Debbie Allen Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities
| Debbie Allen | |
|---|---|
 Allen at the 2021 Kennedy Heart Honors | |
| Born | Deborah Kaye Allen (1950-01-xvi) January 16, 1950 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Pedagogy | Howard University |
| Occupation | Actress, dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, television managing director, television producer |
| Years active | 1968–nowadays |
| Spouse(southward) | Win Wilford (m. 1975–1983) Norm Nixon (yard. 1984) |
| Children | iii, including Vivian Nixon |
| Relatives | Phylicia Rashad (sister) Condola Rashad (niece) |
| Awards | 1982 Primetime Emmy Honor for Outstanding Choreography (Fame) 1982 Golden Globe Award for All-time Actress – Tv Series Musical or Comedy (Fame) 1983 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography (Fame) 1991 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography (Motown 30: What's Goin' On!) |
| Website | Debbie Allen Trip the light fantastic University Debbie Allen Twitter |
Deborah Kaye Allen (born January xvi, 1950) is an American extra, dancer, choreographer, vocalist-songwriter, managing director, producer, and a former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.[i] [2] She has been nominated 20 times for an Emmy Award (winning five),[3] two Tony Awards,[4] and has also won a Golden Globe Honour[v] and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991.
Allen is best known for her work in the musical-drama television series Fame (1982-1987), where she portrayed dance instructor Lydia Grant, and served as the series' principal choreographer. For this office in 1983 she received a Golden World Award for Best Extra – Tv set Serial Musical or Comedy and two Primetime Emmy Honour for Outstanding Choreography and was nominated for iv Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Allen later began working as director and producer, well-nigh notably producing and directing 83 of 144 episodes of NBC one-act series A Different World (1988-1993). She returned to acting playing the leading part in the NBC sitcom In the House from 1995 to 1996, and in 2011 began playing Dr. Catherine Avery in the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy as well serving as an executive producer/director.[6] She has directed more than l television and film productions.
In 2001, Allen opened the Debbie Allen Dance University in Los Angeles,[7] [eight] where she currently teaches immature dancers. She too taught choreography to erstwhile Los Angeles Lakers dancer-turned-vocalizer, Paula Abdul. She is the younger sister of actress/director/singer Phylicia Rashad.
Early life [edit]
Allen was born in Houston, Texas, the third child to orthodontist Andrew Arthur Allen and Pulitzer Prize-nominated creative person, poet, playwright, scholar, and publisher, Vivian (née Ayers) Allen.[nine] She earned a B.A. degree in classical Greek literature, voice communication, and theater from Howard Academy and studied interim at HB Studio in New York City.[10] She was a member of Chi Delta Mu Health Professional Fraternity.[eleven] She holds honoris causa doctorates from Howard University and the University of N Carolina School of the Arts.
Challenges with racism [edit]
Debbie Allen auditioned at the Houston Ballet Academy at the historic period of twelve. Even though her audition operation surpassed the standard for access, Debbie Allen was denied admission. A year afterwards, Allen was given another hazard and admitted by a Russian teacher who accidentally saw Allen perform in a show.[ citation needed ] Once access recruiters from the academy became aware of the situation, they immune Allen to stay because they recognized her talent. While at the university, she trained under Suzelle Poole.
