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Deborah Kaye Allen is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, director, producer, and a former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She has been nominated 20 times for an Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, and has also won a Golden Globe Award and received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991.
Birth Name
Deborrah Kaye Allen
Born
Monday, 16 January 1950
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self - Producer, Director - A Different World / Self - Actress, Director - Grey's Anatomy | 2023 |
The Hidden Power of Purpose | Narrator | 2023 |
The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self - Guest | 2022 |
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder | Myrtle | 2022 |
Janet Jackson. | Self | 2022 |
Inside the Black Box | Self | 2022 |
One Thousand Years of Slavery | Self | 2021 |
The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Honoree | 2021 |
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts | Self | 2021 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker | 2020 |
Christmas on the Square | 2020 |
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back | 2019 |
A Star for Rose | 2013 |
My Parents, My Sister & Me | 2009 |
Grey's Anatomy | 2005 |
The Painting | 2001 |
PBS Hollywood Presents | 2001 |
The Old Settler | 2001 |
Ships of Slaves: The Middle Passage | 1997 |
Amistad | 1997 |
A Different World | 1987 |
Fame | 1982 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Television Movie | Won |
2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming | Won |
1999 | Emmy | Outstanding Choreography | Nominated |
1995 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Choreography | Nominated |
1993 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Choreography | Nominated |
1992 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Choreography | Nominated |
1991 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Choreography | Won |
1989 | Emmy | Outstanding Choreography | Nominated |
1989 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program | Nominated |
1986 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Nominated |
1985 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
1985 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Choreography | Nominated |
1985 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1985 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics | Nominated |
1984 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
1984 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Choreography | Nominated |
1984 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1984 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Nominated |
1983 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical | Won |
1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Choreography | Won |