Debbie Allen

ACTRESS, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR

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29th May 2022 | FlixCatalog Staff

Deborah Kaye Allen was born in Houston, Texas, to African-American parents, Vivian Elizabeth (Ayers), a poet and art director, and Andrew Arthur Allen, an orthodontist. As a child, Debbie, her older brother, Andrew (called Tex), and her older sister, actress Phylicia Rashad, lived in Mexico to escape US racism. Their mother decided to live there to give the Allen children a brief experience of not having to endure the chronic racism and segregation that was typical of Texas during the 1950s. Debbie and Phylicia are fluent in Spanish.Debbie graduated from Jack Yates Senior High School in Houston, TX in 1967. She graduated cum laude from Howard University in 1971 with a BFA in Classical Greek Literature, Speech, and Theater from Howard University. She used her experiences from attending Historically Black College Howard to inform her production and direction of the TV show College Fieber (1987).Although her parents divorced, Debbie remained extremely close to her father until his death. With Phylicia she has production company "D.A.D." which stood for "Doctor Allen's Daughters". Her Pulitzer-nominated poet mother Vivian is, the artistic and free spirit that has influenced and encouraged the remarkable creativity that so marks Allen as a performer. - IMDb Mini Biography By: lilkunta

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of Debbie Allen’s flixes, followed by Google Play Movies compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Debbie Allen on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 1977 to 2021. See the full graphs of the number of Debbie Allen movies released per year from 2009 till 2021.

Top Genres

Debbie Allen works mostly in Documentary Genre followed by Drama Genre flixes. 28% of Debbie Allen movies are Documentary Genre movies. See Top Genres that Debbie Allen worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Debbie Allen has worked on is 6.6.

6.6 / 10

Debbie Allen's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Documentary,Family
The Hidden Power of Purpose (2023)

This documentary is revealing the inner power within us to find what is our purpose in this life we live in to make sense of each and every persons body&soul as one and to complete one's task or purpose for being here.

8.7/1072 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Documentary,Music
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back (2019)

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.

8.5/1092 min

Available in 8 platform(s).

Comedy,Documentary
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (2013)

A look at the work and influence of African-American stand-up comedienne, Moms Mabley.

8/1072 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

Documentary,History,Music
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance (2020)

A feature length documentary on the lineage and future progressions of jazz dance.

7.8/1094 min

Available in 12 platform(s).

Documentary
They've Gotta Have Us (2018)

The rise of black actors as they have gone from being the backdrop to calling the shots. This is the inside story of the turning points of black life on both sides of the lens, from Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte, to the present day.

7.8/1059 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Biography,Documentary,History
Unsung Hollywood (2014)

A series that profiles talented, influential black celebrities from Hollywood movies, television, comedy, and sports.

7.8/1060 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Biography,Documentary
Janet Jackson. (2022)

7.7/10168 min

Available in 11 platform(s).

Family,Musical
Polly: Comin' Home! (1990)

Broadway style songs are used to tell this interesting story of an ingenious orphan who gets involved in matchmaking and striving for inter-racial understanding in 1956 Alabama.

7.4/10100 min

Available in 1 platform(s).