Her feel at the Houston Ballet Academy is not the only time Allen had experienced racism. When she was sixteen, she had a successful audition for the North Carolina Schoolhouse of the Arts, and was given an opportunity to demonstrate trip the light fantastic techniques to other prospective students applying to the institution. Unfortunately, Allen was refused admission, and was told her trunk was not suited for ballet.[12] [13] In many cases, African American dancers were discouraged from dance because they were told their body structure did not fit the preferred stereotype ballet dancer's body. This prejudice effectively barred many talented and skilled dancers from ballet.[14] [15] Subsequently receiving numerous rejections, Allen decided to mainly focus on her academics and, from then on, was well on her mode to the start of her career.[16]
Career [edit]
1970–1981: Early works [edit]
Allen began her career appearing on Broadway theatre. Allen had her Broadway debut in the chorus of Purlie in 1970.[four] She later created the function of Beneatha in the Tony Accolade-winning musical Raisin (1973), and appeared in Truckload, and Own't Misbehavin'. In 1980, she received critical attention for her functioning equally Anita in the Broadway revival of West Side Story which earned her a Tony Honor nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and won her a Drama Desk Honour.[four]
In 1976, Allen made her television debut appearing in the CBS sitcom Good Times in a memorable 2-part episode titled "J.J.'s Fiancée" as J.J.'southward drug-addicted fiancée, Diana. The post-obit year, she went to star in the NBC variety evidence 3 Girls 3.[17] Allen later was selected to appear in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations past Alex Haley where she plays the wife of Haley. Too that year, she made her big screen debut appearing in a supporting role in the comedy film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh. In 1981, she had the important role of Sarah, the lover of Coalhouse Walker (Howard E. Rollins) who is killed while trying to defend him in the movie version of the best-selling novel Ragtime. The same role earned a Tony Award for Audra McDonald, for her performance in the Broadway musical.
1982–1987: Fame [edit]
Allen was get-go introduced as Lydia Grant in the film Fame (1980). Although her role in the film was relatively pocket-size, Lydia became a central effigy in the television receiver adaptation, which ran from 1982 to 1987. During the opening montage of each episode, Grant told her students: "Y'all've got big dreams? Yous desire fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying ... in sweat." Allen was nominated for the Emmy Accolade for Best Actress four times during the bear witness's run.[iii] She is the only actress to have appeared in all three screen incarnations of Fame, playing Lydia Grant in both the 1980 film and 1982 television set series and playing the school principal in the 2009 remake. Allen was also lead choreographer for the motion-picture show and goggle box series, winning ii Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography and one Gilded Earth Honor for Best Actress – Tv Series Musical or Comedy.[5] She became the first Black woman to win a Golden Earth for Best Extra in a Television Series—Musical or One-act.[xviii]
In 1986, Allen received a second Tony Award nomination, at that time for Best Extra in a Musical, for her performance in the title role of Bob Fosse's Sugariness Charity.[four] Also that yr, she had a supporting role in the one-act-drama flick Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling directed, produced by and starring Richard Pryor.
1988–nowadays [edit]
Later Fame, Allen began focus on working as a choreographer and off-camera. She choreographed the 1988 Broadways accommodation of Stephen Male monarch's "Carrie." "Carrie" was a collaboration with her fellow "Fame" alumni Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford, and Gene Anthony Ray. The show opened to mixed reviews and airtight subsequently only 12 previews and five performances. But Allen'south choreography was as energetic and vibrant every bit it could possibly exist.
In an article from the Museum of Broadcast Communications, The Hollywood Reporter commented on Allen's impact every bit the producer-director of the television series, A Different Globe. The show dealt with the life of students at the fictional historically blackness college, Hillman, and ran for half-dozen seasons on NBC.[nineteen] The Hollywood Reporter is quoted equally stating that when Debbie Allen became the producer (and normally director) of A Different World later the first season, she transformed it "from a bland Cosby spin-off into a lively, socially responsible, ensemble situation comedy."[20] She directed total 83 episodes.
Allen has released ii solo albums, Sweet Charity (1986) and Special Wait (1989), which also produced several singles.[21] As well that year, she directed musical film Polly. She later directed crime drama film Out-of-Sync (1995) and well every bit number of television films. She was choreographer of The University Awards Bear witness for 10 years, six of which were consecutive. In 1995, Allen lent her vocalization (likewise directing the voice cast) to the children'due south blithe serial C Carry and Jamal for Film Roman and Fob Kids. Besides that year, she went to star in the NBC sitcom In the House that ran two seasons. She co-produced the 1997 Steven Spielberg historical drama picture Amistad receiving a Producers Guild of America Award.
