhecidos artisticamente.
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Ola
The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winners.
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
Claire 'Ebony' Bryant
In this prospective pilot, Mick Jade, a tennis bum-turned-Las Vegas-song-and-dance man, doubles as a private eye with two female dancers, Ebony and Ivory. The trio go undercover to protect a lady scientist from international hitmen as she heads for Washington D.C. from the near-East with her super-secret formula.
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Julie Sutton
Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.