Debbie Allen

Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television

2025

as Self

A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is Deadly

2025

as Detective Foster

The Hidden Power of Purpose

2023

as Narrator (voice)

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022

as Self

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

2022

as Myrtle (voice)

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

2022

as Self

JANET JACKSON.

2022

as Self

Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts

2021

as Self

Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous

2021

as Betty Samson

Cardi Tries

2020

as Self

Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

2020

as Herself

Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance

2020

as Self

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

2019

as Self

Tamron Hall

2019

as Self - Guest

Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

2018

as Self

American Tap

2018

as Self

S.W.A.T.

2017

as Charice Harrelson

Raven's Home

2017

as Great Aunt Maureen

Grace and Frankie

2015

as Dorothy

The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

2014

Jane the Virgin

2014

as Beverly Flores

A Star for Rose

2013

as Rose

A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

2011

as Self

Dance Moms

2011

as Self

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009

as Self

Fame

2009

as Ms. Angela Simms

Next Day Air

2009

as Ms. Jackson

Bring Back... Fame

2008

as Self

Tournament of Dreams

2007

as Rhonda Dillins

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

2006

as American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses

Everybody Hates Chris

2005

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

2005

as Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)

So You Think You Can Dance

2005

Bring Back...

2005

as Self - Lydia Grant

Grey's Anatomy

2005

as Catherine Fox

Confessions of an Action Star

2005

as Self

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

2004

as Self

All of Us

2003

The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo

2002

as Self (uncredited)

It's Black Entertainment

2002

as Self

The Painting

2001

as Bertha Lee Gilmore

All About You

2001

as Ruth

The Old Settler

2001

as Quilly McGrath

The Division

2001

as Wanda

Everything's Jake

2000

as Debbie Allen

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

1999

as Herself

Michael Jordan: An American Hero

1999

as Deloris Jordan

The Middle Passage

1997

as Narrator

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

C Bear and Jamal

1996

Out-of-Sync

1995

as Manicurist

In the House

1995

as Jackie Warren

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

as Precious (voice)

Touched by an Angel

1994

as Valerie Hill

Mona Must Die

1994

as Betty

Blank Check

1994

as Yvonne

Intimate Portrait

1993

as Self

Stompin' at the Savoy

1992

as Estelle

Sunday in Paris

1991

as Sunday Chase

Sunday in Paris

1991

Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

1990

Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella

1990

as Self

Quantum Leap

1989

as Joanna Chapman

The Debbie Allen Special

1989

as Self

A Different World

1987

as Dr. Langhorne

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

1986

as Michelle

Dancing in the Wings

1985

as Debbie

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration

1985

as Self

The Cosby Show

1984

as Emma

Celebrity

1984

as Regina Brown

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

1984

as Self - Performer

Women of San Quentin

1983

as Carol Freeman

The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London

1983

as Self

Alice at the Palace

1982

as Red Queen

Fame

1982

as Lydia Grant

Ragtime

1981

as Sarah

Fame

1980

as Lydia

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

1979

as Ola

Ebony, Ivory and Jade

1979

as Claire 'Ebony' Bryant

Roots: The Next Generations

1979

as Nan Branch Haley

The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots

1978

as Self

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

1977

as Julie Sutton

The Love Boat

1977

as Selena Moore

3 Girls 3

1977

as Self

Battle of the Network Stars

1976

Good Times

1974

Great Performances

1971

as Self

Broadway: The Next Generation

as Self

Splinter

as Mrs. James