In 2001, Allen founded the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, a 501(c)3 not profit organisation.[8] Since 2007, Allen was participated as a approximate and mentor for the U.S. version of And then You Recollect You Tin Trip the light fantastic toe. She had to stride bated at the end of Vegas week in Season iv to avoid perception of bias, every bit one of her one-time dancers, Will, fabricated it to the pinnacle 20.
In 2008, Allen directed the all-African-American Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, starring stage veterans James Earl Jones (Big Daddy), her sis Phylicia Rashad (Big Mama) and Anika Noni Rose (Maggie the Cat), as well as motion picture actor Terrence Howard, who fabricated his Broadway debut as Brick. The production, with some roles recast, had a limited run (2009 – April 2010) in London.[22] She as well directed and starred in the 2001 play and its goggle box adaptation The Old Settler.
In 2000s and 2010s, Allen directed tv set shows, including 44 episodes of All of The states, too equally Girlfriends, Everybody Hates Chris, How to Get Away with Murder, Empire, Scandal and Jane the Virgin. In 2011, she joined the bandage of ABC medical drama Grey's Beefcake playing the role of Dr. Catherine Fob. As of 12th flavour, she served as an executive producer.[6] In 2020, she directed the musical film Christmas on the Square starring Dolly Parton for Netflix.[23] [24]
Awards and honors [edit]
- Allen was appointed by President George West. Bush-league in 2001 as a member of the President'due south Commission on the Arts and Humanities.[25]
- For her contributions to the television industry, Debbie Allen was honored in 1991 with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6904 Hollywood Boulevard in the center of Hollywood directly opposite the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.[26]
- Allen was presented with the George and Ira Gershwin Laurels for Lifetime Musical Accomplishment, at the 1992 UCLA Spring Sing.[27]
- Three-time Emmy Award winner for Choreography for the series Fame and The Motown 25th Anniversary Special.
- x Image Awards as a director, actress, choreographer, and producer for Fame, A Dissimilar World, Motown 25, The University Awards, The Debbie Allen Special and Amistad.
- On February iv, 2009, Debbie Allen was honored for her contributions to dance and was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Nia Peeples at The Carnival: Choreographer's Brawl 10th anniversary show.[28]
- Allen was awarded an honorary doctorate from the North Carolina School of the Arts, as well every bit from her alma mater, Howard University.[29]
- 2020 Kennedy Centre Honoree[xxx]
- On September 19, 2021, Allen received the Television Academy's 2021 Governors Honor at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards.[31]
Personal life [edit]
Allen is married to former NBA thespian Norm Nixon;[32] the couple take 3 children: dancer Vivian Nichole Nixon (who played Kalimba in the Broadway product of Hot Feet) basketball player Norman Ellard Nixon Jr. (Wofford College & Southern University), and DeVaughn Nixon. Allen was previously married to Win Wilford from 1975 to 1983.[33] [34] [35] She is the sister of actress/director/singer Phylicia Rashad (she guest starred in an episode of The Cosby Show & Rashad in an episode of In the House and also Greys Anatomy), and Tex Allen (Andrew Arthur Allen III, built-in 1945), a jazz composer.[ix]
Filmography [edit]
Film [edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Ola | |
| 1980 | Fame | Lydia Grant | |
| 1981 | Ragtime | Sarah | |
| 1986 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Michelle | |
| 1994 | Blank Bank check | Yvonne | |
| 1995 | Out-of-Sync | Manicurist | Manager and producer |
| 1997 | Amistad | Producer Producers Guild of America Visionary Laurels – Theatrical Movement Pictures Nominated—Producers Social club of America Honour for All-time Theatrical Movement Picture Nominated—Satellite Award for All-time Movement Picture, Drama | |
| 2000 | Everything'southward Jake | Librarian | |
| 2001 | All About You | Ruth | |
| 2001 | The Painting | Bertha Lee Gilmore | Executive producer |
| 2005 | Confessions of an Action Star | Herself / Deity | |
