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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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
| The Old Settler | 2001 |
| PBS Hollywood Presents | 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 |
