Debbie AllenAKA:
Deborrah Kaye Allen
Nationality:
American Birthdate:
01/16/1950 Birthplace:
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biography
With notable credits on stage as an actress and on TV as an actor, producer, director and choreographer, Debbie Allen has become one of the more diversified talents in TV. The career of this dynamic, award-winning singer-dancer has been an inspirational beacon to Black women in the entertainment industry. On Broadway, Allen was a fiery Anita in the 1980 revival of "West Side Story" and a high-kicking prostitute with a heart of gold in Bob Fosse's 1986 revival of "Sweet Charity". She began appearing regularly on TV in the mid-1970s in guest shots, summer replacement series, variety specials and
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1972
Off-Broadway debut, "Ti-Jean and His Brothers"
1972
Broadway debut in "Purlie"
Early TV guest shot, "Good Times", as Jimmy Walker's heroin-addicted girlfriend
1975
First role as a TV regular, "The Jim Stafford Show", a summer replacement variety series
1977
Appeared as a regular on "3 Girls 3", an experimental variety series/sitcom
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