| 2007 | Tournament of Dreams | Rhonda Dillins | |
| 2009 | Side by side Twenty-four hour period Air | Ms. Jackson | |
| 2009 | Fame | Principal Angela Simms | |
| 2013 | A Star for Rose | Rose | Producer |
| 2020 | Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker | Herself |
Television set [edit]
| Twelvemonth | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Skilful Times | Diana Buchanan | Episodes: "J.J.'s Fiancée: Part 1 " and "J.J.'south Fiancée: Office ii" |
| 1977 | 3 Girls 3 | Herself | 4 episodes |
| 1977 | The Greatest Thing That Nigh Happened | Julie Sutton | Tv set picture |
| 1979 | Roots: The Side by side Generations | Nan Branch Haley | Episode: "Part VI (1939-1950)" |
| 1979 | Ebony, Ivory & Jade | Claire 'Ebony' Bryant | Television film |
| 1982 | Alice at the Palace | Cherry Queen | Idiot box film |
| 1979–1983 | The Dearest Gunkhole | Reesa Marlowe / Selena Moore | three episodes |
| 1983 | Women of San Quentin | Carol Freeman | Idiot box flick |
| 1983 | Live... And in Person | Herself | TV special Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Diversity or Music Plan |
| 1984 | Celebrity | Regina Brown | Miniseries |
| 1985 | Motown Returns to the Apollo | Herself | TV special Nominated—Primetime Emmy Accolade for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics |
| 1986 | An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther Rex Jr. | Herself | TV special Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Private Functioning in a Diverseness or Music Plan |
| 1982–1987 | Fame | Lydia Grant | Series regular, 136 episodes, likewise producer Gilt Globe Honor for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or One-act (1983) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography (1982-1983) Gold Apple tree Award for Female person Discovery of the Year (1982) NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Nominated—Gilt World Award for All-time Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (1984-1985) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Honour for Outstanding Lead Extra in a Drama Series (1982-1985) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Honor for Outstanding Choreography (1984-1985) |
| 1988 | The Cosby Show | Emma | Episode: "If the Apparel Fits, Wear It" |
| 1991 | Quantum Leap | Joanna Chapman | Episode: "Private Dancer - October vi, 1979" |
| 1991 | Motown 30: What's Goin' On! | Herself | TV special Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography |
| 1991 | Dominicus in Paris | Sunday Chase | Unsold Television pilot, too executive producer |
| 1992 | 64th Academy Awards | Herself | Telly special Nominated—Primetime Emmy Honor for Outstanding Choreography |
| 1992 | Stompin' at the Savoy | Estelle | Television moving-picture show, as well manager |
| 1988–1993 | A Different Earth | Dr. Langhorne/Herself | 122 episodes, showrunner and producer |
| 1993 | 65th Academy Awards | Herself | TV special Nominated—Primetime Emmy Laurels for Outstanding Choreography |
| 1995 | 67th University Awards | Herself | Television set special NAACP Image Honor for Outstanding Choreography in Film or Television Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography |
| 1995–1996 | In the Business firm | Jackie Warren | Serial regular, 26 episodes |
| 1996 | Touched past an Angel | Valerie Hill | Episode: "Sins of the Father" |
| 1997 | Cosby | Debra | Episode: "Dating Games" |
| 1999 | 71st Academy Awards | Herself | TV special Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography |
| 1999 | Michael Jordan: An American Hero | Deloris Hashemite kingdom of jordan | Tv flick |
| 2001 | The Old Settler | Quilly | Television motion-picture show, also executive producer |
| 2003 | The Division | Wanda | Episode: "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" |
| 2004 | All of Us | Kate | Episode: "Parents Only Don't Sympathize" |
| 2007–2014 | So Y'all Think Y'all Tin can Trip the light fantastic toe | Herself - Invitee Gauge | 21 episodes |
| 2011 | Grace | Helen Grace | Unsold Tv set pilot, besides executive producer |
| 2011–present | Gray's Anatomy | Dr. Catherine Avery Fox | Recurring role, also executive producer Nominated—NAACP Image Honor for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2014) |
