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 ..

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

8/1072 min

Available in 9 platform(s).

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,Drama,History
Amistad (1997)

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.

7.3/10155 min

Available in 15 platform(s).

Drama,Music,Musical
Fame (1982)

The stories of the students and faculty of the New York City High School for the Performing Arts.

7/1060 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

7/1080 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Once famous football player must rent part of his house in order to support himself. A single mother and her two kids are the latest tenants. He also owns a sports clinic that he barely manages to run with a little help from his friends.

6.8/1030 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.

6.3/1097 min

Available in 10 platform(s).