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Debbie Allen  Television Director, Producer, Choreographer

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Debbie Allen

Nineth Annual Television Festival in Los Angeles, 1992

At this celebration of A Different World, Debbie Allen explains how she brought more realism and topicality to the series’s portrayal of college life.
 

Career Includes

Actress, 3 Girls 3 (1977); Actress, Choreographer, Coexecutive Producer, Fame (1982–87); Director, Producer, A Different World (1988–93); Actress, In the House (1995–96); Producer, Choreographer, Fame (2003); Series Directing, Family Ties, Quantum Leap, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Jamie Foxx Show, Linc’s, The Parkers, That’s So Raven, All of Us; Host, Executive Producer, Director, Cool Women (2000);TV Movies and Specials: Actress, Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Director, Producer, Actress, Cowriter, Choreographer, The Debbie Allen Special (1989); Director, Choreographer, Polly (1989), Polly: Comin’ Home! (1990); Director, Actress, Stompin’ at the Savoy (1992); Director, Executive Producer, Actress, PBS Hollywood Presents: The Old Settler (2001)
 

Education

University, BFA, 1971; Studied dance with Ballet Nacional de Mexico, Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, Houston Foundation for Ballet, National Ballet School
 

Born

January 16, 1950
Houston, Texas

 

 

 

 

 


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