| 2013 | Let'south Stay Together | Cougar | Episode: "Kita's Got a Gun" |
| 2016 | Dance Moms | Herself | Episodes: "Abby's Replaceable" and "Debbie Allen to the Rescue" |
| 2016 | Jane the Virgin | Beverly Flores | Episode: "Chapter Forty-Three" |
| 2018 | Raven's Home | Aunt Maureen | Episode: "Switch or Treat" |
| 2018–present | Due south.Due west.A.T. | Charice Harrelson | Recurring role |
| 2020 | Grace and Frankie | Dorothy | Episode: "The Curt Rib" |
Director [edit]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Janet Jackson: Dream Street | |
| 1984–1987 | Fame | eleven episodes |
| 1987 | The Bronx Zoo | Episode: "Lost and Institute" |
| 1987–1989 | Family Ties | Episodes: "The Play's the Affair" and "Higher Dear" |
| 1989 | The Debbie Allen Special | Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Honor for Outstanding Choreography |
| 1989 | Polly | Television film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Honour for Outstanding Choreography |
| 1990 | Melba Moore: Lift Every Voice and Sing | |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Episodes: "Bang the Pulsate, Ashley" and "The Fresh Prince Project" |
| 1990 | Polly: Comin' Dwelling! | Boob tube film |
| 1992 | The Boys | Unsold Boob tube pilot, also executive producer |
| 1992 | Stompin' at the Savoy | Television film |
| 1991–1993 | Quantum Jump | Episodes: "Revenge of the Evil Leaper - September 16, 1987" and "Private Dancer - October 6, 1979" |
| 1993 | Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms | |
| 1988–1993 | A Different World | 83 episodes, producer in 122 episodes |
| 1993–1994 | The Sinbad Show | seven episodes |
| 1997 | Between Brothers | Episodes: "The List" and "The Big 3-Oh" |
| 1997–1998 | The Jamie Foxx Testify | Episode: "Soul Mate to Cellmate" and "Misery Loves Company" |
| 1998 | Linc's | Episode: "March on Washington: Office i" |
| 1998 | Martin Luther Male monarch Special 1 Solar day | Television flick, also executive producer |
| 1999 | Kirk Franklin: The Nu Nation Bout | |
| 2001 | The Old Settler | Television pic, also executive producer |
| 2002 | Cool Women | Nominated—Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Course Directing |
| 2003 | The Twilight Zone | Episode: "The Monsters Are on Maple Street" |
| 2003 | The Parkers | Episode: "The Good, the Bad, and the Funny" |
| 2004–2006 | That'southward And then Raven | 5 episodes |
| 2006 | Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story | Television set motion picture |
| 2006 | I Was a Network Star | Documentary picture |
| 2003–2007 | All of The states | 44 episodes |
| 2005–2008 | Girlfriends | 9 episodes |
| 2008 | The Game | Episode: "Oh, What a Night" |
| 2006–2009 | Everybody Hates Chris | ten episodes |
| 2010–2011 | Hellcats | Episodes: "Land of ane,000 Dances" and "Pledging My Dear" |
| 2010–present | Greyness's Anatomy | 31 episodes Also executive producer Nominated—NAACP Epitome Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Serial[36] |
| 2013 | The Customer Listing | Episode: "Heaven's But a Sin Abroad" |
| 2013 | Regular army Wives | Episode: "Adjustment Flow" |
| 2013 | Let's Stay Together | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Witches of East End | Episode: "Boogie Knight" |
| 2014 | How to Become Away with Murder | Episode: "He Has a Married woman" |
| 2015 | Empire | Episode: "Who I Am" |
| 2014–2015 | Scandal | 3 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | Jane the Virgin | Episodes: "Chapter Four" and "Chapter Twenty" |
| 2015 | Survivor'south Remorse | Episode: "Guts" |
| 2016 | Insecure | Episode: "Guilty every bit Fuck" |
| 2018 | Step Up: High H2o | Episode: "Solo" |
| 2020 | Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Tv Flick Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming |
| 2021 | The Ms. Pat Prove | Episode: "Pilot: Duck" |
Author [edit]
- Movement magazine, regular columnist since 2006
- Dancing in the Wings paperback, past Debbie Allen (Writer), Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Discography [edit]
- Special Look (1989)
References [edit]
- ^ "Electric current Members". President'southward Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Archived from the original on January 16, 2005. Retrieved August 13, 2008.
- ^ "Debbie Allen, Culver City, California". President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. 2008. Archived from the original on Jan 17, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2008.
- ^ a b "Debbie Allen". Tv set Academy.
- ^ a b c d "Debbie Allen – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ^ a b "Debbie Allen". www.goldenglobes.com.
- ^ a b Andreeva, Nellie (May 6, 2015). "Debbie Allen To Serve Every bit Executive Producer/Director On 'Grayness's Beefcake'".
- ^ Gibson, Cynthia (Feb 19, 2016). "Black History Profile: Debbie Allen, 'Born To Dance'". Los Angeles Wave . Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ a b de Luna, Marcy (January 15, 2019). "Houston-built-in actress and choreographer Debbie Allen turns 69". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ a b Lawrence, Muhammad. "One-woman dynamo". The Courier-Journal, September 12, 1999
- ^ "HB Studio - Notable Alumni | 1 of the Original Acting Studios in NYC".
- ^ 1971 Bison Yearbook p 238
- ^ "Allen, Debbie (1950- ) | The Black By: Remembered and Reclaimed". world wide web.blackpast.org . Retrieved November 27, 2018.
- ^ Dunning, Jennifer. "Idiot box; Debbie Allen Chips Away At the Drinking glass Ceiling". Retrieved Nov 27, 2018.
- ^ "Breaking Barriers on Phase: African American Ballet Dancers Who Made History".
- ^ Woodard, Laurie A. (July 15, 2015). "Stance | Black Dancers, White Ballets" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com". Biography . Retrieved March xxx, 2017.
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (30 March 1977). Boob tube: Information technology'southward Instant Stardom for 'three Girls 3', The New York Times
- ^ "34 Years Ago Debbie Allen Took Home a Golden Globe". BOTWC.
- ^ Darnell Hunt. "A Different World- U.South. Situation Comedy". Museum.tv. Archived from the original on February 10, 2006. Retrieved April 12, 2008.
- ^ "A Different World". Encyclopedia of Television receiver. The Museum of Broadcast Communications. Archived from the original on February ten, 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
- ^ "Special Look - Debbie Allen | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ Michael Billington (Dec 2, 2009) "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof", The Guardian
- ^ "Dolly Parton Is Releasing a Brand-NEW Christmas Musical This December!". www.msn.com.
- ^ "Dolly Parton Is Releasing a New Christmas Movie Next Wintertime on Netflix". Southern Living.
- ^ Transcript: Debbie Allen. Tavis Smiley PBS, March 21, 2008
- ^ "Debbie Allen – Hollywood Walk of Fame".
- ^ "Agenda & Events: Leap Sing: Gershwin Award". UCLA.
- ^ "The Carnival: Getting The "Groove On" For 10 Years". Hollywire.com. February ii, 2009. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ^ "Debbie Allen". Biography.
- ^ "Debbie Allen". Award.
- ^ "Primetime Emmys". Governor's Award.
- ^ Peter Vecsey (March 13, 2007). "BASN'southward Hometown Hero". blackathlete.net. Archived from the original on Dec 11, 2007. Retrieved April 12, 2008.
- ^ PEOPLE: "AND Infant MAKES FOUR". – The Dallas Morning time News. – September 2, 1987.
- ^ Dave Mackall (May 31, 2007) "Nixon fondly remembers Duquesne". – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
- ^ Joseph Schiefelbein (October 17, 2008) "Spivery, Jaguars to begin practise", The Advocate.
- ^ "NAACP Image Awards 2020 Winners: The Complete List". E! Online. February 22, 2020.
External links [edit]
- Debbie Allen on Twitter
- Debbie Allen at Playbill Vault (archive)
- Debbie Allen at the Internet Broadway Database
- Debbie Allen at IMDb
- Debbie Allen at AllMovie
- Debbie Allen at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Allen